Unbeaten half-centuries from Shivam Singh and Adithya Ganesh ensured Dindigul Dragons cruised to an eight-wicket win over iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans within the TNPL match right here on the Salem Cricket Foundation Ground on Wednesday.
Chasing 174 for victory, opener Shivam and Adithya performed contrasting knocks however mixed effectively with an unbroken 105-run stand for the third wicket off simply 61 balls to get Dragons its fourth win.
Shivam held fort at one finish and was efficient by means of the off-side slicing and driving, with all his boundaries coming by means of that area.
R. Sai Kishore briefly bought Tamizhans into the sport with two wickets, however Adithya Ganesh took the sport away with an aggressive knock.
The left-handed batter was fortuitous when Vivek Raj dropped him at long-on and parried it over the fence when the batter was on eight. From there on, Adithya took on the bowlers, hitting Sai Kishore for a few boundaries within the subsequent over. Fittingly, he completed the chase with two sixes off pacer P. Bhuvaneswaran over sq. leg, the primary of which took him to his half-century.
The match began 55 minutes late attributable to a short spell of rain after the Dragons skipper B. Indrajith elected to discipline first. Riding on Sai Kishore (45) and Vijay Shankar’s (43) helpful knocks, Tamizhans posted 173 for 5. After a sedate begin from the openers, Sai Kishore, who walked in at three, gave the innings a much-needed increase by going after the spinners selecting a six every of Aushik Srinivas, Varun Chakravarthy and Boopathi Vaishna Kumar.
Sai and Vijay Shankar, who too began aggressively, added 53 runs for the third-wicket stand earlier than the previous was dismissed. Later B. Anirudh and Vivek Raj hit a couple of sixes every to offer the innings the ultimate flourish, however it was not sufficient.
The scores:
iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans 173/5 in 20 overs (Tushar Raheja 30, R. Sai Kishore 45, Vijay Shankar 43) misplaced to Dindigul Dragons 174/2 in 18.3 overs (Shivam Singh 74 n.o., Adithya Ganesh 59 n.o., Sai Kishore 2/24).
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com