Dindigul Diaries: The TNPL 2022 continued it’s journey with the second of the four cities being hosted in Dindigul NPR College Grounds. We have had some terrific cricketing moments and matches happened at the venue and let’s review each of them.
Sanjay Yadav and Baba Aparajith cruise Nellai to their third consecutive win.
Match 7: Dindigul Dragons (DD) vs Nellai Royal Kings (NRK).
Date and Time: 30 June 2022 at 3:15 PM IST
In what was a rain curtailed match, the Dragons and the Kings battled it out tooth and nail to provide a result and it was the most entertaining of all the matches happened till now in TNPL 2022. The match which was scheduled to start at 3:15 PM IST had a delayed start due to heavy drizzling causing puddles near the main pitch and the outfield. The match was finally started at 5:35 PM IST with 12 overs-a-side affair between the teams. Dindigul made one change in bringing S Arun for Manoj Kumar and Nellai had one change in Sri Neranjan making way for Pradosh Ranjan Paul. Nellai won the toss and put Dindigul to bat and that caused a backfire to the Nellai bowlers as the Dindigul openers Vishal Vaidhya and captain Hari Nishaanth bludgeoned the Nellai attack. They cut, drove, hovered over the bowlers all around the ground and made a quickfire score of 45 runs in the 4-over powerplay. The partnership was cruising well at 82 runs in 7.2 overs when Sri Neranjan applied brakes on the partnership dismissing Vishal Vaidhya caught by L Suryappprakash. This partnership jittered further when wickets went tumbling and run flow becoming slow with Sri Neranjan taking control of things and returning with figures of 3-0-32-3. Dindigul set Nellai a target of 131 in 12 overs.
Captain Hari Nishaanth in action
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Vishal Vaidhya
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Sri Neranjan
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Out came Nellai openers Suryapprakash and Sri Neranjan and Dindigul Dragons didn’t waste no time in picking up the first wicket bowled by L Vignesh when he was caught at mid on by K Monish. Soon, Sri Neranjan was dismissed by K Monish caught by Vishal Vaidhya at deep square leg and that was the last good memory for the Dragons. Then the duo of Baba Aparajith and Sanjay Yadav joined hands and ensured that the Dragons learned the lesson the hard way. While Sanjay Yadav took on the spinners and bashed them for over the stands, Aparajith dealt with the pacers and hit only when it needed and mostly rotated strike to Sanjay Yadav who was in form. Sanjay Yadav hit the joint fastest TNPL half century in 15 balls. The Kings reached the target in 11 overs and pocked 2 more points to their points table and stayed atop the points table. Sanjay Yadav also pocketed the Ather Orange and Purple Cap after this match.
Sanjay Yadav in action
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Baba Aparajith
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Scoreboard: Dindigul Dragons 130/5 in 12 overs (Vishal Vaidhya 45(21), Hari Nishaanth 37(27), Sri Neranjan 3/32, Athisayaraj Davidson 1/25) lost to Nellai Royal Kings 133/2 in 11 overs (Baba Aparjith 59*(30), Sanjay Yadav 55*(19), L Vignesh 1/11, K Monish 1/32).
Player of the Match: Sanjay Yadav (55*(19) and figures of 2-0-31-1)
Bowlers, Chaturved guide Madurai to their second win.
Match 8: Lyca Kovai Kings (LKK) vs Siechem Madurai Panthers (SMP).
Date and Time: 30 June 2022 at 7:15 PM IST
In what was a tight contest between the sides, the one which won had to huff and puff through the innings. Madurai Panthers won the toss and elected to bowl and the decision was perfect when Sunny Sandhu removed the two best performers of the Lyca Kovai Kings in G Sridhar Raju and Sai Sudarshan in his first two overs. Wicket keeper Suresh Kumar was waging a lone battle for the Lyca Kings when the batter in form of the last match Shijit Chandran was run out by a smart Arun Karthick. Lyca Kovai Kings were reeling at 40/3 in 6.2 overs when U Mukilesh joined him and built a small cameo partnership of 35 in 26 balls. Suresh Kumar was soon castled by Varun Chakravarthy and the man in form Shahrukh Khan was soon removed by Silambarasan. Abhishek Tanwar and Mukilesh built a decent partnership of 40 in 28 balls before Silambarasan and Kiran Akash partnered to remove the rest of the Lyca lineup with wickets at intervals and folding them up at 151 in 20 overs.
