Asia Lions vs World Giants Final: Asia Lions, captained by Shahid Afridi, has won the Legends League Cricket 2023 global tournament. Asia Lions defeated World Joints by 7 wickets in the final match. Asia Lions had got a target of 148 runs to win the title match. Thanks to the brilliant innings of openers Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga, Asia Lions won the match in just 16.1 overs.
Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga made a one sided match
Asia Lions openers Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga added 115 runs in 10 overs for the first wicket. Tillakaratne Dilshan scored 58 runs off 42 balls. He hit 8 fours in his innings. At the same time, Upul Tharanga scored 57 runs in just 28 balls. He hit 5 fours and 3 sixes in his innings. Apart from Samit Patel, Brett Lee and Monty Panesar got 1-1 success for World Joint.
Jacques Kallis and Ross Taylor handled the innings
Electing to bat first after winning the toss, World Joints did not have a good start. 3 batsmen of World Joints had returned to the pavilion on the score of 19 runs, but after this there was a partnership of 92 runs between Jacques Kallis and Ross Taylor. All-rounder Jacques Kallis scored the highest 78 runs for World Joints. This player hit 5 fours and 3 sixes in his innings. Apart from this, Ross Taylor contributed 32 runs in 33 balls.
This is how the bowlers of Asia Lions were
On the other hand, talking about the bowlers of Asia Joints, Abdur Razzaq was the most successful bowler. Abdur Razzak took 2 wickets for 14 runs in 4 overs. Apart from this, Thisara Perera took 1 wicket in his name. However, Thisara Perera proved to be expensive. World Joints batsmen scored 33 runs in 4 overs of Thisara Perera.
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