TNPL 2023: Sudharsan’s purple patch continues as Kovai Kings beat Dragons

B. Sai Sudharsan can’t do a lot unsuitable today, and the teen continued his purple patch with a scintillating 83 (41b, 8×4, 4×6) to set-up a thumping 59-run win for Lyca Kovai Kings towards Dindigul Dragons right here on the Salem Cricket Foundation floor on Sunday.

The 22-year-old’s well-composed knock and beneficial cameos from the top-order powered Kovai Kings to 205 for six after being requested to bat first.

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The Dragons’ chase fizzled out throughout the PowerPlay when left-arm spinner M. Siddharth and pacer Ok. Gowtham Thamarai Kannan scalped two wickets every to go away the aspect struggling at 25 for 4 within the fifth over.

Shivam Singh (61) and C. Sarath Kumar (36) entertained the group for some time, smoking just a few sixes throughout their 77-run partnership for the sixth wicket, nevertheless it was not sufficient for the Dragons to keep away from an enormous defeat.

Earlier, the Kings acquired off to a flyer with openers J. Suresh Kumar (29) and S. Sujay (31) stitching a 49-run stand in fast time.

Despite shedding two wickets within the sixth over, Sai saved up the tempo with consecutive boundaries off left-arm spinner Mathivannan earlier than reducing Varun Chakravarthy (0/48) within the subsequent over to get going.

The left-handed batter complemented his pleasant strokeplay with sensible working as he and U. Mukilesh (34) ran ten braces throughout their 85-run stand for the third wicket.

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While seeing off R. Ashwin, Sai went after Varun, hitting the thriller spinner for 3 sixes with just a few neatly timed slog sweeps and blunted one of many Dragons’ major threats.

Against the pacers, he used the paddle and lap photographs successfully to focus on the fantastic leg boundary. One such stroke off Saravana Kumar took him to his fourth half-century of the season from 5 matches and guided his aspect to the highest of the desk.