Pawan Negi, former Chennai Super Kings player, hit the winning run as the Southen Super Stars beat Konark Suryas Odisha in an exciting Super Over in the final of Legends League Cricket 2024. Batting first, the Southern Super Stars scored 164 runs for 6 wickets.
However, in response, the Konark Suryas Odisha innings seemed to falter at times while Yusuf Pathan came good to lead his side with a heroic performance by 85 off 38 balls. It was a superb innings where in he hit sixes all around the park and almost took his side to victory. His efforts made the match close and thrilling for both sides and thus it ended in a tie at the end of the regular overs, pushing it into a Super Over.
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In the Super Over, Captain Irfan Pathan and Yusuf Pathan batted for Odisha. Yusuf Pathan straight away began with a powerful six but was given out Lbw soon. Richard Levi came and hit a boundary of the last ball and helped to set a target of 14 runs for Southern Super Stars.
In response, Martin Guptill came out to bat for the Southern Super Stars along with Negi, hitting two successive sixes off the first two balls. This aggressive start reduced the target to just two runs with four balls still to go. But when Diwesh Pathania took a crucial wicket in the third ball, thereby changing the game in favor of Konark Suryas, the excitement grew only more.
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Pawan Negi hits the winning run
Chirag Gandhi stepped out and scored a single from the fourth ball. With Negi on strike, and there was one run required in the final two balls of the game, Negi hits the the winning run by taking a single, and took the Legends League Cricket 2024 trophy home for the Southern Super Stars.
Former Chennai Super Kings player Negi, who retired early into his career, has played 50 IPL games and fetched 34 wickets for teams like the Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, and Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals). He is just 31 but Negi failed to meet the expectations, and below average performances in franchise cricket made him realize to retire at a young age. He has represented India in just 1 T20I.
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