Legends League Cricket Final 2023, Manipal Tigers became the champion for the first time of Legends League Cricket Final 2023. Asela Gunaratne got the Player of the Match and Thisara Perera Player of the series.
Legends League Cricket Final 2023
Match – Urbanrisers Hyderabad vs Manipal Tigers, Legends League Cricket 2023
Venue – Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat
Date – 9 Dec 2023, Saturday
Time – 06:30 PM
Toss – Manipal Tigers won the toss and opted to bowl first
Teams:
Manipal Tigers (Playing XI):
Chadwick Walton, Robin Uthappa(w), Amit Verma, Angelo Perera, Asela Gunaratne, Thisara Perera, Pankaj Singh, Amitoze Singh, Harbhajan Singh(c), Praveen Gupta, Mitchell McClenaghan
Urbanrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI):
Martin Guptill, Dwayne Smith, Rikki Clarke, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Suresh Raina(c), Peter Trego, Stuart Binny, Asghar Afghan, Amit Paunikar(w), Jerome Taylor, Chris Mpofu
Urbanrisers Hyderabad Innings
The Urbanrisers Hyderabad openers Dwayne Smith and Martin Guptil made a decent start against Manipal Tigers’s formidable pace bowlers, but Pankaj Singh claimed the first wicket by dismissing Martin Guptil. Dwayne Smith appeared to be in a good form, but scoring 21 runs got out by Mitchell McClenaghan.
Rikki Clarke and Gurkeerat Singh Mann formed a crucial partnership to stabilize Urbanrisers Hyderabad’s innings after the shaky start. Both players achieved half centuries, with Gurkeerat Singh Mann contributing 64 runs from 36 balls, while Rikki Clarke remained unbeaten with 80 runs from 52 balls. Peter Trego provided the finishing touch, propelling the total to 187/5.
Pankaj Singh took two wickets, while Mitchell McClenaghan and Thisara Perera each secured one wicket.
Urbanrisers Hyderabad Scorecard
| NAME | CATCH | BOWLER | RUN | BALL |
| Dwayne Smith | b McClenaghan | 21 | 20 | |
| Martin Guptill | c Walton | b Pankaj Singh | 0 | 5 |
| Rikki Clarke | Not out | 80 | 52 | |
| Gurkeerat Singh Mann | c sub (P Awana) | b Pankaj Singh | 64 | 36 |
| Peter Trego | c AK Perera | b NLTC Perera | 17 | 16 |
| Asghar Afghan | run out (†Uthappa/McClenaghan) | 0 | 1 | |
| Stuart Binny | Not out | 0 | 0 |
| #LLC23 5 EXTRAS 20 overs 187/5 |
Manipal Tigers Innings
Manipal Tigers’s target of 188 was not challenging, especially on a favorable batting pitch. Manipal Tigers top-order batsmen, Chadwick Walton and Robin Uthappa capitalized an impactful partnership. Walton scored 29 runs from 17 balls and Robin Uthappa 40 runs from 27 balls. Both of them lay a foundation stone for Manipal Tigers.
Angelo Perera and Asela Gunaratne made a valuable contribution, continued to make an impact on Urbanrisers Hyderabad’s bowlers. Angelo Perera scoring 30 runs dismissed by Stuart Binny. Asela Gunaratne made a half century with 29 ball remain unbeaten.
Thisara Perera also played an impactful innings. Colin de Grandhomme by hitting a six finish the game, Manipal Tigers won the Legends League Cricket 2023 first time.
Stuart Binny secured three wickets, while Jerome Taylor and Shadab Jakati each claimed one wicket.
Manipal Tigers Scorecard
| NAME | CATCH | BOWLER | RUN | BALL |
| Robin Uthappa | c Guptill | b Binny | 40 | 27 |
| Chadwick Walton | c Paunikar | b Binny | 29 | 17 |
| Amit Verma | c Smith | b Jakati | 8 | 5 |
| Angelo Perera | c Taylor | b Binny | 30 | 23 |
| Asela Gunaratne | Not out | 51 | 29 | |
| Thisara Perera | c Raina | b Taylor | 25 | 13 |
| C de Grandhomme | Not out | 6 | 1 |
| #LLC23 4 Extras 19 Overs 193/5 |
Squads:
Manipal Tigers Squad:
Chadwick Walton(w), Mohammad Kaif, Amit Verma, Angelo Perera, Asela Gunaratne, Colin de Grandhomme, Thisara Perera, Amitoze Singh, Harbhajan Singh(c), Pankaj Singh, Parvinder Awana, Mitchell McClenaghan, Hamilton Masakadza, Robin Uthappa, S Badrinath, Praveen Kumar, Kyle Coetzer, Imran Khan, Corey Anderson, Praveen Gupta, David White
Urbanrisers Hyderabad Squad:
Dwayne Smith, Martin Guptill, Rikki Clarke, Suresh Raina(c), Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Peter Trego, Asghar Afghan, Stuart Binny, Amit Paunikar(w), Pawan Suyal, Chris Mpofu, Jerome Taylor, Tino Best, Chamara Kapugedera, Morne Morkel, Pragyan Ojha, Sudeep Tyagi, Yogesh Nagar, Shadab Jakati, Tirumalsetti Suman, Mohnish Mishra, Devendra Bishoo, Milind Kumar, Shivakant Shukla
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