Dindigul Dragons and Nellai Royal Kings will face off for a spot within the last of the TNPL when the 2 sides meet within the second qualifier on the ICL Cricket Ground right here on Monday.
The Dragons misplaced huge within the qualifier to defending champion Lyca Kovai Kings.
The Royal Kings held its nerve in an exhilarating run-fest in opposition to Siechem Madurai Panthers to submit a four-run win within the Eliminator on Saturday.
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The pitch in Tirunelveli has not produced high-scoring video games, and the Dragons, with its high quality bowling assault, will fancy its possibilities.
When the 2 sides met on the similar venue within the league stage, Dragons cruised dwelling to a seven-wicket win chasing a modest complete.
One space the place the Dindigul facet could must be careful for is the top-order collapse, which has occurred thrice to date, together with within the first qualifier when it slumped to 58 for 5, chasing 194.
However, skipper B. Indrajith stated, “It is not a big concern because someone has stepped up in every game. We have good depth in our batting with some promising youngsters.”
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On the opposite hand, the Nellai facet will look to journey on some dwelling help and make it to the summit conflict. It has been among the best groups with the bat within the PowerPlay, with skipper Okay.B. Arun Karthick and G. Ajitesh having shouldered the majority of the accountability. But the group can be happy with the efforts of Nidhish Rajgopal, who top-scored with 76 and Rithik Easwaran’s very important cameo in the long run.
Pacer M. Poiyamozhi has been one of many standout performers within the league along with his slower deliveries and cutters, and skipper Arun Karthick will need his different bowlers to drag their weight behind a bit extra.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com