JAMMU, Nov 28: Praising Jammu as a “pretty place,” former New Zealand cricket captain Ross Taylor mentioned he believes that the refurbished Maulana Azad Stadium within the coronary heart of town could possibly be a venue for the Indian Premier League.
The cricketer is right here together with over 100 former greats of the sport for the season 2 of the Legends League T20 cricket, which introduced the aggressive cricket to the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir after a spot of greater than three a long time.
The primary of the 4 matches was performed on the 20,000 capability stadium beneath floodlights Monday night and attracted an enthusiastic turnout of followers from all elements of the area, together with the Kashmir valley.
“I feel it’s important to depart slightly bit extra grass on it…completely different elements of India play otherwise and that is the great thing about the sport of cricket. You don’t need related wickets in all places and the black soil right here was a bit low and gradual.
“Clearly, it (the match) got here all the way down to the final over and that’s what you need in T20 cricket,” Taylor mentioned.
The batter made the remarks to reporters in a post-match interplay after his staff, Southern SuperStars, registered an exciting five-wicket win over Manipal Tigers.
Whereas chasing a modest whole of 124 runs set by Manipal Tigers, the Southern SuperStars wanted 28 runs within the final two overs and rode on Pawan Negi’s heroic flip to complete the sport in 19.4 overs.
Cricket lovers who turned as much as witness the match have been seen cheering each hit to the fence however Manipal Tigers captain Harbhajan Singh, although a bowler, was positively the favorite.
Singh, who gave away simply 10 runs in his 4 overs, was essentially the most economical bowler and took an essential wicket of explosive opener Jesse Ryder.
Lauding the organisers of the Legends league, Taylor mentioned it’s good for a participant to be nonetheless concerned within the recreation of cricket after retirement.
“It’s good to see Harbhajan and (Suresh) Raina, all these legends and the legends from different international locations to return out and play. Once they do retire, folks assume that they received’t be capable of see them once more,” he mentioned.
“It is usually good to go and unfold the sport and are available to non-traditional cricketing locations like Jammu and Dehradun, in all probability not on the worldwide calendar so to talk.
“Folks do come out at smaller locations and see their heroes which is incredible,” mentioned the NZ participant who performed 112 worldwide checks and smashed 19 tons in his 15-year run.
Coming from a spot no much less charming, Taylor was additionally bought on Jammu. “I completely loved this place. It’s good to be in Jammu … I’ve not performed right here earlier than. It is a pretty a part of the world.” On Tuesday, whereas a few of the gamers, together with Harbhajan Singh, Suresh Raina, and S Sreesanth, provided prayers at Mata Vaishno Devi shrine atop Trikuta hills, gamers like Kevin Piertersen, Devon Smith, Martin Guptill, and Nikhil Chopra loved their relaxation day at Jammu Tawi Golf Course.
Legends League cricket co-founder and chief government officer Raman Raheja thanked the group for turning up in good numbers and mentioned “the target of the league is to take cricket the place the sport has not taken place for a really very long time.” “Six groups with over 100 former worldwide gamers have reached right here on the third leg of the match. Eight matches have been carried out in Ranchi and Dehradun and now we have now 4 matches in Jammu,” he mentioned.
The sequence grew to become the explanation Bilal Ahmad Mir, a resident of Srinagar, may see the gamers in reside motion for the primary time. “This was the primary time that I watched a match in a stadium and I loved each little bit of it.” Talking on behalf of the locals, Sanjay Kumar mentioned individuals are completely happy that such aggressive cricket is going down in Jammu, as he requested slashing of ticket charges for the remaining three video games. (Companies)
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