Afridi reign supreme in Ice Cricket, Sehwag on fire
Sehwag’s Badrutt’s Palace squared off against Shahid Afridi led Team Royals in the first of the two encounters and it was the former Pakistan legend’s side who won the inaugural contest by six wickets.
Cricket legend Virendra Sehwag and Shahid Afridi reignited their rivalry but this time on ice. St Moritz witnessed a special afternoon as legends of cricket rolled back the years to put up a spectacular show.
The match was played on a frozen, snow-covered lake on an artificial turf carpet, with players using traditional cricket gear and a red ball, but wearing normal sports shoes rather than spikes.
Sehwag’s Badrutt’s Palace squared off against Shahid Afridi led Team Royals in the first of the two encounters and it was the former Pakistan legend’s side who won the inaugural contest by six wickets.
Sehwag led the charge for his side by smashing 62 runs off 31 balls while Symonds finished with 40 as Sehwag's XI finished with 9-164 from 20 overs.
Sehwag’s XI: Virender Sehwag (c), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene, Mike Hussey, Andrew Symonds, Mohammad Kaif, Joginder Sharma, Ramesh Powar, Ajit Agarkar, Zaheer Khan, Lasith Malinga
Afridi’s XI: Graeme Smith, Matt Prior, Jacques Kallis, Owais Shah, Shahid Afridi, Grant Elliot, Nathan McCullum, Daniel Vettori, Monty Panesar, Abdul Razzaq, Shoaib Akthar