Lagaan team wins real life match

mumbai: led by actor aamir khan, the lagaan team beat britannia xi by three wickets in the 50 overs cricket match at the brabourne stadium here on tuesday. batting first, britannia were bowled out for 96 in the stipulated 25 overs. harya pareen, who got the best batsman award, made 31 while deva of lagaan who got the best bowler award, took three for 20.aamir khan (19), film director ashutosh gowarikar (18) and rajesh vivek (15) helped their team reach the target off 23.4 overs losing seven wickets. the britannia team was selected from across the country based on the three-month joint promotion by the company and aamir khan productions. instead of the customary 11 players, each team entered the field with 13 players. ''there were 13 contest winners. to accommodate all of them in a team so that they do not miss out on any cricketing action, we decided to include two more players, director ashutosh gowariker and amin gazi (the boy who plays the role of tipu), in our original lagaan team,'' explained aamir, at a press conference here on monday. brief scores: britannia xi: 96 all out off 25 overs (h. pareen 31, deva three for 20) lost to lagaan xi 97 for seven off 23.4 overs (aamir khan 19, r.vivek 15).