Powered by L. Suryapprakash’s unbeaten 32 (14b, 2×4, 3×6) Nellai Royal Kings beat Salem Spartans by 5 wickets within the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) on the NPR cricket floor in Natham on Thursday.
With 26 wanted off 11 balls, Salem captain Abhishek Tanwar seemingly couldn’t nail his attempted-yorkers. Suryapprakash hit a six to the quilt boundary off a full-toss, once more a six to deep midwicket off one other full-toss, and a 4 to the sq. boundary off a large, low full-toss, and picked up two runs within the penultimate ball of the penultimate over.
Left-hander Sugendhiran hit a six to the sq. boundary within the first ball of the final over bowled by medium-pacer Akash Sumra. A few singles from there took Nellai residence.
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Ajitesh had hit 38 off 26 balls with 5 fours and a six when he sadly suffered a sprain in his leg that appeared to hamper his batting. He scored solely one of many subsequent 5 balls earlier than his top-edge was caught at gully off off-spinner Rajendran Karthikeyan.
The spotlight of the rain-delayed and rain-interrupted first innings was Kaushik Gandhi’s batting (51, 43b, 5×4, 2×6). He appeared in chic contact particularly initially. He was this fluid through-the-covers shot-maker, for he hit 4 fours and a six by means of the covers.
It rained when Salem was on 115 for 4 in 16 overs. Nellai wanted to get 129 in 16 overs when the match resumed.
The scores: Salem Spartans 115/4 in 16 overs (Kaushik Gandhi 51, Lakshay Jain 2/17) misplaced to Nellai Royal Kings 129/5 in 15.4 overs (G. Ajitesh 39, L. Suryapprakash 32 n.o., Abhishek Tanwar 2/30)
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com