Former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh turned back the clock in the ongoing Legends League Cricket 2023. In the second game of the tournament between India Maharajas and World Giants, he almost re-created Late Shane Warne’s ‘Delivery of the Century’. For the unversed, the former Australia leggie bowled England’s Mike Gatting around the legs in one of the Ashes series in the early 90s.
Meanwhile, almost 30 years later, the two-time World Cup winner for India, Singh bowled Chris Gayle pretty much the same way. In the third over of the Giants’ innings, the right-arm spinner came from over the wicket. The first ball he bowled outside the leg stump. Gayle, on the other hand, tried to slap the ball but the ball came back and hit the leg stump. Both bowlers and batters were in shock after the wicket.
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Meanwhile, talking about the game, the Maharajas lost their second game of the tournament. They had lost their first game against Asia Lions. Talking about their second game, the Giants won the toss and elected to bat first. The team had a poor start as they lost the wicket of Gayle early in the innings. At this stage, skipper Aaron Finch and Shane Watson put together 88 runs for the second wicket.
The former scored 53 off 31 balls including seven fours and three sixes before getting out to Pravin Tambe. On the other hand, Watson scored 55 off 32 balls including five fours and three sixes. Before he got out, the team had scored 129 in 12.3 overs. However, after his wicket, the team kept losing regular wickets and was restricted to 166/8 at the end of the innings. Harbhajan took four wickets while Tambe took two and Irfan Pathan took one.
In reply, India had a great start as Robin Uthhappa and Gautam Gambhir put together 65 runs in 6.2 overs. The latter scored a half-century. However, when the team lost his wicket at the score 134, the team lost the plot and lost the game by two runs.
