Amazing in one over, blast in 29 balls, batsman with only 2 fingers on his feet hit sixes after sixes, got 10000 rupees.
Manipal Tigers and Southern Super Stars faced each other in Legends League Cricket on 1 October. Southern Super Stars won this match by 42 runs. The highlight of this match was the explosive batting of a batsman who has only two fingers on one foot. We are talking about New Zealand's Martin Guptill, who has only two fingers on his left foot. Guptill, who retired after playing 367 international matches, is a part of Southern Super Stars in Legends League Cricket. And, he played the biggest role in the victory against Manipal Tigers.
Martin Guptill, who lost 3 fingers of his left foot in an accident at the age of 13, batted indiscriminately against Manipal Tigers. His explosive batting was such that he scored 30 runs in just one over. He did this in the 9th over of his team, i.e. Southern Super Stars' innings. This over was being bowled by Manipal Tigers' bowler Daniel Christian.
Martin Guptill scored a total of 30 runs in that one over of Daniel Christian. He hit 4 consecutive sixes on the first 4 balls of the over, then hit a four on the 5th ball and took 2 runs on the last ball.
Martin Guptill's innings against Manipal Tigers did not end with this one over. He faced a total of 29 balls in the match and scored 68 runs while batting at a strike rate of more than 234. Left-handed batsman Martin Guptill's innings included 8 fours and 4 sixes. Due to this innings of Guptill, Southern Super Stars, batting first, scored 194 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs.
Martin Guptill got 10000 rupees.
Now Manipal Tigers had a big target of 195 runs, chasing which they could score only 152 runs in 20 overs and lost the match by 42 runs. Martin Guptill became the hero of this victory over Manipal Tigers, who got Rs 10000 as a prize. This is the fourth consecutive victory of Southern Super Stars in 4 matches in the league.