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Right then, that is it from the game. The Konark Suryas Odisha are into the playoffs and more importantly, they finish in the top 2! The league phase is over and now we move on to the playoffs of the Legends League Cricket, 2024. The Qualifier 1 will be played on Saturday, the 12th of October, between Southern Super Stars and the Konark Suryas Odisha. The game will begin at 3 pm IST (9.30 am GMT). Do join us for the early build up as well. Until then, take care, and cheers!

Irfan Pathan, the skipper of Konark Suryas Odisha, says they were lucky to lose just one wicket. Tells the six that he hit was important because as a group there were not of emergency personnel situations so it was important to get the win. Mentions all three halt trick deliveries were absolutely brilliant. It was imoortant to get the wickets in the middle phase from Kevin. Tells he will do some stretching, have a good sleep and come back stronger tomorrow.

Kevon Cooper is the Legend of the Match for his impressive bowling spell. He says that he feels good and he gave his best. Adds that the wicket was good and he was aiming for the stumps. He says that the captain believed in him and he is looking forward to tomorrow's game. Ends by saying that they will look to improve a bit in their fielding.

Shikhar Dhawan, the skipper of Gujarat Greats, says that the wicket got better in the second innings and that is what cost them. Adds that four wickets in an over from Kevon Cooper turned the game completely. Says that Chris Gayle really entertained the people and the crowd was excellent as well. Ends by saying that he really had a great time and he enjoyed it a lot.

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Earlier in the macth, the Konark Suryas Odisha opted to bowl first against the Gujarat Greats. Gujarat started strong with a partnership between Shikhar Dhawan and Chris Gayle but faced a dramatic collapse due to Kevon Copper's historic hat-trick, taking four wickets in one over. This led to Gujarat plummeting from a comfortable position to 68/6. A late push from Seekkuge Prasanna and Debabrata Das, who contributed a 42-run partnership, helped them set a total of 141 runs.

The Gujarat Greats had a disappointing outing as they struggled to exert pressure on the Odisha batters throughout the match. Seekkuge Prasanna struck early by dismissing Richard Levi, but the bowling attack failed to capitalize on this breakthrough. Manan Sharma and Jerome Taylor picked up one wicket each towards the end of the innings, but their efforts were insufficient to contain the opposition's scoring. Overall, the Greats' bowling lacked penetration, leaving the Odisha batsmen largely unchallenged.

Konark Suryas Odisha have made their way in the Qualifier 1 as they manage to finish in the top 2! They got off to a brisk start in their innings, with openers Richard Levi and Dilshan Munaweera laying a solid foundation through aggressive batting. Levi was dismissed in the 7th over, after which Kevin O'Brien took the reins with his explosive hitting. Dilshan Munaweera fell too but the skipper, Irfan Pathan played an impressive knock of 19 runs of just 6 balls at the end, which helped them end up in the top 2!

SIX! He does it in style! What a hit. This is tossed up again. On the pads. Pathan sweeps it and it goes over the square leg fence. Konark Suryas Odisha beat Gujarat Greats by 7 wickets and will play the Qualifier 1.

Shorter and outside off. This stays low. It is chopped to the cover fielder.

SIX! That will help big time. Just the four more needed! On the pads. This is slog swept over square leg. Biggie. 4 in two for top two.

Fuller and on middle. This is hit down to long on for one.

The second spot is going away now! Slower and outside off. Kevin looks to go big but misses.

Dots won't help! Shorter and outside it. This is slapped to cover.

WIDE! Yet another one. Very wide outside off. Kevin looks to go over covers but misses/

WIDE! This will help. Well wide outside off. He slows it up. This turns away. Wided.

Outside off. This is jammed out to cover for one.