Nellai Royal Kings prevailed over Siechem Madurai Panthers by 4 runs in an exhilarating Eliminator match of the TNPL on the Salem Cricket Foundation stadium on Saturday.
Chasing 212 for victory, Panthers wanted six off the final supply, however left-arm spinner Mohan Prasath held his nerve towards P. Saravanan, conceding only a single, after being hit for a most off the penultimate supply.
Thanks to this win, Royal Kings will meet Dindigul Dragons within the second Qualifier at Tirunelveli on Monday.
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The chase was arrange by V. Aaditya’s well-paced innings of 73 (50b, 6×4, 2×6) after S. Lokeshwar set the tone with a fast 40.
The duo added 63 runs for the second-wicket earlier than Lokeshwar ran himself out whereas taking off for a fast double.
Aaditya and Swapnil Singh added 98 runs for the third wicket, off simply 60 balls, and saved the previous champions on observe.
However, Sonu Yadav and M. Poiyamozhi received the Royal Kings again into the sport with tight overs in direction of the tip. Poiyamozhi used his cutters properly and had Aaditya caught at midwicket.
Earlier, Nidhish Rajagopal made up for a sluggish begin to his innings with some clear hitting within the later a part of his knock to slam 76 (50b, 2×4, 6×6) as Royal Kings received to 211 for six after being requested to bat first.
He constructed on the platform set by G. Ajitesh, whose 50 (30b, 7×4, 1×6) ensured the Nellai facet received off the blocks in a flash because it plundered 66 within the PowerPlay.
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The diminutive Ajitesh went on a boundary spree when he took aside Ajay Krishna with a hat-trick of boundaries after which a six over high quality leg within the fifth over. In the following over, he went after left-arm spinner Swapnil Singh slicing and lofting him for boundaries off successive deliveries.
At the opposite finish, Nidhish began slowly and struggled to get going towards the spinners M. Ashwin and left-arm spinner P. Saravanan, who snuck in 5 good overs with out conceding a boundary after the PowerPlay.
However, within the twelfth over, Nidhish discovered his mojo when he hit consecutive sixes off Ajay. From there on, the left-hander was unstoppable as he took on the spinners, depositing them over the fence with ease and shortly raced to his half-century.
Later, Rithik Easwaran performed a significant cameo 29 (10b, 3×4, 2×6) to take Royal Kings previous 200, which proved essential in figuring out the end result of the consequence.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com