Suresh Kumar in action
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Mukilesh in action
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Sunny Sandhu
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Out came the Madurai openers V Aaditya and Arun Karthick in pursuit of the target of 152 in 20 overs and the Lyca bowlers were quick to the action. Abhishek Tanwar, playing his first match of the season removed Aaditya in the first over caught by Yudeeshwaran and soon followed with removing last match hero Anirudh Sita Ram caught by Lyca captain Shahrukh Khan in the space of two balls. Madurai were diminished with the scorecard reading 0/2 in 0.4 overs when Madurai captain NS Chaturved came in the middle and joined Arun Karthick. The duo put up a partnership of 105 in 12 overs with Arun Karthick contributing 38(33) and was dismissed by debutant B Surya. Just as when Madurai was holding their fort strong, in came a surprise from the Lyca side. Their captain Shahrukh Khan took control in his hands and spun his web around the Madurai batters by picking three wickets in the span of 20 balls of the innings. He first dismissed NS Chaturved caught by Mukilesh and in the next two balls removed Rajkumar K caught by wicket keeper Suresh Kumar and in the end of the 16th over dismissed Sunny Sandhu. J Kousik and Kiran Akash, the premium all rounders of the Madurai franchise gave some respite with their partnership before Shahrukh Khan came and removed Kiran Akash and Kousik had to play cautiously to take his team past the finish line.
Shahrukh Khan in form with the ball
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NS Chaturved in form with the bat
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Scoreboard: Lyca Kovai Kings 151/10 in 20 overs (U Mukilesh 50(38), J Suresh Kumar 46(22), R Silambarasan 3/28, Sunny Sandhu 2/13) lost to Siechem Madurai Panthers 154/8 in 19.5 overs (NS Chaturved 75(45), KB Arun Karthick 38(33), J Kousik 27*(21), Shahrukh Khan 4/14, Abhishek Tanwar 2/22).
Player of the Match: NS Chaturved (75 (45))
Debut: B Surya (Debut in TNPL – Siechem Madurai Panthers)
Vishal Vaidhya’s heroics take Dindigul to top three.
Match 9: iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans (iDTT) vs Dindigul Dragons (DD).
Date and Time: 04 July 2022 at 7:15 PM IST
Dindigul had a bad start to their fixtures in their home ground when Nellai beat them in their last game and snapped the 8-match winning streak of the Dragons. With the loss behind their back, the Dragons from Dindigul locked horns with the Tamizhans from Tiruppur. Tiruppur had a good start to their tournament defeating last year’s runner up Ruby Trichy Warriors and were in high spirits coming into the game. Tamizhans captain Anirudda Srikkanth won the toss and elected to bat. Dindigul had one change in debutant VP Diran coming in for S Arun and Tamizhans had two changes in S Anand making way for S Aravind and Gowtham Thamarai Kannan coming in for L Sathiyannarayan. The decision didn’t favour the Tamizhans as their openers went on a bad start. L Vignesh from Dindigul swung an inswinger to S Siddharth and the leg stump went for a small walk in the park. Soon after, Anirudda Srikkanth limped back to the pavilion retired hurt due to a hamstring injury and S Aravind was joined by SS Kumar in the middle. S Aravind took the charge of helping the ship not getting sunk by getting into the action and finding boundaries at intervals. Just when the partnership was sailing smoothly, Hari Nishaanth introduced his spin soldier in M Silambarasan. Silambarasan took charge and removed SS Kumar with a return high catch to his end and then topped it up with another wicket in 11 balls with removing S Aravind caught leg before who scored 32(23). It was now the chance for the youngsters in the team in Maan Baafna and Tushar Raheja taking the team to a decent total and they sprung into action immediately with building a partnership of 38 runs in 30 balls. Hari Nishaanth then introduced himself and struck the opposition with back to back wickets of Maan Bafna rattling his stumps and R Rajkumar caught by VP Diran at deep. Tushar Raheja soon followed suit removed by M Silambarasan and the Tamizhans were reeling at 98/6 in 14.3 overs.
Last match hero for the Tamizhans and stand-in captain M Mohammed came in the middle and put all his efforts to best use. A 46 run partnership with Aswin Crist made the Tamizhans reach the close quartet of 150 runs but R Sutesh had other plans and made the Tamizhans lose the plot and made them finish at 145 in 20 overs.
