Vizag Titans Vs Guwahati Avengers 2nd Semi Final 29 March 2023

2nd Semi-Final • Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium • Ghaziabad

Vizag Titans

145/10 (20)

Guwahati Avengers

145/8 (20)

VT tied with GA (GA win Super Over by 1 run)

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Playing XI

Player of the Match Tino Best

4/18

Info

Vizag Titans

145/10 (20)

Batters

Ishan Malhotra

80.00

b TL Best

Nick Compton

165.00

c A Singh b TL Best

Sunny Singh

69.23

c Shafiq Khan b V Khanna

Thisara Perera

150.00

c P Kumar b V Khanna

Naman Sharma

100.00

runout (K Rana / A Tomar)

Stuart Binny

127.27

c V Khatri b Sultan Ansari

Ashish Nuniwal

0.00

c Shafiq Khan b TL Best

Ashok Kumar

70.00

b TL Best

Sandeep Kumar

40.00

c Sultan Ansari b K Rana

Bharat Awasthi

100.00

Not out

Rajesh Kumar

140.00

runout (U Tharanga / R Yadav-II)

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 2)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.25)

145/10

Bowlers

EXT

Anureet Singh

9.33

Tino Best

4.50

Varun Khanna

7.50

KS Rana

8.25

Amit Tomar

11.00

Sultan Ansari

5.75

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Ishan Malhotra

b TL Best

1-7

1.3

Sunny Singh

c Shafiq Khan b V Khanna

2-50

6.3

Thisara Perera

c P Kumar b V Khanna

3-74

8.5

Naman Sharma

runout (K Rana / A Tomar)

4-94

12.2

Nick Compton

c A Singh b TL Best

5-125

15.1

Ashish Nuniwal

c Shafiq Khan b TL Best

6-125

15.4

Stuart Binny

c V Khatri b Sultan Ansari

7-129

16.5

Ashok Kumar

b TL Best

8-133

17.6

Sandeep Kumar

c Sultan Ansari b K Rana

9-137

18.6

Rajesh Kumar

runout (U Tharanga / R Yadav-II)

10-145

19.6

Guwahati Avengers

145/8 (20)

Batters

Vishu Khatri

33.33

c T Perera b S Binny

Upul Tharanga

133.33

c A Kumar b S Binny

Shafiq Khan

89.29

lbw b B Awasthi

Pintu Kumar

121.43

c S Binny b A Nuniwal

Rahul Yadav-II

150.00

b B Awasthi

Sultan Ansari

122.22

Not out

Anureet Singh

72.73

c N Sharma b T Perera

Amit Tomar

0.00

b T Perera

KS Rana

200.00

lbw b T Perera

Varun Khanna *

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 11)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.25)

145/8

Did not Bat

Tino Best

Bowlers

EXT

Stuart Binny

3.25

Ishan Malhotra

19.00

Ashish Nuniwal

5.67

Thisara Perera

10.25

Bharat Awasthi

4.50

Ashok Kumar

8.67

Sandeep Kumar

9.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Vishu Khatri

c T Perera b S Binny

1-24

2.3

Shafiq Khan

lbw b B Awasthi

2-77

10.3

Pintu Kumar

c S Binny b A Nuniwal

3-111

14.2

Upul Tharanga

c A Kumar b S Binny

4-113

15.1

Rahul Yadav-II

b B Awasthi

5-123

16.4

Anureet Singh

c N Sharma b T Perera

6-140

19.2

Amit Tomar

b T Perera

7-140

19.3

KS Rana

lbw b T Perera

8-144

19.5

Match Info

Date & Time

29 Mar, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Ghaziabad

Match

2nd Semi-Final,

KhiladiX Legends Cricket Trophy

Toss

Guwahati Avengers elected to bowl

Player of the Match Tino Best

4/18

Commentary

So, that is it from myself, Karthik Raj and my co-commentator, Rajarshi. Woof! What a game that was. Pretty sure you all are waiting for the KhiladiX Legends Cricket Trophy final between Indore Knights and Guwahati Avengers which will be played tomorrow starting at 7.30 PM. Don't miss the grand final. Until next time, it is a warm good-bye!

Tino Best, Player of the Match: I am a competitor. 42 years old, a little tired. My team-mates gave the energy for me to run in. The stare, you try to be aggressive as a bowler. I am just entertaining the crowd and hope that I just give the belief to my team-mates. The camaraderie is brilliant. The tournament is fantastic, the pitches have been brilliant.

Upul Tharanga (Guwahati Avengers captain): The game was going towards both sides. The wicket wasn't easy to bat on. The bowlers came back well to restrict their batters. When the ball gets older, it is not easy to bat against the spinners. Since we were playing the night game, saw that the ball was swinging and Tino did well. Hopefully, we can win the final!

