M. Shahrukh Khan led from the entrance with the ball (4-0-13-3), wrecking Trichy Grand Cholas’ top-order to arrange a snug eight-wicket win for Lyca Kovai Kings on the Sri Ramakrishna School floor on Tuesday.
It was the defending champion’s fourth win of the season and the eleventh consecutive win within the competitors since 2023.
After successful the toss, Shahrukh inserted the opposition and spun an online round Cholas’ batters, scalping three wickets in his first two overs to limit the Trichy facet to 125 for 9.
Shahrukh struck twice in two balls in his first over when he trapped Waseem Ahmed leg-before after which adopted it up with an excellent crazy off-break to citadel Anthony Dhas via the gate.
The Kovai Kings skipper obtained his third in his subsequent over when P.S. Nirmal Kumar skied one to deep midwicket. Cholas had been diminished to 35 for six within the tenth over earlier than R. Sanjay Yadav (34) and Jafar Jamal (41 n.o.) staged a rescue act, including 56 for the seventh wicket.
Chasing a reasonable goal, Kovai began poorly when Athisayaraj Davidson delivered a double strike within the first over, together with the large wicket of B. Sai Sudharsan. Nevertheless, U. Mukilesh (63 n.o., 54b, 6×4, 1×6) and B. Sujay (48 n.o.) rapidly steadied issues, taking part in delectable drives and cuts to seek out boundaries with out dangers. The duo stitched an unbroken 118-run partnership for the third wicket and took their facet residence with 23 balls to spare.
THE SCORES
Trichy Grand Cholas 124/9 in 20 overs (Jafar Jamal 41 n.o., R. Sanjay Yadav 34, Shahrukh Khan 3/14, Mohammed 3/23) vs Lyca Kovai Kings 125/2 in 16.1 overs (U. Mukilesh 63 n.o., B. Sujay 48 n.o, Athisayaraj Davidson 2/19).