Yusuf Pathan rained sixes, got a thrilling defeat in the super over; broken dream of becoming champion

Southern Super Stars vs Konark Suryas Odisha, Final : The final match of Legends League Cricket 2024 was played between Southern Super Stars and Kornak Surya Odisha. In this match, Irfan Pathan-led Kornak Surya Odisha defeated Southern Super Stars in the Super Over and won the title. Batting first, Southern team scored 164 runs at the loss of 6 wickets and in reply, Odisha team could also score the same number of runs. Odisha scored 13 runs in the Super Over but Martin Guptill gave an easy victory to Southern Super Stars by hitting two consecutive sixes.

Hamilton Maskadja played a tremendous stormy innings

Kornak Surya Odisha captain Irfan Pathan won the toss and decided to bowl. Southern Super Stars, who came to bat first, did not have a good start. The team got its first blow on the score of just 1 run. Opener Srivatsa Goswami was out without opening the account. Martin Guptill also played an inning of 27 runs. Zimbabwe's Hamilton Maskadza played a stormy innings in the middle order. He scored 83 runs in 58 balls with the help of 8 fours and 5 sixes.

Yusuf Pathan single-handedly tied the match

While chasing the target, Kornak Surya's team lost 3 wickets for only 37 runs. Top order was a complete flop. When it seemed that the team would lose one-sidedly, Yusuf Pathan stood at one end. He thrashed the bowlers badly. Yusuf Pathan played a brilliant inning of 85 runs in just 38 balls with the help of 6 fours and 8 sixes. He was run out on the last ball and due to this the match went to super over. If he had not been run out, Kornak's team would have won the match.

Super over took place after the match was tied. Playing first, Kornak's team scored 13 runs. However, for Southern Super Stars, Martin Guptill helped his team win easily by hitting 2 sixes. In this way Southern Super Stars won the title.