M Silambarasan in action
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Hari Nishaanth doing wonders with the ball
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S Aravind in action
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The Dragons openers Hari Nishaanth and Vishal Vaidhya came out for chasing the target of 146 set by the Tamizhans and started the proceedings in great shape. The southpaws ensured they had the run flow going and had the scoreboard ticking without a pause and found gaps when they launched the ball to the fence and out of the stadium. The Dragons scored 52 runs in the Power play and were surging towards a good partnership when the Tamizhans stand-in captain M Mohammed came and applied the brakes on their partnership removing Hari Nishaanth caught by Maan Bafna. Vishal Vaidhya was joined by wicket keeper Mani Bharathy and the story got intense from there. While Mani Bharathy was anchoring and hitting some shots here and there, Vishal Vaidhya went into full throttle and launched some skyscrapers and ensured that the Dragons reach the target without any fuss scoring 84*(57). Mani Bharathy contributed with 38*(29) and the Dragons registered their second win of the season.
Vishal Vaidhya in full throttle mode
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Mani Bharathy in action
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Scoreboard: iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans 145/8 in 20 overs (S Aravind 32(23), M Mohammed 27(18), M Silambarasan 3/21, Hari Nishaanth 2/13) lost to Dindigul Dragons 148/1 in 18.1 overs (Vishal Vaidhya 84*(57), Mani Bharathi 38*(29), M Mohammed 1/22).
Player of the Match: Vishal Vaidhya (84*(57))
Debut: VP Diran (Debut in TNPL – Dindigul Dragons)
Sanjay Yadav, Baba Indrajith keep Nellai at pole position.
Match 10: Nellai Royal Kings (NRK) vs Siechem Madurai Panthers (SMP).
Date and Time: 05 July 2022 at 7:15 PM IST
In what was a high scoring match where close to 400 runs were scored, the battle of the best was showcased and it was pure entertainment for the fans at the ground and also to the ones who viewed it in TV and app. Nellai, after three consecutive wins were in high confidence and were looking for to continue their hunt for the wins while Madurai were also coming with two consecutive wins in their kitty. Madurai Panthers captain NS Chaturved won the toss and elected to field. Nellai had two changes in Arya Yohan Menon giving way to K Easwaran, a promising medium pacer and Pradosh Ranjan Paul coming back for L Suryapprakash. Madurai had one change in R Mithun coming in for Aushik Srinivas. Openers Pradosh Paul and Sri Neranjan came out in the middle and started things breezily with Sri Neranjan targeting the third man and the deep backward point region for the maximums. Pradosh Paul was soon dismissed by Kiran Akash caught by NS Chaturved. Aparajith joined hands with Sri Neranjan and they stitched a decent partnership of 39 in 23 balls when off spinner Mithun came and removed Sri Neranjan who had scored a belligerent 47(27). Sanjay Yadav joined Aparajith in the middle and the duo kept the scoreboard ticking with a 33 ball 35 run partnership before Aparajith was dismissed by Kiran Akash. Nellai were reeling at 109/3 in 13.1 overs when Baba Indrajith joined hands with Sanjay Yadav. The duo rejuvenated themselves and ensured that the opposition bowling looked toothless. Sanjay Yadav cut, drove, slashed, smashed every ball bowled to him and kept the scorers and the scoreboard busy with his long range hitting to the stands and the tracer bullets to the fence. Indrajith also joined his partner and he also ensured that he was equally competitive with his partner with a 18-ball 34* and the duo registered a 100-run partnership in 35 balls, the fastest 4th wicket century partnership in TNPL. Nellai finished with 209/3 in 20 overs.
Sri Neranjan in fine form with the bat
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Sanjay Yadav in action
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Baba Indrajith in action
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Kiran Akash of SMP
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Arun Karthick was joined by Anirudh Sita Ram in the opening as the regular opener in Aditya was not available due to a shoulder injury that happened during an attempt to catch at the deep reeling him with deep pain and was taken to the hospital for scans. Arun Karthick started the over with a smashing six over the fence from Athisyaraj Davidson. The next over was bowled by debutant Easwaran and he picked up his maiden wicket of his first ball dismissing Anirudh Sita Ram caught by Aparajith at slips. The Nellai Royal Kings were having good times with picking wickets at intervals and ensuring that the Panthers wouldn’t recover at any time but Arun Karthick ha other plans. Even though he was losing partners at one end, he cemented himself and bludgeoned the Nellai bowlers when he got chances and ensured that his team didn’t go down the river. He registered his second century in TNPL and was dismissed on 106(57). In the bowling side, K Easwaran returned with figures of 2/31 and NS Harish ran through the Madurai lineup and returned with figures of 3/30. Incidentally, this was the first win for a team batting first in TNPL 2022!!!
