Suresh Raina quikcfire fifty: In the second match of the National Cricket League T10 being played in USA, New York Lions, captained by Suresh Raina, started their campaign with a win by defeating Los Angeles Waves by 19 runs. Playing first, the New York Lions team scored 126/2 in 10 overs, in response to which the Los Angeles Waves team could only score 107/7 after playing the entire overs. The batting of former Indian batsman Suresh Raina was the biggest attraction in the match and the fans got to see the old style of their favorite player.

Explosive batting of Suresh Raina and Upul Tharanga

Losing the toss and batting first, New York Lions did not have a special start and the team suffered its first setback in the second over. Opener Asad Shafiq was out after scoring 3 runs on 4 balls. After this, there was an explosive partnership of 89 runs between Upul Tharanga and Suresh Raina for the second wicket. Both of them scored runs at a very fast pace. Tharanga missed the half-century and scored 40 runs in 23 balls with the help of six fours and two sixes. Raina scored a half-century and played some tremendous shots during this. His bat resulted in an unbeaten inning of 53 runs off 28 balls, which also included six fours and three sixes. Ben Cutting also scored unbeaten 12 runs on 7 balls. Tymal Mills and Pankaj Kampli got one wicket each for Los Angeles Waves.

Los Angeles batsmen failed to finish the match

While chasing the target, Los Angeles Waves had a bad start and the team lost the wicket on the very first ball of the innings. Shakib Al Hasan proved to be a flop and was able to score only 13 runs on 16 balls. Adam Rossington batted aggressively and scored 31 runs in 15 balls, which included one four and four sixes. Tim David scored 19 runs on 10 balls and Joe Burns tried to lead his team to victory by scoring 17 runs on 9 balls but could not succeed. Shaurya Gaur took maximum three wickets for New York Lions.