Warne’s Warriors have defeated Sachin’s Blasters by 6 wickets in the first match of the three-match All Star T20 league in the USA. Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar has stolen the show as they notched up an 85 runs in 8 overs. Though, Sachin Tendulkar failed to cope with Shane Warne’s challenge as the Indian batsman caught by Jacques Kallis. Virender Sehwag completes his fifty while Sachin scored 26. Sachin’s Blasters set a target of 141 for Warne’s Warrior. Ricky Ponting scored unbeaten 48 while Kumar Sangakkara scored 41. Shane Warne and Andrew Symonds took three wickets each for Warne’s Warriors while Shoaib Akhtar took 2 wickets for Sachin’s Blasters.
Sehwag hit 6 sixes and 3 fours. He was bowled by Daniel Vettori for 55. Currently, VVS Laxman and Brian Lara are at the crease.
But, Virender brought us to the nostalgia with his hard hitting batting style. Sehwag reached his 50 in 20 balls.
India fans at the Citi field
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Citi filed has gone mad watching on song Virender Sehwag
@virendersehwag Paji on song #CricketAllStars pic.twitter.com/TZ6fY6MiP8
— Shubham Singh (@imSKrsingh) November 7, 2015
Shane Warne checked Blasters flow of run in check as he has taken the wickets of Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman and Brian Lara in just 17 runs. Warne in his four over quota conceded just 20 runs and has taken three crucial wicktes. To rub more salt Andrew Sydmonds has sent Mahela Jayawardene back in the dressing room in the 15.3 overs. Jayawardene scored 18 off 15 balls. Symonds took two more wicktes of Moin Khan and Carl Hooper to finish his figure 3 for 15. South African legend Allan Donald has taken his compatriot’s wicket Sahun Pollock.
Wasim Akram’s last two overs death bowling restrict Blasters in 141 for 8.
Warne’s three wicket haul-Sachin, Lara and Laxman
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Posted by Cricket All Stars on Saturday, November 7, 2015
Watch Wasim Akram’s death overs bowling
Wasim bhai’s death bowling, last 2 overs. #t20AllStars #Allstars2015 #CricketAllStars pic.twitter.com/IEBmcLaN5z
— Ramiz Raja (@SirRamizRaja) November 7, 2015
Two massive sixes of Virender Sehwag
Two sixes hit by sehwag Awesome #cricketallstars @virendersehwag #T20Allstars pic.twitter.com/5lRHOAxtO5
— Harshit Chaudhary (@mtgbis70) November 7, 2015
Sachin’s wicket
What A Catch @jacqueskallis75 @ShaneWarne strikes @sachin_rt gone #cricketallstars pic.twitter.com/5OhwAu5C5H
— ⓗⓐⓢⓢⓐⓜ™© (@Hassam420) November 7, 2015
New York embraced cricket, electric atmosphere
Electric atmosphere at the METS..#sohaib on fire #cricketallstars pic.twitter.com/Gj0N8mjjSx
— Bala (@balasankaran) November 7, 2015
Shoaib Akhtar- the fast and furious got the pace
Still got the pace @iShoaibAkhtar Thanks @joefav @CUSportsBiz @Columbia for this experience at #CricketAllStars pic.twitter.com/Ixtb8A5sfW
— Arjun Singh (@ArjunYNWA) November 7, 2015
Akhtar’s deadly bouncer to Kallis
Whatty ball Shoaib Akhtar, fast and furious. #cricketallstars pic.twitter.com/R4rqhskd5n
— ⓗⓐⓢⓢⓐⓜ™© (@Hassam420) November 7, 2015
Muttiah Muralitharan throw, Kallis’s run out
#cricketallstars Murali with rocking throw to Run out cc; @T20AllStars pic.twitter.com/bSs7S9dVXK
— Mohammed Imran Alam (@ReportExpert) November 7, 2015
Ricky Ponting finish the match with six off Sachin
Ricky Ponting for the match!! #cricket #cricketallstars pic.twitter.com/gqc9tGsKrd
— michael caplan (@kingtutt2222) November 8, 2015
Highlight of the match
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— Rahul Sharma (@rahul_sharma83) November 8, 2015