Yusuf, Srivastava guide Maharajas to a victory
In response to the chase, Maharajas lost the wicket of Virender Sehwag (4) and Parthiv Patel (18) early. Soon, Tim Bresnan got the better of Mohammad Kaif (11) as well, to reduce Maharajas to a score of 50/3.
Tim Bresnan took three wickets (PC: Twitter)
However, Yusuf Pathan continued his blistering form to exude confidence to his partner Tanmay Srivastava as well. The southpaw slammed 54 off 39, with eight fours and a six, and had already put Maharajas to a strong position.
In the end, Irfan Pathan scored 20* off 9, while Yusuf remained unbeaten on 50 off 35 balls to seal the chase, with eight balls to spare.
The fast bowler Tim Bresnan was the wrecker-in-chief for Giants with three scalps.
Brief Scores:
World Giants - 170/8 (20)
Kevin O'Brien 52 (31), Denesh Ramdin 42* (29);
Pankaj Singh 5/26
India Maharajas - 175/4 (18.4)
Tanmay Srivastava 54 (39), Yusuf Pathan 50* (35);
Tim Bresnan 3/21
Result: Maharajas won by 6 wickets
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