Legends Cricket Trophy 2024: The innovative 90Ball league of Legends Cricket Trophy is nearing its halfway stage and the tournament hosted in Sri Lanka has been a highly successful one. Three sides have completely looked class apart from rest of the other sides, and this sides are Dubai Giants, Rajasthan Kings, and NY Superstar Strikers.
In the latest match of the league, a dominant Dubai Giants thumped a below-par Kandy Samp Army side, who never looked in the match from the first ball of the match. Dubai Giants managed to ponder runs in heavy amount, as the side managed to score 190 in their 50 overs, thanks to wonderful knocks from Shaun Marsh and Saurabh Tiwary.
For once, it did look like that Kandy are in for a fight, but it was merely a sensational knock from Kevin O'Brien that went in vain, as his departure eventually announced the collapse of the side, as they slipped from 79/1 to 100/8 in no time, and lost the match by 56 runs.
Legends Cricket Trophy 2024: Updated Points Table
Rank | Teams | Played | Won | Lost | No Result | Net Run Rate | Points |
1 | Dubai Giants | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | +1.221 | 8 |
2 | Rajasthan Kings | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | +2.192 | 6 |
3 | NY Superstar Strikers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | +2.187 | 6 |
4 | Punjab Royal | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | -0.354 | 6 |
5 | Kandy Samp Army | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1.178 | 4 |
6 | Delhi Devils | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1.267 | 0 |
7 | Colombo Lions | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2.679 | 0 |
Legends Cricket Trophy 2024: Highest Run Scorers
1. Robin Uthappa (Rajasthan Kings): 192 runs in 4 innings
2. Tillakaratne Dilshan (Punjab Royal): 189 runs in 5 innings
3. Shaun Marsh (Dubai Giants): 184 runs in 4 innings
4. Kevin O' Brien (Kandy Samp Army): 179 runs in 4 innings
5. Suresh Raina (Delhi Devils): 163 runs in 3 innings
Legends Cricket Trophy 2024: Highest Wicket Takers
1. Christopher Mpofu (Kandy Samp Army): 10 wickets in 4 innings
2. Anureet Singh (Delhi Devils): 8 wickets in 4 innings
3. Manpreet Gony (Rajasthan Kings): 7 wickets in 4 innings
4. Rahat Ali (Punjab Royal): 7 wickets in 3 innings
5. Tino Best (Kandy Samp Army): 7 wickets in 4 innings