Tamil Nadu senior choice committee member Rahil Shah (4-0-13-3) introduced his expertise to the fore to assist Chepauk Tremendous Gillies beat SKM Salem Spartans by 23 runs because the curtains got here down on the Coimbatore leg of the TNPL on the Sri Ramakrishna Faculty floor right here on Thursday.
Chasing 157, Spartans’ top-order struggled in opposition to left-arm spinners Rahil and M. Silambarasan (4-0-10-1), who squeezed the runs dry on a pitch that provided prodigious flip for the tweakers.
Openers R. Kavin and S. Abishiek failed to provide a very good begin, with the Salem aspect managing solely 22 within the PowerPlay. On the midway stage, Spartans crawled to 42 for 2 earlier than Muhammed Adnan Khan (31) injected some hope.
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Adnan went after spinner B. Surya, hitting him for 3 sixes and a 4 in a 23-run thirteenth over. He discovered help from Robin Bist (36), and the duo added 51 for the fourth wicket to assist Spartans put up a battle.
Nonetheless, Rahil returned for his ultimate over and castled Adnan to seal the sport for the previous champion.
Earlier, B. Aparajith’s measured knock (41, 41b, 2×6) and Abhishek Tanwar’s last-over heroics (26 n.o., 8b, 4×6) helped Tremendous Gillies to 156 for seven after being requested to bat first on a tough pitch.
Skipper Aparajith began positively, gathering two sixes, however slowed down through the center overs. Daryl S. Ferrario (23, 13b) gave the innings some momentum, discovering the fence just a few occasions, together with a flicked six off Harish Kumar.
Tanwar then closed out the innings majestically, smashing Harish Kumar for 4 sixes within the twentieth, which proved important ultimately.
THE SCORES
Chepauk Tremendous Gillies 156/7 in 20 overs (B. Aparajith 41, Sunny Sandhu 2/20, M Poiyamozhi 2/13) bt Salem Spartans 133/5 in 20 overs (Robin Bist 36, Muhammed Adnan Khan 31, S. Harish Kumar 33 n.o., Rahil Shah 3/13).