Legends League Cricket: Full List of Award Winners, Player of the Match, Player of the Tournament

A
century
partnership
between
Ross
Taylor
(82)
and
Mitchell
Johnson
(62
runs)
and
a
cameo
from
Ashley
Nurse
(42
not
out)
helped
India
Capitals
post
a
massive
total
of
211
for
seven
as
they
came
out
of
a
difficult
situation.

Chasing
this
target,
Irfan
Pathan-led
Bhilwara
Kings
never
looked
comfortable
and
kept
losing
wickets
at
regular
intervals
and
were
reduced
to
107
runs
in
18.2
overs.

Legends
League
Cricket:
Gautam
Gambhir-led
India
Capitals
defeat
Bhilwara
Kings
to
be
crowned
champions

After
being
put
in
to
bat
first,
India
Capitals
lost
four
wickets
inside
21
runs
but
the
partnership
of
126
for
the
fifth
wicket
between
Taylor
and
Johnson
revived
them.

Some
tight
bowling
upfront
by
Rahul
Sharma
(30-4)
and
Monty
Panesar
(13-2)
saw
captain
Gautam
Gambhir
(8),
Dwayne
Smith
(3),
Hamilton
Masakadza
(1)
and
Denesh
Ramdin
(0)
being
dismissed
cheaply.

Taylor
–
who
played
41
balls
and
hit
four
fours
and
8
sixes
–
revived
the
innings
for
the
Capitals
with
his
second
consecutive
fifty.
Earlier
on
October
2
in
Jodhpur,
Taylor
played
a
knock
of
84
runs
against
the
same
team.
It
was
Taylor’s
third
fifty
in
this
league.
Meanwhile,
Johnson
also
notched
up
his
first
half-century
in
this
league.
Johnson
smashed
seven
fours
and
three
sixes
in
his
35-ball-knock.

Taylor
and
Johnson
shared
a
126-run
partnership
for
the
fifth
wicket.
Once
Johnson’s
departure,
Taylor
shared
another
crucial
partnership
with
Ashley
Nurse.

Once
captain
Irfan
Pathan
introduced
Rahul
in
the
attack,
he
took
Taylor’s
wicket.
Rahul
didn’t
stop
there
and
got
the
fourth
scalp
by
dismissing
Liam
Plunkett
(0)
in
his
fourth
over.
But
Nurse
–
with
the
help
of
six
fours
and
a
six
in
just
16
balls
–
took
the
Capitals
past
the
200-run
mark.

Chasing
a
difficult
target,
the
Kings
lost
the
wickets
of
Morne
Van
Wyk
(5),
William
Porterfield
(12)
and
Yusuf
Pathan
(6)
for
a
total
of
44
runs.
Shane
Watson
(27
runs,
19
balls,
3
fours,
1
six)
showed
some
resistance
and
stitched
a
small
partnership
with
Jesal
Karia
(22
runs,
17
balls,
3
fours,
1
six).

As
the
asking
rate
was
climbing,
the
Kings
had
to
score
138
runs
in
the
last
10
overs.
It
could
have
been
possible
with
Watson
present
in
the
middle
but
Karia
perished
when
the
scorecard
read
76.

Captain
Irfan
(2)
joined
Watson
in
the
middle
and
the
latter
was
run
out
due
to
a
miscommunication,
leaving
his
team
in
dire
straits.
Irfan
too
joined
his
fellow
teammates
in
the
dugout
when
the
scorecard
read
81
and
eventually
the
entire
Bhilwara
Kings’ innings
was
folded
for
107.

Pawan
Suyal,
Praveen
Tambe
and
Pankaj
Singh
took
two
wickets
each
for
Capitals
while
Johnson
and
Plunkett
got
one
wicket
each.

Here
we
take
a
look
at
the
full
list
of
Award
Winners
&
Prize
Money:

Legend
of
the
Tournament:
Yusuf
Pathan

Legend
of
the
Match:
Mitchell
Johnson
&
Ross
Taylor
for
126
runs
partnership

Power
Hitter
of
the
Tournament:
Ashley
Nurse

Winners:
India
Capitals
–
Rs
2
crore

Runners-up:
Bhilwara
Kings
–
Rs
1
crore

Third-placed
Team:
Gujarat
Giants
–
Rs
50
lakh