Sachin, Yuvraj roll back the years as India Legends win

TIL Desk Sports/ Sachin Tendulkar-led India Legends stormed into the finals of the first edition of the Road Safety World Series T20 after beating West Indies Legends by 13 runs at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, in Raipur, on Wednesday evening.

It was none other than captain and crowd favourite Tendulkar who led the way with a stylish half-century after Virender Sehwag’s entertaining cameo and before Yuvraj Singh’s six-hitting spree. Chasing 219 to win, the Windies were restricted to 206 for 6 in 20 overs by India.

Needing 24 in 12 balls, Indian seamers R Vinay Kumar and Irfan Pathan bowled their heart out to help their win which was once going the visitors’ way. Vinay Kumar took two wickets of — captain Brian Lara (46) and Tino Best at a crucial juncture in the 18th over that brought them back into the game. Earlier, Dwayne Smith (63) and Narsingh Deonarine (59 not out) half-centuries went in vain as Windies were knocked out of the tournament.