‘What a performance’ – Twitter praises India Capitals as they thrash Bhilwara Kings in the final of Legends League Cricket 2022

India Capitals and Bhilwara Kings locked horns in the final match of the Legends League Cricket 2022 in Jaipur. The Kings won the toss and elected to field first in a high-pressure game. Their decision started proving right as they took four wickets after conceding only 21 runs. Monty Panesar and Rahul Sharma did the damage early. The former took the wickets of opposition skipper Gautam Gambhir and Dwayne Smith.

On the other hand, Sharma took the wicket of Hamilton Mazakadza and Denesh Ramdin. Mitchell Johnson was promoted up the order after the fall of the fourth wicket. Ross Taylor and Johnson stitched a partnership of 126 runs that helped the team recover well from the early jolts. Both players scored half-centuries. Ashley Nurse’s 42 off 19 helped the team reach a huge total of 211/7. It was indeed a great recovery from the Blue Brigade.

For Bhilwara, Rahul Sharma took four wickets while Panesar took two. Tim Bresnan took one while the other failed to capitalize on a good start.

India Capitals dominated with the ball

In reply, the Purple Brigade (Bhilwara) kept losing regular wickets and were never in the game. In the powerplay, they lost the wickets of Morne van Wyk, William Porterfield, and Yusuf Pathan. Shane Watson and Jesal Karia tried to bring some stability to the innings. They stitched a partnership of 33 runs. However, after the fall of Karia in the 11th over, the wicket kept falling like a pack of cards.

From 76/3, they were all-out for 107 runs, losing the game by 104 runs. Talking about Bhilwara’s batting, only Porterfield (12), Shane Watson (27), Jesal Karia (22), and Sreesanth (13) could cross the double-digit mark. Apart from them, the rest of the batting got single-digit scores. Talking about the Capitals’ bowling, all six bowlers shared the spoils. Pawan Suyal, Praveen Tambe, and Pankaj Singh took two wickets each. On the other hand, Mitchell Johnson, Liam Plunkett, and Rajat Bhatia took one each.

This is how Twitter reacted

https://twitter.com/robbieuthappa/status/1577729851511144448?s=20&t=urhKXT5moEJeRez4v5wLKA

https://twitter.com/Mitch_Savage/status/1577679192677720064?s=20&t=uLER0BQKs0LonRvRLi8rkQ

https://twitter.com/MontyPanesar/status/1577878735868420097?s=20&t=lNLLtOJ4jOEChghIn4qNYA

IPL 2012, IPL 2014, LLC 2022 – Gambhir continues to win trophies as a leader. #LLCT20 pic.twitter.com/oGdSeMrJSb

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) October 5, 2022

https://twitter.com/DelhiCapitals/status/1577728269125709824?s=20&t=m2piDiwt3OydhBPqWsVuAw

https://twitter.com/CricCrazyNIKS/status/1577646976942092289?s=20&t=m2piDiwt3OydhBPqWsVuAw

https://twitter.com/KKRWeRule/status/1577720141647085569?s=20&t=m2piDiwt3OydhBPqWsVuAw

https://twitter.com/gautamgambhir97/status/1577731093788516352?s=20&t=m2piDiwt3OydhBPqWsVuAw

https://twitter.com/oye_nilesh/status/1577721906975105025?s=20&t=m2piDiwt3OydhBPqWsVuAw

This is the best thing happening
i am really enjoying the match.#LLCT20 pic.twitter.com/Mj5WYeDq1j

— Aryan ✌️ (@Aryan2957036002) October 5, 2022