India Legends vs Australia Legends 1st Semifinal: Sachin Tendulkar's India Legends made it to the final, beat AUS by 5 wickets in the semi-final

India Legends beat Australia Legends by 5 wickets in the first semifinal of Road Safety World Series 2022 to make it to the final, where they will face the winner between West Indies and Sri Lanka. Batting first, Australia scored 171 for 5 in 20 overs. In response, India Legends won the match by 5 wickets with 4 balls to spare thanks to Naman Ojha's unbeaten 90 and then Irfan Pathan's scintillating innings. Naman Ojha scored the highest 90 runs for India. He faced 62 balls in his innings and hit 7 fours and 5 sixes.

The first semi-file of the Road Safety World Series 2022 was played between India Legends and Australia Legends. This match started on Wednesday (28 September), but due to rain, the match had to be stopped and the umpires decided that now it will be played on reserve day i.e. today (29 September). Australia Legends added 45 runs in three overs without losing a wicket on Thursday, playing ahead of Wednesday's score of 136/5. With this, Australia set a target of 172 runs for India to win. Ben Dunk scored 46 runs for Australia in the match played at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur.

Chasing the target of 176 runs, India Legends got off to a good start. However, captain Sachin Tendulkar returned to the pavilion after scoring 10 runs in 11 balls. After that Suresh Raina also got out after scoring 11 runs in 8 balls. Yuvraj Singh could only score 18 runs in 15 balls. Binny and Pathan got out in successive overs. India Legends needed 24 runs in the last two overs to win. In the 19th over, Irfan Pathan hit three sixes to take India closer to victory. Irfan scored 37 runs in 12 balls. During this, he hit 2 fours and 4 sixes.

The second semi-final of the Road Safety World Series was scheduled for today, but will now be played at the same stadium on 30 September. The second semi-final match is to be played between Sri Lanka Legends and West Indies Legends, while the final match will be played at the same stadium as scheduled on October 1.

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