Aug 28 2009
Indian side Conquers snow
Former Indian cricket stars didn’t let their country down in the match that was played on Swiss snow. Indian side beat an All-Star team from England by four runs. Sharmila Tagore was the one who tossed the coin while her husband Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi and his fellow Farokh Engineer were the umpires. Kapil called right and decieded to bat. His side made 108 in their five overs thanks to Sandeep Patil (25), Ajay Jadeja (26), Kapil Dev (26), Roger Binny (12) and Syed Kirmani (12). The All-Stars needed to score at 20 an over. Radford made 25, ICC match referee Chris Broad made 26 and Collis King made 26. It was left to the pair of skipper Alvin Kallicharran and John Emburey to get 38 off the last over.Ajay Jadeja obliged the rivals by bowling a no-ball and the asking rate came down to five per ball and six off the last. Kallicharran aimed for the straight field but was beaten by the bounce and mishit behind the ‘keeper for just a single. Skipper Kapil said, “The event was supposed to be a fun thing, but once you wear your cricket gear, you only want to win and we were happy to do it on our I-Day in front of Indian tourists.”
