Former India opener Gautam Gambhir guided his team India Capitals to the Legends League Cricket (LLC) trophy after the side beat Irfan Pathan's Bhilwara Kings in the final. Ross Taylor and Mitchell Johnson starred for the Capitals to ensure a 104 runs defeat in Jaipur.
Winning the toss for the Kings, Irfan chose to field first. The side started the game off on the front foot, picking up three India Capitals wickets in quick succession. Captain Gautam Gambhir was the first to fall, dismissed by spinner Monty Panesar. Then, Rahul Sharma struck twice to get rid of Hamilton Masakadza and Dinesh Ramdin in the same over.
Dwayne Smith was the next to walk back to the pavilion with Panesar picking up his second wicket of the day.
Ross Taylor and Mitchell Johnson turned the tide of the game as they struck a 126-run partnership to turn the game's tide. Johnson scored 62 runs off 35 balls before being dismissed by Tim Bresnan. Meanwhile, Taylor made 82 runs off 41 deliveries before Rahul Sharma claimed his third wicket.
Sharma then went on to pick his fourth wicket of the day in the form of Liam Plunkett as the India Capitals finished their innings with 211 for 7 on the board.
In the second innings, Morne van Wyk was the first to fall for the Bhilwara Kings, when he was dismissed by the dangerous Mitchell Johnson. William Potterfield was the next to depart the field as Pawan Suyal claimed his first wicket of the day. Suyal then doubled his wicket tally by picking Yusuf Pathan's wicket in the sixth over.
Jesal Karia looked good for a while but was dismissed by Plunkett after scoring 22 runs off 17 balls. Shane Watson quickly followed Karia back to the pavilion after scoring 27 runs off 19 deliveries. Bhilwara Kings captain Irfan Pathan couldn't make much of a difference as he was dismissed by Pankaj Singh, leaving his team at 81 for 6. Parvin Tambe then cleaned up Rajesh Bishnoi before Pankaj Singh got rid of Dhammika Prasad. Tambe then got rid of Bresnan, before Rajat Bhatia sent Tino Best packing.
