Varun’s high-quality spell tripped Super Gillies within the tight run chase.
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Varun Chakravarthy’s three for 23 helped Dindigul Dragons pull off a one-run thriller in opposition to Chepauk Super Gillies within the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) on the NPR Cricket Ground in Natham on Wednesday.
This is the primary occasion of a crew profitable by one run within the historical past of the league.
With 12 required off the final over, that is what transpired: 4, wicket, 4, 1, wicket, 1 run/wicket (run out).
B. Aparajith’s courageous knock (74, 40b, 2×4, 7×6) stored Super Gilllies within the contest till the top. With 41 required off three overs, Aparajith hit two successive sixes — over the mid-wicket boundary and a straight hit, however holed out to lengthy off going for the third. He even hit a six off R. Ashwin’s carrom ball earlier.
Until Wednesday, the 2 strips the matches have been performed on had been stated to have retained moisture, had grass patches, and provided bounce. There hadn’t been pronounced flip for the spinners.
But on Wednesday, Super Gillies captain N. Jagadeesan noticed that the strip was comparatively “drier” and “less grassy,” whilst he received the toss and opted to bowl.
Propelled by opener Rahul (20, 9b, 2×4, 2×6), Dragons received to twenty-eight in two overs, then misplaced three wickets to be on 47 for 3 in six overs. By 10 overs, Dragons had been diminished to 66 for 5.
A 61-run sixth-wicket stand between Adithya Ganesh (44, 30b, 4×4, 1×6) and C. Sarath Kumar (25, 21b, 3×4) revived Dragons’ innings, whereas an outstanding cameo from Subodh Bhati (31, 13b, 2×4, 3×6) — that included a 102m six — powered it to 170 for 9.
In the second match of the day, opener S. Sujay hit an unbeaten 72 (59b, 7×4, 2×6) to assist Lyca Kovai Kings chase down 117 and beat Ba11sy Trichy by six wickets.
Sujay aced Kovai Kings’ chase to perfection.
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Left-arm spinner M. Siddharth picked up three for 13 as Kovai Kings restricted Trichy to 117 for six. Siddharth bowled Akshay Srinivasan with an arm-ball within the second over and went on to take two extra wickets off successive balls within the fourth over — Mani Bharathi chopped on, and Daryl Ferrario’s top-edge was pouched by Gowtham Thamarai Kannan at gully.
Thus, Trichy was diminished to 12 for 3 in 3.3 overs and by no means actually recovered sufficient to submit a giant whole.
The scores:
Dindigul Dragons 170/9 in 20 overs (Adithya Ganesh 44, Sarath Kumar 25, Subodh Bhati 31, R. Rohit 2/24, Rahil Shah 3/38) bt Chepauk Super Gillies 169/9 in 20 overs (N. Jagadeesan 37, B. Aparajith 74, Saravana Kumar 2/25, Varun Chakravarthy 3/23).
Ba11sy Trichy 117/6 in 20 overs (Ganga Sridhar Raju 58, R. Rajkumar 31 n.o., M. Siddharth 3/13, M. Shahrukh Khan 2/15) misplaced to Lyca Kovai Kings 119/4 in 18.2 overs (S. Sujay 72 n.o., Daryl Ferrario 2/17).
Source: www.thehindu.com
