Powered by opener J. Suresh Kumar (64, 29b, 6×4, 4×6) and skipper M. Shahrukh Khan (53, 23b, 6×4, 3×6), Lyca Kovai Kings acquired to 208 for 5 and defeated Siechem Madurai Panthers by 44 runs within the seventh season of the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) on the India Cement Company floor right here on Sunday.
Quickfire fifties
Both Suresh and Shahrukh backed themselves to play pictures. Suresh hit 4 sixes – an upper-cut over deep level off medium-pacer Ajay Krishna, a pull off a shorter ball off left-arm spinner Saravanan over lengthy on, an exquisitely-timed inside-out off Washington Sundar, and leg-spinner M. Ashwin’s full-toss put away straight down the bottom.
Shahrukh imperiously pulled a brief ball off J. Kousik to deep midwicket, slog-swept M. Ashwin that landed to the fitting of lengthy on, and whacked Saravanan straight for his three sixes.
Suresh introduced up the quickest fifty of this season in 21 balls just for Shahrukh to surpass the feat together with his 20-ball fifty.
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Shahrukh additionally picked up two for 35, and took a catch.
Soft dismissal
Suresh appeared well-set for 100 when he was out of the blue unsettled by a Swapnil Singh supply that had pronounced flip and an additional little bit of bounce – he edged it previous the keeper for 2 runs. The subsequent ball, he closed the face of the bat early and the sting that ballooned up was caught by the bowler himself.
Steady innings
In distinction to Suresh and Shahrukh, B. Sachin (67, 51b, 5×4, 2×6) unobtrusively saved accumulating runs and acquired to his fifty within the 18th over, having walked in to bat within the first over.
Shoddy fielding
Madurai was sloppy on the sphere and conceded a minimum of 5 fours in misfields. Three of these got here in the identical M. Ashwin over with Shahrukh Khan being the beneficiary – at deep cowl, Madurai captain Hari Nishaanth at level, and Swapnil at lengthy on.
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Swapnil additionally dropped a catch within the final over of the Kovai innings – he ran in from lengthy off, overshot a bit, and thus mispositioned himself for the catch.
The scores: Lyca Kovai Kings 208/5 in 20 overs (Suresh Kumar 64, B. Sachin 67, M. Shahrukh Khan 53, Gurjapneet Singh 2/30, Swapnil Singh 2/26) bt Siechem Madurai Panthers 164 in 18 overs (S. Lokeshwar 41, Hari Nishaanth 33, M. Siddharth 3/32, M. Shahrukh Khan 2/35, V. Yudheeswaran 2/16).
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com