South Africa Legends started of♑f the proceedings in the ongoing Road Safety World Series with a win over West Ind♕ies Legends at DY Patil stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Chasing 144, Africa Legends lost 4 wickets with just 44 on the board in the ninth over. However, then Jonty Rhodes and Albie Morkel joined hands and took their side over the line. The duo added an unbeꦡaten 104-run stand to open account of the South African team in the league of legends.
They also complete a 100 run partnership! Unacademy 🐎 @indieslegends @south_legends
— Colors Cineplex (@Colors_Cineplex)
Rhodes remained not out on 53 off 4♔0 balls, while Morkel played an unbeaten knock of ♍54 from 30 deliveries.
Skipper scores a 50 & takes ꦇ@south_legends to victory! @IndiesLegends
— Road Safe🅷ty World Series (@RSWorldSeries)
. scores a sp🔥ectacular 54 runs off 30 balls. @south_legends wins the game by 6 wickets. @IndiesLegends
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For the Windies, Carl Hooper picked up three wickets, wh🍰ile Adam Sanford and Samuel Badree grabbed two scalps each๊.
Earlier, West Indies Legends posted 143-8 in their allotted 20 overs. Opening pꦚair of Daren Ganga and Shivnarine Chanderpaul started well and added a crucial 48-run stand before Paul Harris dismissed Chanderpaul (21).
Harris showed his spin magic again and got the set batsman Ganga (31), followed by the big fish Brian Lara (4) as the Windies were reduced to 66-3 in 10.3 overs. Then Ricardo Powell and Danza Hyatt added a vital 36-run stand to take the team’s score post 100.
At the end of their 20 overs @IndiesLegends have scored 143 runs!
Will they be able to d꧙efend this fighting score ! See you on the other side! Unacademy 🍬 @indieslegends @south_legends— Colors Cineplex (@Colors_Cineplex)
Legend Hooper remained unbeaten for 23 off 18 balls and took his side to 143.🌼 Harris was the most successful bowler for South Africa, claiming three wickets followed by Garnett Kruger, who earned two. Andrew Hall and Johan van der Wath took one wicket each.
