A battle of ability, technique and cricketing nostalgia unfolded because the yesteryear cricketing stars assembled underneath the floodlights of a packed DY Patil Stadium right here to witness the India Masters driving on an all-round brilliance to convincingly beat England Masters by 9 wickets in one other enthralling Worldwide Masters League 2025 affair on Tuesday.
India’s hunt for 133 started with a classic contact of the little grasp Sachin Tendulkar, slamming 5 boundaries and a six for his 34 off 21 deliveries to boost the tempo with a 75-run opening partnership in mere 7 overs with Gurkeerat Singh Mann, who was equally aggressive with an unbeaten 35-ball 63.
The electrical environment on the stadium got here to a short standstill as soon as Sachin made his method again to the pavilion, after being caught by Tim Ambrose off Chris Schofield, with the group, roaring simply moments in the past, falling into surprised silence.
Nonetheless, the arrival of the harmful Yuvraj Singh modified the temper as he introduced again the cheers, with a big six over midwicket off the second ball he confronted from the English leg-spinner. The southpaw gave the impression to be in a rush to complete off issues, smoking 4 boundaries to complete off on an unbeaten 14-ball 27, and extra importantly, stitched a 57-run undefeated stand with Gurkeerat to take India Masters residence in simply 11.4 overs.
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Earlier, the third match of the inaugural IML served up a basic as Sachin Tendulkar’s India Masters invited Eoin Morgan’s England Masters to bat after electing to subject within the high-stakes battle.
The choice appeared to have paid off for the hosts when Abhimanyu Mithun struck within the third over with the wicket of stumper Phil Mustard (8) earlier than Dhawal Kulkarni joined the occasion by dismissing Morgan for a 13-ball 14, to go away the guests in a spot of trouble contained in the powerplay.
Tim Ambrose and Darren Maddy took cost of the proceedings after the early dismissals of the opening combo, and the duo put up a calculative 43-run stand for the third wicket to stabilise the innings earlier than left-arm spinner Pawan Negi struck twice in a span of two overs to maintain India forward within the contest.
Whereas Ambrose contributed with a 22-ball 23, Maddy got here up with 25 off 24 balls earlier than falling to the identical bowler. Tim Bresnan struck a few boundaries throughout his 19-ball 16 earlier than being packed off by Kulkarni.
England wanted some late-order blitzkriegs with half the aspect again within the dugout for 89 runs. Nonetheless, India’s disciplined bowling assault didn’t enable any freebies, as Vinay Kumar removed the harmful Dimitri Mascarenhas for single digits earlier than Mithun and Kulkarni struck once more to take away Chris Tremlett for an 8-ball 16, and Steven Finn (1). In the direction of the tip, Chris Schofield’s undefeated 8-ball 18 gave the vacationers the much-needed push.
For India, Dhawal Kulkarni was the decide of the bowlers, returning spectacular figures of three/21, whereas Abhimanyu Mithun and Pawan Negi bagged two wickets apiece. Vinay Kumar picked up a wicket for the house aspect.
Temporary Scores: England Masters 132/8 (Darren Maddy 25, Tim Ambrose 23; Dhawal Kulkarni 3/21, Pawan Negi 2/16) misplaced to India Masters 133/1 (Gurkeerat Singh Mann 63 not out, Sachin Tendulkar 34, Yuvraj Singh 27 not out) by 9 wickets.
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