There was a lot of excitement in the match played between Konark Surya Orissa and TOM Hyderabad in Legends League Cricket 2024. In this match, former Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan performed brilliantly with ball and bat and contributed significantly to the team's victory. With this performance he proved that age is just a number. In the match, his team batted first and scored 156 runs. When Irfan, who played his last international match in 2012, came to bat, the team had lost four wickets for 64 runs.
Excellent performance in batting and bowling
From here he played an inning of 49 runs in 35 balls and took the team to a respectable score. Next came Hyderabad's batting, where the team had a poor start and openers Chadwick Walton and George Worker were out for 10 and 8 runs respectively. Ricky Clark gave the team hope of victory by scoring 67 runs. In the last over the team needed 12 runs to win. Here Konark captain Irfan Pathan himself led the bowling.
Such was the thrill of the last over
Pathan came to bowl for the first time in the entire match. His decision turned out to be absolutely right. Irfan gave three runs on the first two balls of this over. The batsman of Hyderabad team hit a six on the third ball. At this time it seemed that Hyderabad would win this match easily. But then came the twist, Irfan took the wicket on the fourth ball. After this, Hyderabad needed three runs on the last two balls. Here Pathan gave a single on the next ball while no run came on the sixth ball and thus Pathan's team won.
Konark team reached the final
With the victory in this match, Konark team achieved its third win in the tournament and entered the finals. Irfan Pathan's team will face Southern Super Stars in the final. Both the teams will clash for the title on October 16 at Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar.