In the first 'Cricket All Stars' Twenty20 match played at New York yesterday, Sachin's Blasters Team went down to Warne's Warriors. Tendulkar was the undisputed favourite for the largely Asian crowd at a baseball stadium but it was Shane Warne, who weaved some old-time magic to lead his side to a six-wicket win. Electing to field after winning the toss, the Blasters were given a rollicking start by Tendulkar and Sehwag. Together, the former Indian batsmen raked in 85 runs in a mere 48 deliveries. However, the rest of the star-studded line-up failed to come good and the team ended with 140 for 8. For Warriors, Warne snared three wickets with that of Sachin & Lara. In reply, Ponting (48 not out) and Sangakkara (41) steered the Warriors home after a top-order collapse. Overall, Tendulkar and Warne's attempts to introduce cricket to the Americans worked quite well on debut. Tendulkar said, the whole idea of Cricket All Stars is that, to try to get as many nations together to celebrate this. The match attracted a 36,00 strong crowd to Stadium.
News On AIR | November 8, 2015 12:12 PM
Cricket All-Stars: Warne's Warriors trump Sachin's Blasters in front of electric New York crowd