LLC 2023: Gunaratne and Uthappa shine in Manipal's victory, won the trophy by defeating Hyderabad by 5 wickets

 

In the final of Legends League Cricket 2023, Manipal Tigers defeated Urbanrisers Hyderabad by 5 wickets with the help of Asela Gunaratne's half-century and Robin Uthappa's brilliant innings. With this he won the title of Season 2. Shadab Jakati came as an impact player for Hyderabad. Colin de Grandhomme came from Manipal side. 

Batting first, UrbanRisers Hyderabad scored 187 runs losing 5 wickets in 20 overs. Ricky Clark scored the most runs for the team. He played a half-century inning of 80(52)* runs. In this innings he hit 6 fours and 4 sixes. Gurkeerat Singh Mann played a half-century inning of 64(36) runs. In this brilliant innings, he hit 8 fours and 2 sixes. Clarke and Gurkeerat made a partnership of 122 (69). Pankaj Singh took maximum 2 wickets for Manipal Tigers. Mitchell McClenaghan and Thisara Perera took one wicket each. 

Chasing the target, Manipal won the match by losing 5 wickets in 19 overs and scoring 193 runs. Asela Gunaratne scored the maximum runs for the team. He played an unbeaten half-century of 51 runs with the help of 5 sixes in 29 balls. Robin Uthappa played an inning of 40 runs in 27 balls with the help of 5 fours and one six. Chadwick Walton scored 29 runs in 17 balls with the help of 4 fours and one six. 

Uthappa and Walton gave a great start to the team by making a partnership of 71 (43) runs. Angelo Perera scored 30 runs in 23 balls with the help of one four and one six. Thisara Perera scored 25 runs in 12 balls with the help of 3 fours and one six. Stuart Binny took maximum 3 wickets for Hyderabad. Shadab Jakati and Jerome Taylor got one wicket each. 

Playing XI of Manipal Tigers:  Chadwick Walton, Robin Uthappa (wk), Amit Verma, Angelo Perera, Asela Gunaratne, Thisara Perera, Pankaj Singh, Amitoz Singh, Harbhajan Singh (c), Praveen Gupta, Mitchell McClenaghan. 

Playing XI of UrbanRisers Hyderabad:  Martin Guptill, Dwayne Smith, Ricky Clarke, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Suresh Raina (captain), Peter Trego, Stuart Binny, Asghar Afghan, Amit Paunikar (wk), Jerome Taylor, Chris Mpofu.