Thisara Perera, Vizag Titans captain: This is the beauty of cricket. I feel we did very well through the series, but if someone makes mistakes, we are bound to fall back. They deserve to win this match for they made lesser mistakes. He's more senior than me. Upul's a very calm guy. We had a bad day, so we'll see what happens next year. It's been an honour to lead this side. As a unit, we did well throughout the series.

Right, it's time for the post-match presentations now!

MATCH OVER!

Guwahati Avengers win the Super Over by 1 run!

Guwahati Avengers 17/0 (1)
Vizag Titans 15/1 (1)

Vizag Titans 145/10 (20)
Guwahati Avengers 145/8 (20)

Upul Tharanga 56 (42) | Shafiq Khan 25 (28)

Thisara Perera 3-41 | Stuart Binny 1-13

Crazy scenes here in Ghaziabad as Anureet Singh and Upul Tharanga held their nerve to take Guwahati Avengers into the final! Chasing 146 for victory, Upul Tharanga got Guwahati off to a good start. However, Stuart Binny bowled superbly to dismiss Vishu Khatri cheaply in the third over. Thereafter, Shafiq Khan joined Tharanga even though the former struggled to get going. Eventually, the 52-run partnership was broken by Bharat Awasthi as he ended Shafiq's struggle in the middle.

Pintu Kumar came in at No.4 and played a couple of lovely shots but Ashish Nuniwal dismissed him in the 15th over. Tharanga also departed in the next over as Guwahati started to struggle. Ahead of the final over, Guwahati required 6 off 6 balls but Thisara Perera bowled a magical final over where he took three wickets and the game got tied at the end of the 20 overs!

Vishu Khatri and Upul Tharanga came out to bat for Guwahati in the super over with Stuart Binny in charge of restricting them. However, Vishu put on a show as he batted all the six balls and scored 16 runs. In reply, Stuart Binny batted superbly and brought the equation down to two runs off one ball. However, Anureet bowled a clever slower delivery as Binny failed to connect. Tharanga was also alert behind the stumps as he ran forward and fired an under-arm throw to find Perera short of the crease

1.0

0.6 Anureet Singh to Stuart Binny, OUT!!!! VIZAG TITANS ARE IN THE FINAL!!!!! Anureet Singh kept his nerves and bowled his team to victory! He took the pace off completely and kept it wide of Binny from round the wicket. Binny swung at it with all his might, made no contact, Perera called him through for an improbable bye, Tharanga gathered the ball on the bounce, ran in, under-armed the ball towards the stumps and hit the target! He then ran through towards his bowler in jubilation, and the rest of the team joined in in a flash as Anureet slapped the stumps off at his end and ran off towards the dugout!

0.5 Anureet Singh to Stuart Binny, FOUR!!! Anureet tried the wide yorker, he did nail it, but Binny was a step ahead of him! Deep in his crease, he squeezed the ball through the gap at backward point and found the ropes! Last ball of the match, and this time, it is the Vizag Titans who need 2 off it!

0.4 Anureet Singh to Stuart Binny, banged in short, Binny looked to pull but got a top-edge. The ball flew high up in the air but landed in a vacant area at deep mid wicket. The fielder out there got to it, and the batters completed a brace in quick time. 6 needed off 2!

0.3 Anureet Singh to Stuart Binny, SIX!!!! Anureet continued from round the wicket but ended up dishing this one in the slot! This was full and straight, Binny, deep in his crease, muscled this one high and well over the stands at long on! 8 off 3!

0.2 Anureet Singh to Thisara Perera, wide yorker from Anureet this time, Perera sliced this one towards the man at deep backward square, and a single was all they could get. 14 needed off 4!

0.1 Anureet Singh to Thisara Perera, low full toss from round the wicket, Perera thumps this one down the ground, Tino Best at long on got to it quickly, fired the throw in at the bowler's, Binny was struggling to get back but Anureet failed to gather the throw!

As expected, Thisara Perera and Stuart Binny will open for Vizag Titans. Anureet Singh is ready to bowl the Super over!

This is going to be an exciting contest in the Super Over. 17 runs will be a lot but the likes of Thisara Perera, Stuart Binny and Nick Compton will back themselves!

Super over!

Guwahati Avengers 16/0

Vishu Khatri 16* (6)

1.0

0.6 Stuart Binny to Vishu Khatri, full and wide outside off, Khatri slammed this one towards the man at long off. The fielder ran in as the batters looked for a seemingly impossible second, which was made possible as the fielder fumbled a few times before gathering, and returned a wayward throw towards the bowler's end! 16 off the super over, 17 needed for the Vizag Titans to book a berth in the final!

0.5 Stuart Binny to Vishu Khatri, SIX! What a hit that is, what a time for it to come! Binny went for the wide yorker, Khatri sliced this one high up on the volley, got some super timing on it, and the ball ended up clearing the boundary deep extra cover!

Run-out appeal taken upstairs but it looks like Vishu Khatri's dive will save him! Yes, it does!