Ontario: Yuvraj Singh-led Toronto Nationals defeated Edmonton Royals by two wickets in the ongoing Global T20 Canada on Saturday (local time).
The match had a delayed start due to rain, and as a result, the game was curtailed to 19 overs per side.
Chasing 192, Nationals had a poor start as they lost both their openers with just 29 runs on the board. With the dismissal of the openers, Yuvraj Singh and Heinrich Klassen got together at the crease and put up a 56-run stand.
Yuvraj played a knock of 35 runs, but as soon as he started to look at his flourishing best, he was sent back to the pavilion by Ben Cutting. Keiron Pollard (2) failed to leave an impression and the team was left in a spot of bother at 88/4.
Nationals lost wickets in the middle overs and at one stage they looked out of the game at 125/7 in the 14th over. But Manpreet Gony had other plans as he played a quickfire knock of 33 runs off just 12 balls.
Gony was dismissed in the seventh over, but Salman Nazar and Mark Montfort ensured Nationals' victory by two wickets in the 18th over.