Pondicherry T20 2024: Top run-getters and wicket-takers after Match 20 (Updated) ft. Kaladi Nagar Babu and Rajakavi Rajagopal

Pondicherry North XI won by 36 runs against Yanam XI in match No. 19 of the Pondicherry T20 2024 at the Cricket Association Puducherry Siecham Ground on Thursday, January 11.

Pondicherry North won the toss and elected to bat first and were 65 for 2 at the halfway stage. Opener P Sunil Kumar (64 runs off 53 balls) and Aravind Akash RS (55 runs off 30 balls) resurrected the innings to help the team post 160 for 6 in 20 overs.

The score was more than sufficient as Omar Pati's 5 for 13 restricted Yanam to 124 for 9, with Kaladi Nagar Babu being their top-scorer with 33 runs off 18 balls.

In another match, Karaikal XI won by one wicket in a low-scoring thriller. Gopal Thivagar was named Player of the Match for his all-round brilliance. He first picked up two wickets for 30 runs from four overs before making 38 runs off 31 balls to build the base for his side.

On that note, let's take a look at the top run-getter and wicket-taker of Pondicherry 2024 following the action on Thursday.

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Pondicherry T20 2024 Most Runs List

Sr. No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	BF	Ave	SR	100	50	4s	6s
1	Kaladi Nagur Babu	6	6	-	220	88	36.67	167	131.74	-	2	9	23
2	P Sunil Kumar	2	2	1	132	68	132	114	115.79	-	2	4	9
3	Sivamurugan M	5	5	-	130	43	26	94	138.3	-	-	3	21
4	Shiva Satish Varma	6	6	-	118	34	19.67	98	120.41	-	-	8	5
5	Gopal Thivagar	5	5	1	92	38	23	84	109.52	-	-	2	6
6	K-Sunil Kumar	5	5	-	88	27	17.6	107	82.24	-	-	-	5
7	Karthikaraja Udayanarayanan	5	5	-	88	58	17.6	81	108.64	-	1	3	5
8	Vijeesh-MM	5	4	-	85	43	21.25	93	91.4	-	-	4	4
9	Karan Kannan	5	4	1	84	32	28	62	135.48	-	-	4	4
10	Thamizhazhagan R	5	4	1	80	52	26.67	96	83.33	-	1	1	5

Although Kaladi Nagar Babu wasn't successful in taking Yanam XI past the finish line against Pondicherry North, his 33 runs helped him to retain his place at the top. He has scored 220 runs in six innings at a strike rate of 115.79.

There is a widened lead for Kaladi as P Sunil Kumar sits in second place with 132 runs in two innings. Pondicherry South's Sivamurugan M is at third with 130 runs in five innings.

Yanam batter S Satish Varma has scored 118 runs in six innings to occupy the fourth position, while Gopal Thivagar has made 92 runs in five innings at the fifth spot.

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Pondicherry T20 2024 Most Wickets List

Sr. No	Player	Mat	Inns	Overs	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
1	Rajakavi Rajagopal	5	5	20	104	12	5/21	8.67	5.2	10	-	1
2	K Kishore Kumar	6	6	20	146	11	3/32	13.27	7.3	10.91	-	-
3	Karan Kannan	5	5	18.1	110	9	3/3	12.22	6.06	12.11	-	-
4	Prabhakaran Gopalakrishnan	4	4	14.1	67	8	4/11	8.38	4.73	10.63	1	-
5	Love Kumar	5	5	18	73	7	3/13	10.43	4.06	15.43	-	-
6	Harshith S	3	3	12	49	7	3/14	7	4.08	10.29	-	-
7	Hari Prasad A	5	4	14.3	75	7	3/24	10.71	5.17	12.43	-	-
8	Karthikaraja Udayanarayanan	5	5	12.3	69	7	2/4	9.86	5.52	10.71	-	-
9	Vijith A	5	5	12	67	7	4/23	9.57	5.58	10.29	1	-
10	Siva Raju	6	5	18	116	7	2/18	16.57	6.44	15.43	-	-

Pondicherry North bowler Rajakavi Rajagopal picked three wickets for 12 runs against Yanam to move to the pole position. He has picked up 12 wickets in five innings at an economy rate of 5.20.

Yanam's K Kishore Kumar is just a wicket short of Rajagopal's tally to secure the second place. Pondicherry South's Karan Kannan has picked nine wickets in five matches to sit in third place.

P Gopalakrishnan of Pondicherry West has claimed eight wickets in four matches, however, he slid to fourth place after Kannan moved up from fifth to third with the help of his 2 for 32 against Karaikal XI.