RAIPUR, India, CMC – Dwayne Smith’s half-century proved in useless as Rayad Emrit produced a good penultimate over to assist Gujarat Giants to a slender one-run win over Urbanrisers Hyderabad within the Legends League right here Sunday.
In pursuit of 194 at Rajiv Gandhi Worldwide Cricket Stadium, Giants bought a 39-ball 50 from opener Smith, whereas Peter Trego scored 59 from 25 balls.
Nonetheless, with 19 runs required from the final two overs, medium pacer Emrit despatched down an over that price solely six runs, leaving Trego and Jerome Taylor with the duty of garnering 13 runs from the ultimate six balls.
Trego perished to the second ball from pacer Sreesanth (2-28), and Taylor may solely handle a boundary off the ultimate supply with six runs wanted.
Smith had earlier punched three fours and 4 sixes, inspiring a 46-run second wicket stand with Gurkeerat Singh Mann (22) to drag the chase round from the lack of Martin Guptill (1) with eight runs on the board.
The previous West Indies star added 45 for the third wicket with captain Suresh Raina (13) earlier than falling within the twelfth over.
Trego, who belted seven fours and 4 sixes, stored the chase going first in a 46-run, fifth wicket stand with Stuart Binny (12) after which in a 33-run stand for the sixth wicket with Yogesh Nagar (10).
Former Barbados and West Indies left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn completed with two for 28.
Selecting to bat first, Giants gathered 193 for 5 from their 20 overs, with Richard Levi blasting a 19-ball 49 and Rajat Bhatia hanging an unbeaten 39 off 20 balls.
Veteran former West Indies opener Chris Gayle chipped in with 29 from 26 deliveries, posting 69 for the second wicket with Levi, who counted half-dozen fours and three sixes.
Bhatia, who struck 5 fours and a six, then managed the again finish in an unbroken sixth-wicket partnership of 63 with Dhruv Raval, who made 29.
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