Dindigul Dragons Vs Lyca Kovai Kings Match 16 25 June 2023

16th T20 • SCF Cricket Ground • Salem

Lyca Kovai Kings

206/5 (20)

Dindigul Dragons

147 (19.1)

LKK won by 59 runs

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Playing XI

Player of the Match Sai Sudharsan

83(41)

LKK

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Lyca Kovai Kings

206/5 (20)

Batters

S Sujay

182.35

c Adithya Ganesh b Saravana Kumar

J Suresh Kumar

170.59

c Diran b Mathivannan

Sai Sudharsan

202.44

c Mathivannan b Bhati

Ram Arvindh

200.00

c Indrajith b Saravana Kumar

U Mukilesh

103.03

c Kumar b Ashwin

Shahrukh Khan

163.64

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 1, W: 4)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 10.3)

206/5

Did not Bat

M Mohammed, Manimaran Siddharth, Valliappan Yudheeswaran, Jhatavedh Subramanyan, K Gowtham Thamarai Kannan

Bowlers

EXT

14.00

12.25

7.75

9.67

12.00

Subodh Bhati

8.25

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

J Suresh Kumar

c Diran b Mathivannan

1-49

4.6

S Sujay

c Adithya Ganesh b Saravana Kumar

2-63

5.4

Ram Arvindh

c Indrajith b Saravana Kumar

3-67

5.6

U Mukilesh

c Kumar b Ashwin

4-152

15.4

Sai Sudharsan

c Mathivannan b Bhati

5-206

19.6

Dindigul Dragons

147/10 (19.1)

Batters

Rahul

33.33

lbw b Manimaran Siddharth

Shivam Singh

145.24

c Mukilesh b Khan

Baba Indrajith

16.67

c Manimaran Siddharth b Gowtham Thamarai

Adithya Ganesh

0.00

c Sujay b Manimaran Siddharth

Boopathi Vaishna Kumar

188.89

lbw b Gowtham Thamarai

Ravichandran Ashwin

50.00

c Arvindh b Jhatavedh Subramanyan

Sarath Kumar M

144.00

c Manimaran Siddharth b Khan

Subodh Bhati

133.33

c Khan b Mohammed

P Saravana Kumar *

133.33

c Yudheeswaran b Gowtham Thamarai

M Mathivannan

75.00

runout (Suresh Kumar / (sub Divakar ))

VP Diran

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 4, LB: 0, NB: 1, W: 2)

TOTAL

(19.1 Ov, RR: 7.67)

147/10

Bowlers

EXT

K Gowtham Thamarai Kannan

3.1

5.68

Manimaran Siddharth

6.50

Valliappan Yudheeswaran

15.00

Jhatavedh Subramanyan

7.25

M Mohammed

6.00

Shahrukh Khan

8.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Rahul

lbw b Manimaran Siddharth

1-3

1.2

Baba Indrajith

c Manimaran Siddharth b Gowtham Thamarai

2-7

2.2

Adithya Ganesh

c Sujay b Manimaran Siddharth

3-8

3.2

Boopathi Vaishna Kumar

lbw b Gowtham Thamarai

4-25

4.5

Ravichandran Ashwin

c Arvindh b Jhatavedh Subramanyan

5-51

8.5

Shivam Singh

c Mukilesh b Khan

6-128

16.2

Sarath Kumar M

c Manimaran Siddharth b Khan

7-133

16.6

Subodh Bhati

c Khan b Mohammed

8-137

17.4

M Mathivannan

runout (Suresh Kumar / (sub Divakar ))

9-147

18.6

P Saravana Kumar

c Yudheeswaran b Gowtham Thamarai

10-147

19.1

Match Info

Date & Time

25 Jun, 03:15 PM IST

Venue

SCF Cricket Ground, Salem

Match

16th T20,

Tamil Nadu Premier League

Umpires

Rajesh Kannan (India), S Nishaanth (India), N Janani (India, TV)

Referee

Hemanth Kumar (India)

Toss

Dindigul Dragons elected to bowl

1 W 4 0 1 W

Over 17

Runs: 6

1 1 2 W 0 0

Over 18

Runs: 4

0 1 2 1 6 W

Over 19

Runs: 10

Over 20

Runs: 0

All Overs

Player of the Match Sai Sudharsan

83(41)

Commentary

That's all from us for now. The second game of the night will start in just a bit. Do not miss out on that. For now, this is Arya, Pradeep & Bala signing off. Good-bye!

With that victory, Lyca Kovai Kings move to the top of the table. They have four wins from five outings and have a healthy net run rate of 1.763. Not only have the Dragons lost two points, but their net run rate has also taken a pounding with this heavy defeat.

Sai Sudharsan is the Player of the Match!

