Leverock & Tigers Compete Against Spartans
Bermudian all-rounder Kamau Leverock scored a team-high 49 runs, though the India Tigers fell to a 17-run defeat against the Mumbai Spartans in a Legends League Cricket match at the Indira Gandhi International Stadium.
The Mumbai Spartans elected to bat first after winning the toss, posting a total of 160 for 8 in their allotted 20 overs. Bharath Chipli led the Spartans’ scoring with 42 runs.
Bermuda’s Leverock contributed to a disciplined bowling performance by the Tigers, while teammate Shadab Jakati recorded the best figures of the innings, taking 3 wickets for 24 runs in four overs.
In the second innings, the India Tigers were restricted to 143 for 6 in pursuit of a 161-run target. Leverock anchored the chase with 49 runs off 37 deliveries, an innings that included eight boundaries and one six.
Mumbai Spartans Inning
- ..09 [07] Chadwick Walton c Pawan Negi b Sumit Singh
- ..42 [22] Bharath Chipli b Samit Patel
- ..18 [09] Mausif Khan st Amit Paunikar b Shadab Jakati
- ..01 [05] Amit Verma LBW Shadab Jakati
- ..25 [32] Asad Pathan Run Out
- ..02 [04] Manan Sharma st Amit Paunikar b Shadab Jakati
- ..18 [28] Rahul Yadav Not Out
- ..17 [09] Shoaib Khan c Shadab Jakati b Abu Nechim
- ..06 [03] Shanthakumaran Sreesanth c Samit Patel b Abu Nechim
- ..06 [01] Suboth Bhati Not Out
- ..16 Extras [4b-3lb-9w]
- 160 Total for 8 wickets after 20 overs
- Fall of Wickets: 1-13 [Walton], 2-69 [Mausif Khan], 3-69 [Chipli], 4-74 [Verma], 5-83 [Sharma], 6-111 [Pathan], 7-114 [Shoaib Khan], 8-154 [Sreesanth]
India Tigers Bowlers
- 4.0-0-36-0 Abhimanyu Mithun
- 3.0-0-22-1 Sumit Singh
- 3.0-0-45-2 Abu Nechim
- 4.0-0-24-3 Shadab Jakati
- 4.0-0-13-1 Samit Patel
- 2.0-0-13-0 Jeevan Mendis
India Tigers Inning
- ..00 901] Amitoze Singh c Chadwick Walton b Shanthakumaran Sreesanth
- ..00 [01] Tillakaratne Dilshan c Chadwick Walton b Shanthakumaran Sreesanth
- ..10 [12] Amit Paunikarc Ishwar Chaudhary b Suboth Bhati
- ..49 [37] Kamau Leverock LBW Amit Verma
- ..06 [06] Samit Patel b Manan Sharma
- ..45 [41] Kuldeep Hooda b Amit Verma
- ..23 [21] Pawan Negi Not Out
- ..00 [01] Sumit Singh Not Out
- ..10 Extras [1lb-9w]
- 143 Total for 6 wickets after 20 overs
Fall of Wickets: 1-0 [Singh], 2-1 [Dilshan], 3-27 [Paunikar], 4-45 [Patel], 5-86 [Leverock], 6-143 [Hooda]
Mumbai Spartans Bowlers
- 3.0-0-23-2 Shanthakumaran Sreesanth
- 1.0-0-11-0 Ishwar Chaudhary
- 4.0-0-39-1 Suboth Bhati
- 4.0-0-17-0 Konganda Cariappa
- 4.0-0-23-1 Manan Sharma
- 4.0-0-29-2 Amit Verma
