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Martin Guptill: These days, Test cricket is dominant all over the world. Test series is going on between India and Bangladesh on home soil and the Indian team is currently playing the test against Australia, the test between Sri Lanka and New Zealand has recently ended, on the other hand, the domestic series in India is also at its peak. Is. Amidst all this, an international player has created a lot of controversy in a tournament organized in India.
Former New Zealand cricketer Martin Guptill may have retired from international cricket, but the strength of his hands and bat has not diminished. Guptill has created a stir on Indian soil in Legends League cricket. In this league of retired players, at one time New Zealand's opening batsman scored 34 runs in a single over by hitting 5 sixes and one four. On the strength of Guptill's destructive batting, Southern Super Stars registered a spectacular win against Konark Suryans Odisha.
In this match held at Lalabhai Contractor Stadium in Surat, the Kiwi player scored unbeaten 131 runs with the help of 9 fours and 11 sixes in 54 balls. In the sixth over of the innings, Guptill faced Naveen Stewart of Trinidad and Tobago. In this over, Guptill started aggressively in the style of Yuvraj Singh and hit a hat-trick six. After 3 sixes on the first 3 balls, the fourth ball also went for the boundary but it was a four.
After this, on the fifth and sixth balls, Guptill played an aerial shot and then threw the ball outside the cushion board. For Guptill's team, Srivatsa Goswami scored 18 runs on 15 balls while Hamilton Maskadja scored 20 runs on 17 balls. Delhi all-rounder Pawan Negi scored unbeaten 14 runs in 11 balls.
Earlier, under the captaincy of Irfan Pathan, Suryans Odisha scored 192 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. For Suryansh Odisha, Richard Levi scored 63 runs in 21 balls with the help of 9 fours and 4 sixes. For brother's team, Yusuf Pathan scored 33 runs in 22 balls with the help of 2 fours and 3 sixes. Subodh Bhati took 3 wickets and Chaturanga de Silva took 2 wickets. However, in the end Guptill's team won the match by 7 wickets.
