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India legends stole the headlines of the cricketing world with an emphatic win in the title clash of the Road Safety World Series against the Sri Lanka Legends. Former Indian batter Naman Ojha amazed and impressed everyone with his swashbuckling century knock of 108 runs off just 71 balls with 15 boundaries and two sixes to his name.
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Apart from the result or other things in the match, there happened something else that has gone viral over social media. It all happened when Naman Ojha smashed a magnificent six to complete his century in a style. Just after completing his century, as a part of his celebration, Naman bowed down to India Legends’ captain former legendary Indian batter Sachin Tendulkar.
Following this from Naman’s side, the reaction from Sachin Tendulkar in the dugout has gone viral over social media. Indian cricket fans were also overwhelmed with these amazing scenes in the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium of Raipur.
Here’s the video of Naman’s celebration and Sachin’s reaction:
#NamanOjha completes his century with a fabulous six😍
— Colors Cineplex (@Colors_Cineplex) October 1, 2022
Keep watching #RoadSafetyWorldSeries, live now only on #ColorsCineplex, @justvoot, @CCSuperhits and @Sports18.#IndiaLegends #SriLankaLegends #RSWS2022 pic.twitter.com/RQCEdCRsMO
Here’s how fans reacted:
Everyone plays for Sachin....that's power of the name Sachin in the cricket...any player can do wonders and win any cup if sachin is there in the team .
— ADARSHA SAGAR H V (@sagar_adarsha) October 2, 2022
Naman ko naman
— technical Pankaj (@technic52682081) October 1, 2022
Great batsman lost under the shadow of Dhoni
— Saurabh Pogla (@PoglaSaurabh) October 2, 2022
Naman Ojha bowing down to Sachin Tendulkar after completed his century in #RoadSafetyWorldSeries2022 #namanojha #SachinTendulkar pic.twitter.com/BgO5sOjbv3
— Subhrajit Biswal (@Subhraj63040234) October 1, 2022
Naman Ojha dedicates his 100rd to his idol @sachin_rt 🔥
— Dr.மனிதன் (@ManidhanOffl) October 1, 2022
The way he bowed ❣️
India Legends won RSWS 2022 🇮🇳🇮🇳
— Anirudh Garg (@anirudhgarg_) October 1, 2022
2nd Consecutive Title by beating Srilanka Legends
Remind me of 2011 World Cup Final
Naman Ojha did fabulous performance
SACHIN..!❤️#Indiancricketteam #IndiaLegends #srilanka #srilankalegends #INDvsSL #sachintendulkar #namanojha @visheshtaa_j pic.twitter.com/a3jTg7gATJ
Speaking of the match, the Indians faced an early blow when skipper Sachin fell prey to Nuwan Kulasekara on a golden duck. India Legends lost their two wickets only on the score of 19 runs. But from this moment, the 90-run stand for the third wicket between Naman Ojha and Vinay Kumar strengthened the Indian innings.
Other than the century of Naman, Vinay Kumar also played a crucial knock of 36 runs to help India post a decent total of 195 runs for the loss of six wickets in the allotted 20 overs.
While defending the target, Indian bowlers bundled up the Sri Lanka legends on the score of 162 runs in 18.5 overs. Ishan Jayaratne was the only batter who played a struggled knock of 51 runs and crossed the mark of 30 runs for the Sri Lankan team.
Vinay Kumar and Abhimanyu Mithun scalped three and two wickets respectively. Other than these two bowlers, the rest of the Indian bowlers claimed one wicket each in their account.
Eventually, India won the title clash by 33 runs to win the tournament for the second time in a row.