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Hyderabad Heroes too good for Bengal Tigers
November 09, 2008

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Hyderabad Heroes beat Royal Bengal Tigers by nine wickets and 29 balls to spare in the ICL Twenty20 Championship at the Sardar Patel stadium in Ahmedabad on Saturday.

Bengal Tigers, put in to bat, were all out for 111 runs in 19.4 overs.

Craig Mcmillan top-scored for them with 31 runs off 26 balls, while Lance Klusener and Upul Chandana made notable contributions of 21 and 15 runs respectively.

For Hyderabad Heroes, Syed Sahabuddin and Inder Shekhar Reddy were the most effective bowlers, bagging three wicket each.

Ibrahim Khaleel and Ambati AT Rayudu then blazed away after the dismissal of Abdul Razzaq as Heroes crushed Tigers in just 15.1 overs.

Khaleel hit 54 runs in 46 deliveries while Rayudu scored 46 off just 33. The duo put on a second wicket partnership of 100 runs in 75 deliveries.

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