Former Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan currently plays for the California Knights in the 2023 US Masters T10 League. Irfan Pathan’s bowling is a hot topic throughout the league. He gave the team the win by saving nine runs in the last half from experienced batsmen Dwayne Smith and Hamilton Masakadza. Irfan Pathan, who won his last international cap in 2012, continues to dominate at the age of 38.
Irfan Pathan accomplished this feat in the match between the California Knights and the Atlanta Riders in the tournament. First in the match, the California Knights scored 94 runs on the board for 2 wickets in 10 overs. Chasing the runs, the Atlanta Riders could only manage 89 runs for 4 wickets in 10 overs. Irfan Pathan played an important role in helping the California Knights win this match.
It took the Atlanta Riders 9 runs to win the last over. Irfan Pathan, who took the final over from the California Knights, made his team a 5-run win in just 3 runs. Irfan Pathan bowled wide on the first ball of the over. Now 8 runs of 6 balls were needed. After that, Irfan threw a point to former Zimbabwean batsman Masakadza with the first ball. On the second ball, Masakadza scored a single.
Then Irfan Pathan threw the ball on the touchline to Dwayne Smith, who was on the third ball shot where he could only make one run. Then, on the fourth ball, Pathan caught Masakadza and showed him the way to the pavilion. Hammad Azam, the new batsman who tried to hit the fifth ball, was kicked out without opening the account. Now 6 runs were needed from the last ball and Dwayne Smith was present in the goal area. By throwing Pathan’s last point of the ball, his team won by 5 runs.
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