KB Arun Karthik in form
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NS Harish’s day out with the ball
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K Easwaran in fine form
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Scoreboard: Nellai Royal Kings 209/3 in 20 overs (Sanjay Yadav 70*(42), Sri Neranjan 47(27), Baba Indrajith 34*(18), Kiran Akash 2/44) defeated Siechem Madurai Panthers 183/8 in 20 overs (KB Arun Karthick 106 (57), NS Chaturved 27(15), NS Harish 3/30, K Easwaran 2/31).
Player of the Match: Sanjay Yadav (70*(42))
Debut: K Easwaran (Debut in TNPL – Nellai Royal Kings)
Suresh Kumar again to the forefront for the Lyca Kings first win of the season.
Match 11: Salem Spartans (SS) vs Lyca Kovai Kings (LKK).
Date and Time: 06 July 2022 at 3:15 PM IST
On a belter of a pitch, one had to struggle to keep the cards together and the other had a smooth sailing of the ship. Lyca Kovai Kings after two back to back defeats, had their agenda sorted and was just one thing, pick up a win!!. Salem Spartans, who were playing their second match, were yet to open their account and were on high spirits to ensure this was their match to show their prowess. Lyca captain Shahrukh Khan won the toss and elected to field first and had one change in K Vignesh coming in for V Yudeeshwaran. Salem had two changes in Akshay Srinivasan coming in for Ravi Karthikeyan, Pranav Kumar in for G Kishoor. Salem openers Jafar Jamal and KH Gopinath came in the middle and it was a nightmare for the Spartans when K Vignesh came in the second over removing Jafar Jamal caught by GS Raju at third man and two balls later wicketkeeper R Kavin removed by the same Vignesh caught by the same GS Raju at the same position at third man. K Vignesh started his journey in TNPL 2022 with a double wicket maiden. Akshay Srinivasan joined KH Gopinath in the middle and it was mayhem for the bowlers of Lyca Kovai Kings. KH Gopinath put all his strength to play with bashing Abhishek Tanwar and K Vignesh for a total of 25 runs in 6 balls combined and Akshay Srinivasan joined the party with Gopinath and also played his part. K Vignesh went for a total of 26 runs in his second over after a double wicket maiden first over. The duo put up a partnership of 53 runs in 21 balls when Ajith Ram came and dismissed Gopinath caught by B Surya and soon Akshay Srinivasan followed suit when his stumps was rattled by Surya with a quicker delivery. Surya topped up again with removing Daryll Ferrario caught smartly and quickly by Suresh Kumar behind the stumps. Salem captain M Ashwin came in the middle with Pranav Kumar and the duo put up the rescue for the Spartans with a belligerent partnership of 56 runs in 54 balls and ensured the Spartans crossed the three run mark. Soon, both of them were removed by Abhishek Tanwar and B Surya. Abhishek Tanwar took the rest of the work in his control and picked two more wickets and Salem ended the innings on 146/9 in 20 overs. B Surya returned with figures of 3/14 in his quota of 4 overs.
KH Gopinath on fire against Lyca Kovai Kings
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B Surya in fine form with the ball
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Abhishek Tanwar with his late assault
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M Ashwin and Pranav Kumar
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Out came the Lyca openers Suresh Kumar and Ganga Sridhar Raju in pursuit of the chase of 147 and they started quick with GS Raju scoring three quick fours in his score of 13 (13) when Ganesh Moorthi foxed GS Raju with a little quick delivery caught behind by R Kavin. Last year sensation Sai Sudarshan who didn’t fare good last two matches was determined to showcase his skills and the duo of Suresh-Sudarshan started things smoothly for the Kovai Kings with Sudarshan playing the anchor role and Suresh Kumar taking the attacking role. The duo put up a partnership of 111 in 74 balls with Suresh Kumar also reaching his fifty and scoring few more runs when Salem captain M Ashwin came and put up his brave show like last year with a return diving catch to dismiss Suresh Kumar on 64(43). The score read 125/2 in 14.3 overs when Sai Sudarshan took the control in his hands and ensured Shahrukh Khan had little to do to have the Kovai Kings register their first win of the season. Sai Sudarshan ended the match with 56*(43), his first fifty of the season.
