Legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar returned to the cricket field once again. The cricketing great featured in the One World One Family Cup — a charity match — held at Bengaluru on Thursday. The game also had former star players like Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan, RP Singh, Yusuf Pathan. Sri Lanka’s bowling great Mutthiah Muralitharan was also a part of the contest that had legendary players from other countries too. The ‘One World’ side was led by Tendulkar while Yuvraj captained the ‘One Family’ team.
In the match, Sachin scored 27 in 16 balls with three fours and a six. He was eventually dismissed by Sri Lankan spin wizard Muralitharan on the latter’s first legal delivery. The first ball of the over was deemed a dead ball as Tendulkar was not ready to face it but on the next delivery, he lost his wicket.
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Tendulkar also took a wicket in the match, which saw ‘One World’ prevail by four wickets. The entire action gripped the fans by a wave of nostalgia.
‘One Family’ put up 180/6 on the board, with Darren Maddy, a former England batter (51), Yusuf (38) and Yuvraj (23) being among the top batters. Harbhajan Singh picked up 2/30 for ‘One World’
During the chase in this T20 game, former South African all-rounder Alviro Petersen (74), former Sri Lankan opener Upul Tharanga (29) and Tendulkar (27) scored the bulk of the runs. Chaminda Vaas, the former Sri Lankan pace great, took 3/46 but his effort was in vain as ‘One World’ chased down the target with a ball to go.
Team One World Squad: Sachin Tendulkar (captain), Naman Ojha (wicketkeeper), Upul Tharanga, Alviro Petersen, Subramaniam Badrinath, Irfan Pathan, Ashok Dinda, Ajanta Mendis, Harbhajan Singh, Monty Panesar, RP Singh, Danny Morrison.
Team One Family Squad: Yuvraj Singh (captain), Parthiv Patel (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Kaif, Darren Maddy, Alok Kapali, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Yusuf Pathan, Jason Krejza, Muttiah Muralitharan, Makhaya Ntini, Chaminda Vaas, Venkatesh Prasad.
(With ANI Inputs)
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