The 11th match of World Champions of Legends is being played between India Champions and South Africa Champions. In this match, South African Champions captain AB de Villiers won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, India Champions team scored 196 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. Robin Uthappa and Stuart Binny played important roles in taking the team to this big score.
Uthappa and Rayudu gave a great start to Team India
The Indian innings was started by experienced batsmen Robin Uthappa and Ambati Rayudu. Uthappa created a stir as soon as he entered the field. Taking full advantage of the opposition bowlers, he played a brilliant inning of 77 runs in just 31 balls. He included 6 fours and 6 sixes in his innings. During this period his strike rate was around 248.39. Due to Uthappa’s explosive batting, the Indian team was moving towards a big score in the powerplay and initial overs.
Stuart Binny also scored 50 runs
However, after some quick wickets fell in the middle overs, all-rounder Stuart Binny took up the responsibility of handling the innings. Binny batted with great understanding and responsibility and played brilliant shots all around the field. During his half-century innings, he faced only 30 balls and played an excellent inning of 50 runs. His innings included 2 fours and 5 sixes and his strike rate was 166.67. On the basis of his brilliant innings, Binny took the team’s score to a strong position.
Yusuf Pathan also played an inning of 24 runs
Apart from him, Yusuf Pathan also contributed 24 runs in 23 balls, which included 2 sixes. Ambati Rayudu played an inning of 19 runs at a strike rate of 100. Indian Champions captain Yuvraj Singh, who played an excellent innings against Australia, was out on a golden duck in this match. In bowling for South Africa, Imran Tahir and Shaun von Berg took 2 wickets each. But the South African bowlers proved to be very expensive in front of the aggressive game of the Indian batsmen, especially Uthappa and Binny.
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