Manimaran Siddharth: Much needed win this, all credit goes to the team. Plan is simple for me, just try and pick wickets and contain the runs. We're working hard on the fielding, it's coming out nicely. We always wanted to keep it simple, just work on the plans, happy that it's coming through.

Dindigul Dragons 147/10 (19.1 overs)
Shivam Singh 61(42) | C Sarath Kumar 36(25)
Thamarai Kannan 3/18 (3.1) | Shahrukh Khan 2/16 (2)

When you lose more than a couple of wickets in the powerplay, you will fall behind in the game, more often than not. The Dragons lost four today, and that too while chasing a target of over 200 runs. They fell well behind right from the outset and were always playing catch-up. The opening spell from Manimaran Siddharth and Thamarai Kannan broke the top-order apart and brought the Kings right on top.

Siddharth trapped Rahul in front of the stumps in the second over of the game. And the loss of the in-form Baba Indrajith in the next over was just the one they couldn't afford at the stage. Opener Shivam Singh could only be a spectator as he kept on losing his partners at the other end.

It was 51 runs on the board in the 9th over when the Dragons lost their skipper Ravichandran Ashwin. M Sarath Kumar joined Shivam Singh in the middle and gave the side some much-needed impetus. The duo scored 77 runs in a little more than 7 overs with Shivam Singh completing his half-century during the process. However, the asking rate was climbing up rapidly and the side had lost too many wickets too early to afford any chance.

Skipper Shahrukh Khan came into the attack in the 17th over and dismissed both the set batters in the same over. It was then only a matter of time before the lower-order folded. The only question was how close they can get to the Kings' total, but they fell well short in the end, taking a heavy hit to their net run rate.

Manimaran Siddharth was the pick of the bowlers for the Kings. He bowled tight lines, giving the batters hardly any room to work with. He ended with figures of 2 for 26 in four overs. Jhatavedh Subramanyan showed a lot of promise with his wrist-spin. He conceded just 8 runs in his first three overs, but conceded 21 in the final over. His figures still reads a respectable 1 for 29.

Thamarai Kannan led the seam attack well, hitting the hard lengths and asking questions. He picked up three wickets including that of in-form Baba Indrajith. Shahrukh Khan picked up a couple and M Mohammed picked up one.

Lyca Kovai Kings win by 59 runs!

19.1 K Gowtham Thamarai Kannan to P Saravana Kumar, OUT! ALL OVER FOR KINGS! What a thumping win from Lyca Kovai Kings as Dindigul Dragons taste their first defeat of the tournament. Length delivery on the leg-stump, Saravana hoicks it but finds the fielder at deep backward square-leg.

P Saravana Kumar c Valliappan Yudheeswaran b K Gowtham Thamarai Kannan 8 [6b, 0x4, 1x6]

K Gowtham Thamari Kannan [3-0-18-2] will bowl the final over of the match.

Last man walking out to the middle. It's VP Diran, RHB, for the Dragons.

A mighty six from Saravana Kumar, but it is too little too late for the Dragons. Another one back in the hut and it seems all but sure that the net run rate of the side is going to take a hammering after this game.

overs

148 /8 score

runs

P Saravana Kumar *

9 (5)

M Mathivannan

3 (4)

Shahrukh Khan

2 /17

18.6 Shahrukh Khan to P Saravana Kumar, RUN-OUT! Length delivery on the fourth stump, Saravana leans and opens the face of the blade, dabs it to short third-man for a quick single. Attempt for a run-out as the keeper collects and whips the bails off, umpire takes it upstairs to check. Guess what, the replays confirmed that Mathivannan finds himself well short and has to go!

P Saravana Kumar runout (J Suresh Kumar / (sub R Divakar )) 3 [4b, 0x4, 0x6]

18.5 Shahrukh Khan to P Saravana Kumar, SIX! BAM! That is a clean strike from Saravana. Length delivery on the off-stump, lunges and CLOBBERS it over long-on for a maximum.

18.4 Shahrukh Khan to M Mathivannan, loopy full delivery on the off-stump, Mathivannan lunges and drills it to long-off for one.

18.3 Shahrukh Khan to M Mathivannan, length delivery outside the off-stump, Mathivannan slams it over extra-cover but a good stop from long-off fielder, slides across to keep them for a couple.

18.2 Shahrukh Khan to P Saravana Kumar, goes full and outside the off-stump, Saravana carves it to deep covers for one.

18.1 Shahrukh Khan to P Saravana Kumar, DROPPED! Straight back to Shahrukh and he spills it, was a tough chance in the end. Saravana smacked it straight back to the bowler and Shahrukh fails to cling on.

M Mohammed was too good for the lower-order batters there. They found it really hard to pick up his changes in pace. Another batter got out cheaply, and now it seems just a matter of time.

Dindigul Dragons need 70 runs off 2 overs @ 35.00

overs

137 /8 score