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Urban Risers Hyderabad: The collective bowling attack from Urban Risers Hyderabad managed to defend the meagre challenge of 157 by restricting Southern Superstars to 143 in the third match of the Legends League Cricket (LLC) here at at the JSCA International Stadium.

Earlier, Southern Superstars skipper Ross Taylor won the toss and decided to field first and opening bowlers – Abdur Razzak and Suranga Lakmal proved the decision to be right with a tight bowling start. Openers - Dwayne and Martin Guptill tried to accelerate the run flow by hitting 20 runs to Pawan Negi in the first over.

Razzaq put up his bowling experience in the last fourth over of his spell by dismissing Smith (15) and Gurkeerat Singh Mann (0) on consecutive balls as the team was reduced to 50/2.