Lyca Kovai Kings got here, noticed and conquered.
The Shahrukh Khan-led aspect produced one of the dominant campaigns by a group within the TNPL because it romped house to its second consecutive title beating Nellai Royal Kings by 104 runs within the last right here on the ICL Ground on Wednesday.
Right from the choice to bat first, Kovai Kings didn’t put a foot flawed within the title conflict. Even although it misplaced two fast wickets within the PowerPlay, one batter from the highest, center and lower-order stepped up with well-composed half-centuries to assist Kovai Kings submit a mammoth 205 for 5.
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The Royal Kings’ chase acquired off poorly when Gowtham Thamarai Kannan eliminated opener R. Sri Neranjan earlier than M. Siddharth struck an important blow castling the harmful G. Ajitesh with a 107 kph arm-ball.
At the opposite finish, Ok.B. Arun Karthick began strongly with a 20-run over, thrashing Gowtham for 2 fours and sixes. But Shahrukh (3/16), who has been spectacular with the ball this season, accounted for his reverse quantity rearranging Arun Karthick’s stumps earlier than eradicating Nidhish Rajagopal to derail the chase
From then on, Jhatavedh Subramanyan (4/21) placed on an exhibition of classical leg-spin bowling. He eliminated Rithik Easwaran and Sonu Yadav off consecutive deliveries as Nellai slumped to 62 for six within the eighth over and sealed the title for his aspect.
Earlier, opener J. Suresh Kumar (57, 33b, 4×4, 3×6) laid the muse with a knock that began cautiously earlier than turning up the warmth. U. Mukilesh held for at one finish, accumulating the runs with out many dangers (51 n.o.) earlier than Atheeq-ur-Rahman (50, 21b, 8×4, 1×6) gave the innings the ultimate flourish with a quickfire half-century. The left-handed Atheeq was a beneficiary of Nellai’s poor fielding, having been dropped on 24 and 35, and he made them pay for it to take Kovai Kings previous 200
The scores: Lyca Kovai Kings 205/5 in 20 overs (J. Suresh Kumar 57, U. Mukilesh 51 n.o., Atheeq-ur-Rahman 50, Sonu Yadav 2/43, Sandeep Warrier 2/39) bt Nellai Royal Kings 101 in 15 overs (Ok.B. Arun Karthick 27, M. Shahrukh Khan 3/16, Jhatavedh Subramanyan 4/21).
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com