B. Sachin top-scored with 63 to assist Lyca Kovai Kings put up 141 for seven and go on to win by 13 runs versus Chepauk Tremendous Gillies within the inaugural match of the eighth season of the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) on the Salem Cricket Basis (SCF) floor right here on Friday.
Targetting 142, Chepauk gave the impression to be cruising with a 56-run second-wicket stand between skipper Baba Aparajith (38, 29b, 4×4, 1×6) and N. Jagadeesan (18).
However medium-pacer M. Mohammed had Jagadeesan miss his pull to be bowled off a slower ball, after which Kovai skipper M. Shahrukh Khan bowled himself to have Aparajith miscue his slog sweep to Sachin at lengthy on. Aparajith had earlier remarkably pulled Mohammed over the deep midwicket boundary for a six.
Although Pradosh Ranjan Paul tried his finest with a 32-ball 40 (4×4), he couldn’t fairly ship the large blows in the long run and was retired out after the penultimate ball of the nineteenth over. Mohammed efficiently defended 18 runs within the final over.
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Earlier, after Aparajith opted to bowl, medium-pacer Tanwar (4 for 26) had Kovai openers J. Suresh Kumar and S. Sujay edge to slide and keeper in his first two overs.
Pradosh Ranjan Paul’s throw, operating in from midwicket, ran M. Shahrukh Khan out on the non-striker’s finish as Lyca Kovai Kings ended the Powerplay with 34 for 3.
It recovered by way of the 64-run fourth-wicket partnership between left-hander B. Sachin (63, 53b, 8×4) and U. Mukilesh (31, 25b, 3×4).
Sachin remarkably swept left-arm spinner Rahil Shah over quick effective leg for 4. He ramped an tried yorker between quick effective leg and keeper, and lofted inside-out over covers for fours within the twentieth over off Tanwar.
The scores: Lyca Kovai Kings 141/7 in 20 overs (B. Sachin 63, U. Mukilesh 31, Abhishek Tanwar 4/26) bt Chepauk Tremendous Gillies 128/6 (Baba Aparajith 38, Pradosh Ranjan Paul 40).