Legends League Cricket 2024 Highlights: Irfan Pathan leads Konark Suryas to thrilling win over Manipal Tigers

Captain Irfan Pathan bowls a match-winning last over to successfully defend 11 runs. 

Konark Suryas Odisha defeat Manipal Tigers by 2 runs as they defend 104 total with brilliant bowling.

KSO - 104/9 in 20 overs. 

MT - 102/8 in 20 overs.

Odisha stay ahead after 15 overs of play with timely wickets and impressive bowling from Dilshan Munaweera and Shahbaz Nadeem.

MT - 55/6 in 14 overs.

Manipal Tigers need 50 runs in 30 balls to win the game. 

3 wickets in 3 overs. 

Ben Laughlin removes Manoj Tiwary on a lbw dismissal as Manipal Tigers lose their third wicket in powerplay.

MT - 4/3 in 3 overs.

Manipal need 101 runs in 102 balls to win the game. 

Vinay Kumar castles out Solomon Mire to further stun Manipal Tigers in the opening stages. A sensational start puts Odisha ahead in the game for the first time.

MT - 4/2 in 2 overs.

Manipal need 101 runs 108 balls to win the game.

Shahbaz Nadeem bowls out the star opener Robin Uthappa for a two-ball duck in the very first over to give Odisha the start they needed in defending a low total. Manoj Tiwary joins Solomon Mire in the middle.

MT - 4/1 in 1 over.

Manipal Tigers need 101 runs in 114 balls to win the game. 

Odisha lose Ross Taylor to Anureet Singh on the last ball of the 19th over but Kevin Stewart and Vinay Kumar manage to scorch 16 runs off the last over to take the total past 100. A good total by Odisha for a fightback with some early success in the second innings.

Captain Irfan Pathan top-scored with 18 runs off 23 balls. Anureet Singh and Obus Pienaar take two wickets each for Manipal.

KSO - 104/9 in 20 overs. 

Manipal Tigers need 105 runs in 120 balls to win the game.

Just three overs to go as Konark Suryas Odisha will look to reach a 100-plus total with Ross Taylor and Navin Stewart in the middle.

KSO - 73/7 in 17 overs.

A brilliant presence of mind from Sheldon Cottrell to run out Rajesh Bishnoi. A wicket no.7 for Manipal Tigers.

KSO - 64/7 in 15.3 overs.

Manoj Tiwary takes a stunning catch at deep long-off to send back Yusuf Pathan who scored just 3 runs. A big heartbreak for Odisha in the middle overs.

KSO - 61/6 in 14 overs. 

It's captain vs captain as Harbhajan Singh bowls out Irfan Pathan to give Manipal Tigers a breakthrough with a big wicket.

Irfan scored 18 runs in 23 balls. Yusuf Pathan joins Ross Taylor.

KSO - 55/5 in 12 overs.

Konark Suryas Odisha fail to reach a 50-run mark inside the first 10 overs as Manipal Tigers bowlers continue to bowl impressive spells. 

KSO - 49/4 in 10 overs.

Dilshan Munaweera walks out for a big shot but misses the delivery and Robin Uthappa makes no mistake to stump out. Dilshan scored 11 runs off 16 balls. Captain Irfan Pathan joins Ross Taylor in the middle.

KSO - 46/4 in 9 overs.

Another impressive over from Rahul Shukla to finish the powerplay overs for the Manipal Tiegrs. Dilshan Munaweera and Ross Taylor are struggling for the big shots as the pitch proves a bit tricky to bat on.

KSO - 32/3 in 6 overs. 

Odisha continue to lose wickets in the powerplay as Rahul Shukla dismisses Kevin O'Brien who throws away his wicket while attempting a boundary through mid on. A brilliant wicket-maiden over from the right-arm fast bowler. 

Kevin scored 6 runs off 5 balls. Ross Taylor joins Dilshan in the middle.

KSO - 28/3 in 4 overs. 

Sheldon Cottrell strikes in his second over to remove Richard Levi who tries to go big over mid on with Harbhajan Singh taking another each catch. Odisha are in early trouble.

KSO - 28/2 in 3 overs (Dilshan Munaweera - 8* off 3 balls, Kevin O'Obrien - 6* off 2 balls).

Anureet Singh strikes early in the second over to remove Ambati Rayudu. Harbhajan Singh takes an easy catch. A big big wicket for the Tigers.

Rayudu scored 8 runs off 7 balls. Kevin O'Brien joins Richard Levi in the middle.

KSO - 20/1 in 2 overs.

Openers Ambati Rayudu and Richard Levi are out in the middle to kick off Konark Suryas Odisha's innings.

Sheldon Cottrell to bowl the first innings for Manipal Tigers.

The game is on in Jodhpur. 

Manipal Tigers Playing XI: Solomon Mire, Robin Uthappa (wk), Angelo Perera, Manoj Tiwary, Asela Gunaratne, Daniel Christian, Obus Pienaar, Harbhajan Singh (c), Anureet Singh, Rahul Shukla, Sheldon Cottrell.

Konark Suryas Odisha Playing XI: Ambati Rayudu, Ross Taylor, Richard Levi (wk), Irfan Pathan (c), Yusuf Pathan, Dilshan Munaweera, Navin Stewart, Kevin O'Brien, Ben Laughlin, Vinay Kumar, Shahbaz Nadeem.

Manipal Tigers have won the toss and opted to bowl first. Playing XIs to be updated soon.

Konark Suryas Odisha: Irfan Pathan (c), Richard Levi, Dilshan Munaweera, Ambati Rayudu, Ross Taylor, Yusuf Pathan, Kevon Cooper, Pravin Tambe, Shahbaz Nadeem, Fidel Edwards, Ben Laughlin, Kevin O'Brien, Vinay Kumar, Navin Stewart, KP Appanna, Rajesh Bishnoi, Diwesh Pathania, Jesse Ryder.

Manipal Tigers: Harbhajan Singh (c), Robin Uthappa (wk), Upul Tharanga, Manoj Tiwary, Angelo Perera, Asela Gunaratne, Thisara Perera, Daniel Christian, Anureet Singh, Sheldon Cottrell, Pragyan Ojha, Amit Verma, Saurabh Tiwary, Abu Nechim, Rahul Shukla, Amitoze Singh, Praveen Gupta, Imran Khan, Solomon Mire.

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Harbhajan Singh's Manipal Tigers and Irfan Pathan-led Konark Suryas will face each other in the mouth-watering first match at Barkatullah Cricket Stadium

The game will begin at 07:00 PM IST and the live broadcast is available. 

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