Siechem Madurai Panthers produced a scientific efficiency led by its bowlers to publish a simple seven-wicket win towards Ba11sy Trichy right here on the Salem Cricket Foundation Ground on Thursday.
After electing to bat, Trichy got here up with one other listless efficiency and was bowled out for simply 105 within the nineteenth over because the Panthers’ spinners ran by means of the top-order.
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The 2018 Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) champion chased down the small whole in 17 overs and acquired its marketing campaign again on observe with a 3rd consecutive win.
Opener S. Lokeshwar top-scored with 32 earlier than Swapnil Singh completed it in type with a quickfire unbeaten 25, which included two sixes and 4 off G. Godson, within the closing over of the match.
Earlier, Trichy’s innings began on the mistaken foot when Washington Sundar dismissed skipper V. Ganga Sridhar Raju off the primary ball of the match. The batter was shocked by the additional bounce and top-edged it to the short-third fielder.
On a sluggish pitch – there was some flip for the spinners – the Trichy batters appeared to don’t have any gameplan or intent to attain and acquired solely 22 within the PowerPlay. Not solely did they wrestle to search out the boundaries, but additionally didn’t rotate the strike, enjoying out a staggering 54 dot balls.
During the center overs, Daryl Ferrario and Okay. Mani Bharathi (48, 40b, 2×4, 3×6) tried to restore the harm with a 42-run stand for the fourth wicket.
Mani Bharathi wielded his lengthy deal with, gathering three sixes down the bottom towards the spinners. However, simply when Trichy regarded to set a platform to publish a decent whole, Saravanan struck thrice within the fifteenth over, together with Ferrario, because the workforce slumped from 80 for 3 to 88 for six.
From there, Trichy surrendered meekly and crashed out of the event with its fifth defeat in as many matches.
The scores: Ba11sy Trichy 105 in 18.5 overs (Mani Bharathi 48, Gurjapneet Singh 2/13, P. Saravanan 3/23, Ajay Krishna 2/6) misplaced to Siechem Madurai Panthers 108/3 in 17 overs (S. Lokeshwar 32, Swapnil Singh 25 n.o., Okay. Easwaran 2/24).
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com