The first season of Big Cricket League was very tremendous. There were many competitions in this. Now this league is at its last stage. The first semi-final of this tournament was played between MP Tigers and Mumbai Marines. In this match held in Surat, Irfan Pathan was captaining the Mumbai team, while his elder brother Yusuf was captaining the MP team. Mumbai team defeated MP by 15 runs in this important match and entered the final. Irfan was the hero of this match.
Irfan Pathan created a stir in the first semi-final held on Saturday 21st December. First he scored a stormy fifty with the bat. Then he showed excellence in bowling. Actually, Yusuf Pathane won the toss and gave Mumbai team a chance to bat first. Mumbai did not have a good start and lost 3 wickets at the score of just 58 in 9 overs. After this Irfan came to bat and played an important inning of 54 runs in 31 balls at a strike rate of 174. During this, he hit 6 fours and 2 sixes. Apart from him, Manpreet Gony finally scored 33 runs in 17 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 1 four, due to which Mumbai scored 172 runs in the first innings.
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After batting, Irfan also did wonders with bowling in this semi-final match. He defended 16 runs in the last over. Actually, Yusuf Pathan's team made a great start by chasing 173 runs. MP Tigers touched the 50-run mark in just 3 overs. However, after this there was a flurry of wickets. First, Saket Sharma was out after scoring 34 runs in 11 balls. After this the next 4 wickets fell cheaply.
However, despite continuous fall of wickets, MP Tigers scored 156 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 19 overs. Now he had to score 17 runs in the last over. Then Irfan took the responsibility of bowling and took 1 wicket giving just 1 run. With this he led his team to victory by 15 runs. With this, Mumbai has entered the finals. Now its final match will be played on Sunday 22nd December.
