Nellai Royal Kings Vs Chepauk Super Gillies Match 14 24 June 2023

14th T20 • SCF Cricket Ground • Salem

Chepauk Super Gillies

159/7 (20)

Nellai Royal Kings

160/2 (18.5)

NRK won by 8 wickets

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Stats

Playing XI

Player of the Match Arun Karthik

104(61)

CSG

NRK

Info

Chepauk Super Gillies

159/7 (20)

Batters

Pradosh Ranjan Paul

25.00

b Warrier

Narayan Jagadeesan

107.14

c Yadav b Mohan Prasath

Baba Aparajith

154.90

c Harish b Poiyamozhi

Sanjay Yadav

150.00

st Ajitesh b Jain

TD Lokesh Raj

50.00

c Poiyamozhi b Jain

S Harish Kumar

117.65

c Ajitesh b Poiyamozhi

Uthirasamy Sasidev

108.33

Not out

Ramalingam Rohit

66.67

c Jain b Poiyamozhi

Mathan Kumar

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 0, W: 7)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.95)

159/7

Did not Bat

Rahil Shah, M Silambarasan, B Rocky

Bowlers

EXT

5.33

10.67

6.25

12.25

6.25

5.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Pradosh Ranjan Paul

b Warrier

1-3

1.4

Narayan Jagadeesan

c Yadav b Mohan Prasath

2-35

6.1

Sanjay Yadav

st Ajitesh b Jain

3-72

10.2

TD Lokesh Raj

c Poiyamozhi b Jain

4-74

10.5

S Harish Kumar

c Ajitesh b Poiyamozhi

5-101

14.5

Baba Aparajith

c Harish b Poiyamozhi

6-148

18.1

Ramalingam Rohit

c Jain b Poiyamozhi

7-153

18.6

Nellai Royal Kings

160/2 (18.5)

Batters

Arun Karthik *

104

170.49

Not out

Sri Neranjan

88.89

c Harish Kumar b Silambarasan

Rithik Easwaran

118.18

c Rahil Shah b Rocky

Guruswamy Ajitesh

100.00

Not out

Extras

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

TOTAL

(18.5 Ov, RR: 8.5)

160/2

Did not Bat

Laxmesha Suryaprakash, P Sugendhiran, Sonu Yadav, NS Harish, M Poiyamozhi, Sandeep Warrier, S Mohan Prasath

Bowlers

EXT

S Harish Kumar

10.00

Ramalingam Rohit

11.50

Rahil Shah

7.00

B Rocky

7.75

Baba Aparajith

7.75

M Silambarasan

3.5

9.39

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Sri Neranjan

c Harish Kumar b Silambarasan

1-79

8.6

Rithik Easwaran

c Rahil Shah b Rocky

2-140

17.2

Match Info

Date & Time

24 Jun, 03:15 PM IST

Venue

SCF Cricket Ground, Salem

Match

14th T20,

Tamil Nadu Premier League

Umpires

Madanagopal Kuppuraj (India), N Janani (India), Rajesh Kannan (India, TV)

Referee

Hemanth Kumar (India)

Toss

Chepauk Super Gillies elected to bat

1 1 0 1 1 1

Over 16

Runs: 5

1 1 1 1 4 1

Over 17

Runs: 9

1 W 1 2 4 0

Over 18

Runs: 8

1 4 0 1 6

Over 19

Runs: 12

All Overs

Player of the Match Arun Karthik

104(61)

Commentary

That brings us to the end of our coverage for this encounter. Till the next time, this is myself (Arya Sekhar Chakraborty) signing off on behalf of my fellow commentator Abhishek.

KB Arun Karthik | Player of the Match: God willing it came [the big knock]. The wicket was superb here. The sweep is my go-to shot and I have worked a lot on that against the left-arm spinners. It is easier to communicate with the younger guys, in the team meetings they are the ones who are talking. Hats off to the management for taking those guys. They motivate me a lot. Rithik Easwaran is a superb talent and has a bright future ahead of him. He is hitting switch-hits for sixes - even in his sleep he will play that shot. We are chasing well, we practised a lot for the chase during our off-season and it's happy that it is paying off.

