The Legends League Cricket Masters will witness the Asia Lions, led by the former Nepali cricket team captain Paras Khadka, playing against India Maharajas today. The match will take place at the West End Park International Cricket Stadium in Doha at 8:15 PM Nepali time. Furthermore, Asia aims to secure their third consecutive win after defeating India by 9 runs in the first match. And defeating World Giants by 35 runs in the second match. Misbah-ul-Haq is in excellent form. He is also Former Pakistan captain of the LionsHe scored 44 runs off just 19 balls with 4 fours and 3 sixes to defeat the Giants.
Performance
Misbah has been adjudged player of the match in both games. Against India, he scored 73 runs in 50 balls with 2 fours and 4 sixes. Paras Khadka batted in the last over against India, scoring 3 runs in 2 balls. But he didn’t get a chance to play (Bowl and Bat) against the Giants. Paras is expected to bat in the middle order and might get an opportunity to handle the innings if Asia loses two or three wickets at the start.
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The Lions hope to start the match well, with good performances expected from Upul Tharanga and Tillakaratne Dilshan. Shahid Afridi, the captain, has not batted in either of the games. And the team anticipates him to make an explosive finish in this match. Moreover, Shoaib Akhtar may replace Sohail Tanvir, and Mohammad Amir is also on the team.
Gautam Gambhir will be hoping for their first victory. Since, Gambhir has been in good form, scoring 54 against Asia and 68 against the Giants. India will need excellent batting performances from Rowin Uthappa, Murali Vijay, Suresh Raina, and Yusuf Pathan. Harbhajan Singh, Pravin Tambe, and Sreeshrant are the bowlers.
As the game will be played in a double round-robin style. Therefore, there will be three teams participating. Moreover, Asia is currently at the top of the Points Table. They have 4 points from 2 matches. They are followed by Giants with 1 win and 1 loss from 2 games. On the other hand, India is at the bottom of the leaderboard losing both of their matches.
