Legends League Cricket: Manipal Tigers Clinch Thrilling Three-Run Win Against Bhilwara Tigers | Cricket News
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The eighth match of the Legends League Cricket (LLC) on Monday saw a nail-biting finish as Harbhajan Singh's Manipal Tigers edged out Irfan Pathan's Bhilwara Kings by just 3 runs to register their first win of the League. After a superlative opening partnership between Tatenda Taibu (54) and Jesse Ryder (47) helped the Tigers post 175/8 in 20 overs, the Kings, powered by brothers Irfan (23) and Yusuf Pathan (42), almost pulled off a thrilling chase at the Barabati Stadium.The Kings needed 9 runs from the last over to win, but former Sri Lanka speedster Dilhara Fernando conceded only 5, besides also taking two wickets.Fernando finished with 4/31 from his four overs as the Kings ended on 172/9. Skipper Harbhajan Singh and Parvinder Awana took two wickets each while Muralitharan took...