Suresh Kumar in song
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M Ashwin screamer of a catch to dismiss Suresh Kumar
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Suresh Kumar and Sai Sudarshan heroics in LKK’s win
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Scoreboard: Salem Spartans 146/9 in 20 overs (KH Gopinath 41(18), Pranav Kumar 32(34), M Ashwin 31(32), B Surya 3/14, A Tanwar 3/39) lost to Lyca Kovai Kings 149/2 in 16.3 overs (J Suresh Kumar 64(43), Sai Sudarshan 56*(43), M Ashwin 1/26, M Ganesh Moorthi 1/36).
Player of the Match: J Suresh Kumar (64(43))
S Radhakrishnan and U Sasidev open the account for Chepauk Super Gillies.
Match 12: Chepauk Super Gillies (CSG) vs Ruby Trichy Warriors (RTW).
Date and Time: 06 July 2022 at 7:15 PM IST
The clash of the titans happened at the prestigious NPR College grounds in Dindigul with the latter waiting to avenge their loss to the defending champions in the finals last year. Ruby Trichy Warriors won the toss and opted to bowl first. They made two changes in N Niranjan coming in for M Vijay and Santosh Shiv coming in for Anthony Dhas. Chepauk made two changes in S Radhakrishnan and Sai Kishore coming in for S Sujay and Jaganath Sinivas. Chepauk openers Jagadeesan and Kaushik Gandhi made their way to the middle to start from where they left in the last match. Both the openers started positively with a 25 run partnership when the best bowler from RTW, Ajay Krishna, came and removed Kaushik Gandhi caught comfortably by Muhammad Adnan Khan. S Radhakrishnan, one of the prominent batter of CSG, made his way to the middle and didn’t wait for things to get settled. His positive approach did work for the CSG men who were on a roll in the flow of runs. After a brief partnership of 33 with Radhakrishnan, Jagadeesan was castled by Rahil Shah with a quicker delivery. Now, the real hunt started for the men in red and gold with U Sasidev joining hands with Radhakrishnan and the duo were active in keeping the scoreboard ticking with flow of runs happening and boundaries hit with more flair and style. M Poiyamozhi and M Mathivannan were the victims of the duo who were taken for runs the most and had their day off. The duo stitched a partnership of 117 runs in 65 balls and at this stage, Ajay Krishna came back for his hunt and removed the in-form Radhakrishnan by taking his stumps for a walk in the park. R Satish came in and joined Sasidev and blew some shots from his willow when Poiyamozhi was introduced. He first removed R Satish caught by Santosh Shiv, next dismissed Harish Kumar caught by Mathivannan and topped it with a hat-trick removing Sonu Yadav caught by the same Mathivannan and registered the first hat-trick of TNPL 2022!!!. Later Ajay Krishna removed Sasidev and M Siddharth in the span of 9 runs in 5 balls and CSG finished with 203/8 in 20 overs. Ajay Krishna returned with figures of 3/33 and Poiyamozhi with 3/60.
S Radhakrishnan of CSG
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Poiyamozhi celebrating his hat-trick
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Ajay Krishna of RTW
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Sasidev of CSG in song
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In came the RTW openers Santosh Shiv and Amit Sathvik pursuit of the big chase of 204 and started their innings with a bang on performance. Santosh Shiv survived a scare when he was castled the first ball of the second over by Sandeep Warrier only later to be the decision re-turned as a no-ball. He utilised the second chance given to him and went on against the CSG bowlers slashing them for skyscrapers and tracer bullets to the fence. Amit Sathvik also joined the party and played his part and the duo built a partnership of 87 runs in 59 runs when Amit Sathvik was castled by R Alexander. The downfall for RTW started after this wicket when the batters who followed didn’t contribute except for Adithya Ganesh who scored 28 (19) and Santosh Shiv who soon was dismissed by S Harish Kumar on 59(38). Harish Kumar was the standout bowler for CSG with figures of 4-0-25-3. R Alexander partnered with Harish Kumar to return with figures of 3-0-19-2. The revenge for RTW still stands against CSG for their loss in 2021 finals!!!
