Saifuddin shines in Atlanta's thrilling win over Lightening
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Mohammad Saifuddin steered Atlanta Fire to a thrilling four-eun win against Atlanta Lightening in the Minor League Cricket (MiLC) on Sunday.
Saifuddin claimed a four-fer to propel his side to restrict Lightening to 133-8 in 20 overs, chasing a 138-run target.
Though Saifuddin failed with the willow, getting out for 6 but his bowling figure of 4-13 in three overs excelled his performance. He was adjudged the man of the match for his impressive spell.
Stefen Taylor and Aksh Dave contributed 34 and 32 runs respectively to help Fire post 137-8 in the allotted 20 overs.
In response, Aran Chenchu scored 38 and Prasad Murthy scored 34, but their efforts were not enough to save the match against Saifuddin's incredible bowling.
Saifuddin scalped a series of wickets starting with Sagar Patel (4), Unmukht Chand (18) and had two more wickets in the last over to set up the victory of Atlanta Fire.