betvisa loginTwitter reactions: Irfan Pathan, Manpreet Gony’s heroics in vain as England Legends pip India Legends in a thriller

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Here is how Twitter reacted

In the ninth match of the ongoing Road Safety World Series T20 2020-21, England Legends defeated India Legends by six runs at 𝓰Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur on Tuesday.

Irfan Pathan and Manpreet Gony almost pulled off a phenomenal victory after the pair had stitched an unbeaten 63-run partnership from just 32 deliveries for the eighth wicket. ♑Unfortunately, their efforts went in vain as England Legends triumphed by a mere six runs mar🧔gin.

It all started when England Legends were asked to bat first, and they set a massive 189-run target for the Sachin Tendulkar-led team. For England, veteran power-hitter Kevin Pietersen showed his vintage avatar after he smashed an 18-ball half-century. Ev♒entually, he scored 75 🐽off 37 balls laced up with six fours and five sixes at an incredible strike-rate of 202.70.

In reply, India Legends got off to a dreadful start after Matthew Hoggard removed Virender Sehwag (6) in the second over, followed by Monty Panesar’s remarkable bowling, who dismissed Sachin Tendulkar (9), Mohammad Kaif (1), and Yuvraj Singh (22).

Ryan Sidebottom and James Tredwell also joined the party after they sent back Subramaniam Badrinath (8) and Yusuf Pathan (17) respectively into the pavilion to reduce India Legends to 99/6. 18 runs later, Tredwell packed Naman Ojha’s innings to put India Legends in deep trouble.

Then Pathan and Gony batter together and started counter-attack on England bowlers. At one moment, it seemed like the duo would pull off an improbable victory as the equation came down to 19 runs off the final six deliveries. But, Pathan and Gony could score only 12 from Sidebottom’s last over, thereby losing the contest by just 6 runs. Pathan finished the match with an unbeaten 61 off 34 balls while Gony stayed not out on 35 from 16 deliveries.

Here is how Twitter reacted:

So near yet so far! Outstanding batting🍎 by and Gony.
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R)

What�� a game it was. Couldn’t finis🥂h the game but will get them next time.
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)

At this rate, Kevin Pietersen can make his England come💟back before Alex Hales.
— Sritama (@cricketpun_duh)

Saw Kevin Pietersen’s fantastic innings yesterday against the Indian legends. He still looks to be in shape as a 𒅌batsman. And I honestly feel he would’ve got more runs than the current English top order had he play🙈ed the recent test series. legend
— Do꧟dda Ganesh | ದೊಡ್ಡ ಗಣೇಶ್ (@doddaganes🗹ha)

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What an Unbelievable effort by Irfan Pathan and Manpreetꦆ gony. Irfan Pathan Scored 61*(34) and Manpreet gony scored 35*(16). But India Legends short by 6 runs. But full numbers of Irfan Pathan and Manpreet gony, The way both batted. Outstanding.
— Tanuj Singh (@ImTanujSingh)

8th match day 🍸@shaheedveernarayan . What a match, match to be remembered, very closeto win, just missed. Great partnership with .
— Manpreet Gony (@imMsgony)

Manpr♛eet gony and irfan🧸 pathan to England bowlers:
— Damodar Mahto 🇮🇳 (@DMahto19)

Fabulous entertainmenꦐt in the tonight, courtesy and turning the clock back! Age is just a number. 🙌🏼👏🏼
— Ajith Ramamurthy (@Ajith_tweets)

Last night , and took us back in time . Kp was just brilliant and irfu and gons showed some real fight and unbelievable hitting prowes🍸s . Quality c🌟ricket .
— Rohan Gavaskar (@rohangava9)

What a fightback from Irfan Pathan and Gony – India Legends was down and out then both added 63* runs from 26 balls but lost the match by 6 runs to England Legends – Irfan Pathan 61*(34) and Gony 35*(16).
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)