Santosh Shiv day’s out with the bat
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Harish Kumar’s day with the ball
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Scoreboard: Chepauk Super Gillies 203/8 in 20 overs (S Radhakrishnan 81(49), U Sasidev 65(35), Ajay Krishna 3/33, M Poiyamozhi 3/60) defeated Rub Trichy Warriors 159/6 in 20 overs (Santosh Shiv 59(38), Adithya Ganesh 28(19), S Harish Kumar 3/25).
Player of the Match: S Radhakrishnan (81(49))
Arun Karthik and Anirudh Sita Ram make it three in a row for Panthers.
Match 13: Dindigul Dragons (DD) vs Siechem Madurai Panthers (SMP).
Date and Time: 07 July 2022 at 7:15 PM IST
In what was a virtual match for elimination if lost for the Dindigul Dragons, they took on the mighty Madurai Panthers who were on the back of two wins and were aiming for a hat-trick of wins. Madurai Panthers captain NS Chaturved won the toss and put the Dragons to bat first. Madurai had two changes in Rithik Easwaran and Vignesh Iyer coming in for K Rajkumar and Thalaivan Sargunam. The decision reaped fruit for the Panthers when their lead bowler and young and talented Sunny Sandhu struck in the first over removing the flamboyant Vishal Vaidhya for a duck caught by Rithik Easwaran. Mani Bharathy joined hands with captain Hari Nishaanth and they built the score for the Dragons with a 48 ball 51 run partnership when Mani Bharathi was run out by Rithik Easwaran off an overthrow from Suny Sandhu. That was the only good partnership from the Dragons who then started faltering with regular wickets to the opposition. Mokit Hariharan di the rescue work at the last with an inning saving knock of 43*(31). Dindigul Dragons finished on 122/9 in 20 overs. Sunny Sandhu bowled an economical spell of 3/11 in 4 overs.
Mokit Hariharan special in first innings
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Sunny Sandhu’s day out
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Out came the Madurai openers in Arun Karthik and Vignesh Iyer and the duo started the chase briskly with a 27 run partnership between them. Vignesh Iyer hit a quick 11 ball 11 runs when the lead spinner and last match hero for Dindigul, M Silambarasan dismissed him caught behind by Mani Bharathi. Anirudh Sita Ram joined Arun Karthik and the duo ensured the Panthers didn’t hiccup the run chase. They showed their prowess with their power hitting and built a partnership of 55 runs in 43 balls before Arun Karthik was dismissed by VP Diran caught behind by Mani Bharathi. Soon, NS Chaturved after a small cameo went back to the pavilion dismissed for 10 runs by L Vignesh. Anirudh Sita Ram completed the treble of wins for the Panthers and they climbed to the second spot in the points table of TNPL 2022. Dindigul Dragons are almost out from the tournament having lost 3 matches and their next two matches decides their fate in the tournament keeping in mind the other teams to play their quota of matches.
Anirudh Sita Ram B of SMP
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Arun Karthik of SMP
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M Silambarasan of DD
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Scoreboard: Dindigul Dragons 122/9 in 20 overs (Mokit Hariharan 43*(31), Hari Nishaanth 24(26), Sunny Sandhu 3/11, Varun Chakravarthy 2/14) lost to Siechem Madurai Panthers 126/3 in 15.3 overs (Anirudh Sita Ram 51*(34), KB Arun Karthik 41(31), L Vignesh 1/23, M Silambarasan 1/24).
Player of the Match: Anirudh Sita Ram B (51*(34))
Review of the Dindigul Leg: The pitches at the NPR College ground were belters and we expected for leather hunt from every team who played here, but disappointingly we had just two matches wherein the teams capitalized on the conditions and played to the pitch which offered. But the bowling of the teams deserve an applause as none of the matches were a one sided contest and even though low scores happened, the defense of the low scores was executed with full heart and energy, specially topped up with a hat-trick from the RTW bowler Poiyamozhi. The battle of the teams is heating up and the race for the playoffs would be sealed when the bandwagon is moving to Coimbatore with the matches starting at 3:15 PM on July 10. Let’s all meet at the other end of the Coimbatore leg.
Points Table until Match 13:
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