RANCHI, India, CMC – Former West Indies batting star Chris Gayle sparkled briefly. Nonetheless, it was not sufficient to cease his Gujarat Giants from sliding to a ten-run defeat to Manipal Tigers in Monday’s second match of the Legends League.
In pursuit of a difficult 174 on the JSCA Worldwide Stadium Advanced, Giants fell brief at 153 for 9, the 44-year-old Gayle lashing a characteristically sturdy 38 off 24 balls with seven fours and a six.
The left-hander placed on 75 off 40 deliveries with South African Jacques Kallis, whose prime rating of 56 got here from 42 balls and included eight fours.
When the partnership was damaged, three wickets went down for twenty-four runs, however Kallis rallied the innings once more in a 55-run, fourth wicket stand with captain Parthiv Patel, who struck 4 fours and a six in a fluent 26-ball knock.
Seamer Parvinder Awana completed with 4 for 19 whereas Sri Lankan pacer Thisara Perera (2-6) and former India Take a look at star off-spinner Harbhajan Singh (2-14) claimed two wickets.
Despatched in earlier, Tigers rattled up 173 for eight off their 20 overs, with Zimbabwe’s Hamilton Masakadza top-scoring with an 18-ball 37, Perera getting 32 from 17 balls, and opener Robin Uthappa hitting 23 from 17 balls.
West Indies’ Chadwick Walton made 17 on the prime of the order, whereas former Trinidad and Tobago and West Indies medium pacer Rayad Emrit took a single wicket from his 4 overs.
Former West Indies left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn despatched down a single over, which value 16 runs.
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