India Capitals win Legends League. (Twitter/Legends League Cricket)IND CAP vs BK, Legend League Cricket 2022 Final Match Highlights: India Capitals were crowned the champions of the Legends League Cricket at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium on Wednesday. The Capitals, captained by Gautam Gambhir, made an excellent recovery after stumbling early to post 211/7 in 20 overs. The Kings crumbled under pressure of the tall target and were all out for just 107 in 18.2 overs.
While Ross Taylor (82 off 41 balls) and Mitchell Johnson (62 off 35 balls) were the architects of the Capitals’ innings, sharing a 126-run stand for the fifth wicket, the Kings did not manage to get any meaningful partnership from their batters.
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All over. Best is caught and bowled by Bhatia. India Capitals win the 2nd season of Legends League!!!
BOWLED!!! It's Tambe again as he cleans up Bresnan. Bhilwara Kings are down to their last man!!! BK 104/9 after 17.2 overs
ANOTHER GONE!!! Huge appeal for Prasad's wicket and it's been given. Gets a nick and Ramdin takes the catch behind the wicket!! BK 92/8 after 15 overs
Tambe!! What an absolute ripper. Cleans Bishnoi up with a corker. Bishnoi has no idea what hit him!!! BK 86/7 after 14 overs
Pathan takes a massive swipe and Praveen Gupta has come out of nowhere to pull off the catch of the night. Absolutely sensational. BK in trouble. They are 81/6 after 11.5 overs
That's another gone!!! Shane Watson falls short of his crease as Ramdin collects the ball and takes the bails off. BK 79/5 after 11 overs
Plunkett in to bowl the 11th and that's gone!!! Karia is dismissed. Backs away and slices it into the hands of Taylor. BK 76/4 after 10.2 overs
Plunkett to bowl the 9th and Karis breaks his chains and hits a massive six!!! The next 3 balls are dots. 2 runs to end the over. BK 67/3 after 9 overs
In to the 6th over and Suyal will bowl this one. Pathan with a four before departing. Hits it straight to Smith who makes no mistake. BK 44/3 after 5.4 overs
Suyal to bowl the fourth and he gets hit for three back to back boundaries by Porterfield. Batter tries to go to the well one too many times and is dismissed now. Taylor with the catch. BK 29/2 after 4 overs
Johnson in to bowl the 3rd and he strikes!!! The ball smashes into van Wyk's pads and he has to depart. Bhilwara Kings rocked early. BK 16/1 after 3 overs
Back live and van Wyk ended the 1st over with a four. On to the second over now. Suyal to bowl. Starts with 4 dots. The next is also a dot. Maiden over. BK 8/0 after 2 overs
Johnson to open the bowling for the Capitals. van Wyk will be on strike first up. 4 runs from 2 balls, including 2 back to back wides. We have a delay here due to a floodlight malfunctioning. BK 4/0 after 0.4 overs.