N Jagadeesan | CSG captain: When we were playing it was a good wicket, the ball was skidding on nicely, I was expecting a high-scoring game but the way we played was not good. We were 20 runs short. If you have to be critical, we have to improve our fielding a lot more. Also need to see the situation when we are batting and the way we are bowling. Still there is a chance for us as there are 2 games left.

Lakshay Jain: Today we saw the batting of KB anna, he is leading by example for the team. Just enjoyed what I'm doing, the wicket was holding and I used that to my advantage. Our bowlers restricted them to a good total. Poiya anna is bowling the tough overs and is executing really well.

Nellai Royal Kings won by 8 wickets (with 7 deliveries to spare)

Nellai Royal Kings 160/2 in 18.5 overs

Arun Karthik 104*(61) | Rithik Easwaran 26(22)
Rocky Bhasker 1/31(4) | M Silambarasan 1/36(3.5)

Riding on a sensational century from the Nellai Royal Kings skipper Arun Karthik, they made light work of the challenging target of 160 and ended up winning the game by 8 wickets and with deliveries to spare. Karthik was absolutely fabulous and never really allowed the Lyca Kovai Kings to claw their way back into the game.

The run chase began with Arun Karthik smashing a couple of boundaries while Neranjan also found the fence twice. However the latter failed to time the ball and his stand-and-deliver approach didn't quite work here. It didn't bother Karthik at the other end as he kept smashing boundaries and sixes at will.

Following the departure of Neranjan, it was Rithik Easwaran who joined the skipper in the middle and reassured him with a supportive knock.
He didn't try to do anything extravagant and gave the support which Karthik needed at that point. The duo shared a good stand which ensured that Nellai was cruising towards the target.

Easwaran was dismissed in an attempt to play the ramp shot but by then, the match was in the pocket of the Royal Kings. Arun Karthik went on to notch up a well-deserved century in the penultimate over of the game. His knock of 104 came in just 61 deliveries as he finished the match with a mighty six. His knock was studded with 10 fours and 5 sixes as Nellai romped home with 7 deliveries to spare.

18.4 M Silambarasan to Arun Karthik, SIX! What a way to get to a win. Length on off, slog swept towards the square leg fence. Also, Arun Karthik completes his century with that shot.

18.3 M Silambarasan to Ajitesh Guruswamy, flicked towards midwicket for a single.

18.3 M Silambarasan to Arun Karthik, length on off, knocked towards long on.

18.2 M Silambarasan to Arun Karthik, FOUR MORE! Length on off, slapped towards deep square leg for a boundary.

18.1 M Silambarasan to Ajitesh Guruswamy, length on off, knocked towards long off for no runs.

A dot to end the over but the match seems to be done and dusted. Again a couple of boundaries from the blade of Karthik in that over as Nellai Royal Kings just need 13 more from the last 2 overs.

overs

147 /2 score

runs

Arun Karthik *

93 (58)

G Ajitesh

1 (1)

B Rocky

1 /31

17.6 Bhasker Rocky to Arun Karthik, back of a length and outside off, driven towards extra cover for no runs.

17.5 Bhasker Rocky to Arun Karthik, FOUR! Length on middle, swept aerially towards the square leg fence.

17.4 Bhasker Rocky to Arun Karthik, full on middle, turned towards midwicket for a couple.

17.3 Bhasker Rocky to Ajitesh Guruswamy, full on off, knocked towards long off for a single.

G Ajitesh, RHB is the new man in.

17.2 Bhasker Rocky to Rithik Easwaran, GONE! Length on off, Rithik ramps it but finds the short fine leg fielder. A nice dive by Rahil Shah to dismiss Rithik.

Rithik Easwaran c Rahil Shah b Rocky Bhasker 26 (22b, 1x4, 1x6)

17.1 Bhasker Rocky to Arun Karthik, length on off, swept towards deep square leg for a single.

That was a good over for the Royal Kings. Arun Karthik is playing a blinder here and he has ensured that the run chase gets done without any hiccups. Just 23 more required off the last 3 overs and it should be a stroll in the park from here.