LLC Final: Yusuf Pathan's 9 sixes and 52 runs in 2 overs went in vain, the team lost due to last-ball drama

Former Team India all-rounder Yusuf Pathan, who retired from international cricket many years ago and has now entered politics and become an MP, is still as adept at explosive batting as before. In the Legends League Cricket, he presented one such example of his explosive batting to the fans, which brought his team out of the jaws of defeat, but then an accident happened to him. In this final against Southern Super Stars, Konark Surya Odisha star Yusuf Pathan rained fours and sixes. Yusuf scored 85 runs in just 38 balls but his heart broke on the last ball of the match.

In this final played at Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar, Konark's batting was completely ruined in response to the target of 165 runs given by Southern Super Stars. The team lost 6 wickets for just 91 runs in 14.1 overs and then soon the score became 118 runs-8 wickets, while 17 overs were over. At such a time, the team's hopes were completely on Yusuf Pathan and the 41-year-old former Indian batsman did not disappoint. He brought his team close to victory by hitting a rain of sixes.

Yusuf came to bat in the 10th over when the team had lost 4 wickets. After this, he showed his explosive style. First, in the 16th over, Yusuf hit 2 sixes and 3 fours in Subodh Bhati's over and scored a total of 24 runs. This included 2 sixes and 2 fours on 4 consecutive balls. Then in the last 2 overs, the team needed 35 runs and Yusuf's bat roared. He hit 4 sixes and 1 four on spinner Pawan Negi in the 19th over, in which 3 consecutive sixes came on the fourth, fifth, and sixth balls. In this way, he scored a total of 28 runs from the over. In this way, he scored 52 runs in 2 overs.

Now only 7 runs were needed in the last over but Chaturanga de Silva did not let this happen and did not give any boundary. 2 runs were needed on the last ball and Pathan was on strike but he could take only 1 run and got run out while trying to take the second run. Thus the match was tied. Yusuf hit 6 fours and 8 sixes in his innings. After this came the super over and here also Yusuf hit a six which was his 9th sixer in the match but he got out here and his team scored 13 runs in the super over. In response to this, Martin Guptill hit consecutive sixes on the first and second ball of the over for Southern Super Stars, and then the team won the match on the fifth ball and won the title for the first time.