Can INDCAP get 200? Sreesanth to bowl this one. 4 from the first 2 balls. The 3rd and fourth ball is hit for a four and a 6 respectively by Nurse. That's 200 up for INDCAP. Another four off the 5th ball. INDCAP 211/7 after 20 overs
Bresnan in to bowl the 19th over now. Just 1 from the first 3 balls. Excellent over. Just 2 from it ultimately. INDCAP 191/7 after 19 overs
Sharma in to bowl the 17th and yes, he has finally gotten rid of Taylor!!! Straight down deep midwicket's throat and in this instance that was Yusuf Pathan. Plunkett also departs in te same over. 2 wickets for Sharma in this over INDCAP 174/7 after 16.3 overs
Bresnan in to bowl and Johnson hits him for a six. The bowler gets the last laugh though as Johnson tries to hit one big and holes out to Irfan Pathan. INDCAP 147/5 after 14.4 overs
Prasad in to bowl the 14th and Johnson hits a six straight away. That's gone straight. Follows that up with back to back fours. 14 off just 4 balls. A six follows and that's 50 for Johnson!! Absolute carnage!! INDCAP 141-4 after 14 overs
Sharma to bowl the 13th and that's a humongous six by Taylor!!! That has gone miles!! Oh dear dear!! Taylor hits one high, mistimes it and it goes through two players and a boundary. The last ball ends with a six!!! Flat one. INDCAP 120/4 after 13 overs
Sreesanth to bowl the 11th. Can Taylor get his 50 in this one? A single to rotate strike. Taylor on 49. And yes, that's his 50 runs. INDCAP 87/4 after 11 overs
Y Pathan gets the Yusuf Pathan treatment by Ross Taylor in the 10th over. 3 sixes from the first 3 balls. Followed by a four and a 6 to end the over. Absolute carnage!!! INDCAP 74/4 after 9 overs
Dhammika Prasad in to bowl the 8th over and Johnson goes after him. 2 fours off this over already. Taylor and Johnsoon looking to rebuild the innings. INDCAP 44/4 after 8 overs
Sreesanth in to bowl the last over inside powerplay and Taylor with a four off the fourth ball. Just 6 from this over ultimately as the Kings are in total control. INDCAP 28/4 after 6 overs
And that's another gone. Panesar is on fire at the moment. Smith plays it straight and that finds the fielder. Pretty soft dismissal. INDCAP 21/4 after 4.3 overs
Huge shout for an LBW and that's the 3rd wicket gone. The umpire puts up his finger straight away. Ramdin gets beaten and that has hit his pad. INDCAP 9/3 after 1.5 overs
Rahul Sharma will bowl the 2nd over and yes!!! He strikes!! Masakadza steps out, misses te line of the ball and that's cleaned him up. INDCAP 9/2 after 1.3 overs
Gambhir and Dwayne Smith are at the crease. Gambhir is on strike. Panesar will open the attack. Absolutely beautiful stroke by Gambhir to start the over with a four!!! The second ball gets the same treatment as it finds it way to the boundary as well. Aaanddd GONE!!! He's stumped!!! INDCAP 8/1 after 0.4 overs
India Capitals: Gautam Gambhir (c), Dwayne Smith, Hamilton Masakadza, Ross Taylor, Dinesh Ramdin (wk), Ashley Nurse, Mitchell Johnson, Praveen Gupta, Pravin Tambe, Pankaj Singh, Pawan Suyal
Bhilwara Kings: William Porterfield, Morne van Wyk (wk), Shane Watson, Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan (c), Jesal Karia, Rahul Sharma, Monty Panesar, Tino Best, S Sreesanth, Dhammika Prasad
Dhammika Prasad comes into the side in place of Fidel Edwards, Bhilwara's captain Pathan confirms. He says that he wants to back his players to do what their players have been doing throughout this tournament under pressure. Gambhir admits he would have bowled first too.
All set for the toss now and the Kings have won the toss. They opt to bowl first against the Capitals.
India Capitals Squad: Gautam Gambhir(c), Dwayne Smith, Hamilton Masakadza, Ross Taylor, Denesh Ramdin(w), Ashley Nurse, John Mooney, Liam Plunkett, Mitchell Johnson, Pankaj Singh, Pravin Tambe, Pawan Suyal, Ishwar Pandey, Praveen Gupta, Solomon Mire, Suhail Sharma, Dishant Yagnik, Asghar Afghan, Rajat Bhatia, Ravi Bopara, Mashrafe Mortaza, Jacques Kallis, Prosper Utseya, Farveez Maharoof
Bhilwara Kings Squad: William Porterfield, Morne van Wyk(w), Shane Watson, Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan(c), Rajesh Bishnoi, Jesal Karia, Monty Panesar, Fidel Edwards, S Sreesanth, Sudeep Tyagi, Nick Compton, Rahul Sharma, Matt Prior, Dinesh Salunkhe, Naman Ojha, Mayank Tehlan, Samit Patel, Tanmay Srivastava, Tim Bresnan, Owais Shah, Tino Best
Irrfan Pathan had a stellar Road Safety World Series where he represented the India Legends and won the title. Can e lead the Kings to another title tonight?
India Capitals and Bhilwara Kings will face each other in the final of the Legends League Cricket at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Both teams have made it to the final on the back of some pretty consistent performances.