Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj gave another reason to cherish on Wednesday evening with their brilliant display of batting against West Indies legends.
Master blaster-led India legends stormed into the finals of the Road Safety World series after defeating West Indies Legends by 13 runs at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium.
Sachin Tendulkar is in his element tonight.
A 5️⃣ 0️⃣ on the board for the little master, absolute ageless excellence.Watch LIVE only on @Colors_Cineplex, #RishteyCineplex and for free on @justvoot#UnacademyRoadSafetyWorldSeries pic.twitter.com/rj0hokvLGN
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Batting first, India Legends posted 218 for 3 in 20 overs with Sachin Tendulkar smashing 65 off 42 and Yuvraj Singh blasting an unbeaten 49 off 20 balls.
Fans were mesmerized by the straight drives and exquisite pull shots by Tendulkar. The southpaw Yuvraj Singh also joined the party and smashed 4 sixes in an over. Despite those big hits, Yuvraj was stranded at 49 not out. But India was comfortably placed at 218 for 3 in 20 overs.
6️⃣ 6️⃣6️⃣ 0️⃣ 6️⃣ 0️⃣ Yuvraj Singh keeping the SIXES coming. Some things never change!
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Other than Tendulkar and Yuraj’s crucial knocks, Sehwag (35), Yusuf Pathan (37) and Mohd Kaif (27) contributed with the bat, too.
India was off to a rollicking start with Sehwag taking on the attack from ball one by driving left-arm spinner Suleiman Benn through covers.
It was no stopping for Sehwag who was in an attacking mood while Tendulkar took his time.
While chasing, legend Brian Lara scored 46 runs but fell short of 13 to overhaul the target. Dwayne Smith (63) and Narsingh Deonarine (59 not out) half-centuries went in vain as Windies were knocked out of the tournament.