Shivam Singh’s cyclonic innings (106 n.o., 57b, 6×4, 10×6) sunk Siechem Madurai Panthers because it misplaced by 30 runs to Dindigul Dragons within the eighth season of the Tamil Nadu Premier League on the NPR School cricket floor in Natham on Friday.
Dindigul has certified for the playoffs, whereas Madurai has been knocked out.
Shivam’s innings evoked the knock (78, 51b, 6×4, 5×6) he performed in Dindigul’s season opener in opposition to Trichy Grand Cholas. If his six-hitting off the pacers was a spotlight in that innings, it was his six-hitting versus the spinners that was the spotlight on Friday. Seven of his ten sixes got here off the spinners.
After opener R. Vimal Khumar (23) and skipper Baba Indrajith (29) performed cameos, Shivam combusted. As an illustration, he performed an ungainly, unconnected slog sweep in opposition to leg-spinner Murugan Ashwin within the ninth over. Undeterred, as if taming the ball that dared to elude him, he seemingly willed the following supply for a six over deep midwicket off a slog sweep once more.
From there, his innings turned frenetic. He swivel-hooked medium-pacer Ajay Krishnan for a six over the deep high quality leg boundary and adopted it up with a beautiful inside-out for a six over the deep cowl boundary for the shot of the match to carry up his fifty (29b).
He hit three consecutive sixes off leg-spinner V.S. Karthick Manikandan within the fifteenth over – two over deep midwicket and one behind deep sq. leg.
Within the chase, thereafter, solely opener S. Lokeshwar threatened Dindigul with a 37-ball 55 (3×4, 4×6).
The scores:
Dindigul Dragons 201/5 in 20 overs (Shivam Singh 106 n.o.) bt Siechem Madurai Panthers 171/8 in 20 overs (S. Lokeshwar 55)