Earlier, Rangana Herath and Jayasuriya dealt India two early blows but Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj steadied the innings with a solid partnership. Waves of cricket fans wound the clock back to the 1990s and early 2000s when Tendulkar essayed two back-to-back sweep shots off Dilshan before playing a glorious on drive off Jayasuriya.
However, Tendulkar was denied a third consecutive half-century when Farveez Maharoof had him caught behind for 30, and then Yusuf and Yuvraj took over.
With the event coming to an end, a look at the full list of award winners and statistics from the tournament:
Winners – India Legends
Runners-up – Sri Lanka Legends
Cracking Player of the Match (FINAL) – Yuvraj Singh – $ 1000
Player of the Match (FINAL) – Yusuf Pathan – Rs 1.25 lakh
Player of the Tournament – Tillakaratne Dilshan – Rs 2 lakh.
Team Stats
Highest Total: India Legends – 218/3
Biggest Win Margin (by runs) – India Legends by 56 runs against SA Legends
Biggest Win Margin (by wickets) – India Legends by 10 wickets in 10.1 overs against Bangladesh
Highest match aggregate:
India Legends vs West Indies Legends – 424 runs
Batting stats:
Most Runs – Tillakaratne Dilshan – 271 runs in 8 matches
Highest Score – Upul Tharanga 99 not out vs Bangladesh Legends
Highest Average – Upul Tharanga – 118.50
Most fifties – 2 by Sachin Tendulkar, Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Morne van Wyk, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Narsingh Deonarine, Irfan Pathan, Dwayne Smith.
Most Sixes – 17 by Yuvraj Singh
Most Sixes in an innings – 6 by Yuvraj Singh in 2 matches
Bowling Stats:
Most Wickets – 12 by Tillakaratne Dilshan
Best Bowling Figures in an innings – 5/25 by Nuwan Kulasekara (SLL) vs SA Legends
Most Four-wickets in an innings – Kulasekara, Dilshan, Monty Panesar, Munaf Patel.
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