Nellai Royal Kings Vs Siechem Madurai Panthers Eliminator 08 July 2023

Eliminator • SCF Cricket Ground • Salem

Nellai Royal Kings

211/6 (20)

Siechem Madurai Panthers

207/4 (20)

NRK won by 4 runs

Info

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Playing XI

Player of the Match Nidhish Rajagopal

76(50)

NRK

Info

Nellai Royal Kings

211/6 (20)

Batters

Arun Karthik

150.00

lbw b Swapnil Singh

Laxmesha Suryaprakash

0.00

c Lokeshwar b Singh

Guruswamy Ajitesh

166.67

c Singh b Murugan Ashwin

Nidhish Rajagopal

152.00

c Swapnil Singh b Krishna

Sonu Yadav

130.77

c Aaditya b Saravanan

Rithik Easwaran

290.00

lbw b Singh

NS Harish

66.67

Not out

P Sugendhiran

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 4, LB: 2, NB: 1, W: 10)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 10.55)

211/6

Did not Bat

M Poiyamozhi, S Mohan Prasath, Sandeep Warrier, Lakshay Jain

Bowlers

EXT

Gurjapneet Singh

10.50

P Saravanan

8.25

9.75

18.33

6.00

12.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Laxmesha Suryaprakash

c Lokeshwar b Singh

1-11

0.6

Arun Karthik

lbw b Swapnil Singh

2-33

3.3

Guruswamy Ajitesh

c Singh b Murugan Ashwin

3-84

10.1

Sonu Yadav

c Aaditya b Saravanan

4-162

16.3

Nidhish Rajagopal

c Swapnil Singh b Krishna

5-207

18.6

Rithik Easwaran

lbw b Singh

6-207

19.1

Siechem Madurai Panthers

207/4 (20)

Batters

Suresh Lokeshwar

153.85

runout (Easwaran / Harish)

Hari Nishanth

100.00

c Poiyamozhi b Yadav

V Aaditya

146.00

c Ajitesh b Poiyamozhi

Swapnil Singh

160.00

c Ajitesh b Mohan Prasath

Jagatheesan Kousik

177.78

Not out

P Saravanan *

350.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 6, NB: 1, W: 11)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 10.35)

207/4

Did not Bat

Krish Jain, S Sri Abisek, Gurjapneet Singh, Murugan Ashwin, Ajay Krishna

Bowlers

EXT

15.33

11.00

10.75

7.25

5.00

9.33

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Hari Nishanth

c Poiyamozhi b Yadav

1-14

1.3

Suresh Lokeshwar

runout (Easwaran / Harish)

2-77

7.3

V Aaditya

c Ajitesh b Poiyamozhi

3-175

17.2

Swapnil Singh

c Ajitesh b Mohan Prasath

4-200

19.4

Match Info

Date & Time

08 Jul, 07:15 PM IST

Venue

SCF Cricket Ground, Salem

Match

Eliminator,

Tamil Nadu Premier League

Umpires

Rajesh Kannan (India), Saidharshan Kumar (India), Rakesh Raghavan (India, TV)

Referee

Arjan Kripal Singh (India)

Toss

Siechem Madurai Panthers elected to bowl

1 0 1 0 1wd 1wd 1 1

Over 17

Runs: 6

1 W 2 1 1 0

Over 18

Runs: 5

1 4 1 1 1 6

Over 19

Runs: 14

0 6 1 W 6 1

Over 20

Runs: 14

All Overs

Player of the Match Nidhish Rajagopal

76(50)

Commentary

So, that is it from myself, Karthik Raj and my co-commentator, Abhishek as we wrap up the coverage of this fixture. Do switch stay tuned to Sportskeeda and join us for a lot of cricketing action including the exciting fourth day of the 3rd Ashes Test. There is also ECS cricket, so there is no shortage of cricketing action. See ya!

Arun Karthik (Nellai Royal Kings captain): Ate at 1.00 pm, am hungry (Laughs). Hats off to the curator, he has provided an extraordinary pitch. After getting Hari Nishanth's wicket, thought it was an easy win but they fought back superbly. The way Sonu Yadav and Poiyamozhi bowled, that brought us back into the game. During the pre-season camp, we worked personally with Mohan Prasath to bowl that final over at the death.

C Hari Nishanth (Siechem Madurai Panthers captain): We conceded a little too extra, there was dew in the end overs too. But if we bowled a few good balls during the death overs, it would have been good. Felt like if we restricted them to 180-185, it would have been good. During the innings break, just told the team that the opposite dug-out or owner's sofa shouldn't be calm. I didn't have a great season with the bat. Loki (Suresh Lokeshwar) was a great find this season. Maybe, if we got good starts together, that would have been good.

Nidhish Rajagopal (Player of the Match): My grandfather passed away last November. He is the one who helped me come to this level in cricket. Ajitesh was batting very well, so I was just focusing on giving the strike to him. We were actually blank, just wanted to react to the ball

MATCH OVER!

Nellai Royal Kings won by four runs!

Nellai Royal Kings 211-6 (20)
Siechem Madurai Panthers 207-4 (20)

V Aaditya 73 (50) | Swapnil Singh 48 (30)

M Poiyamozhi 4-0-29-1 | S Mohan Prasath 4-0-43-1

What a thrilling win for Nellai Royal Kings as they advance to the Qualifier 2 against Dindigul Dragons. The game twisted and turned on many occasions but Nellai held their nerve to come up trumps in the end. Just like Nellai did, Madurai also lost their skipper Hari Nishanth early on in the Powerplay. However, Suresh Lokeshwar batted aggressively to dominate the Powerplay while V Aaditya gave him good company.

Just as the partnership was looking ominous, Lokeshwar got run-out in the eighth over. Thereafter, Aaditya was joined by Swapnil Singh to put on a sensational 98-run partnership. Swapnil struggled initially but he soon started to hit out as the Nellai bowlers were put under immense pressure. The Nellai fielders didn't help the bowlers either with both Aaditya and Swapnil getting a chance each. It seemed like Madurai got ahead in the contest as they required 44 runs off the last four overs.

Yet, Sonu Yadav bowled a cracking 17th over in which he conceded just six runs as Nellai got some hope again. M Poiyamozhi strengthened his team's position by getting rid of Aaditya. But Madurai weren't to give up as J Kousik and Swapnil combined to take 14 runs off the penultimate over. This meant that Madurai required 19 off the final over and Arun Karthik tossed the ball to Mohan Prasath. The left-arm spinner was put under pressure as Kousik struck a six off the second ball but he got rid of Swapnil a couple of balls later and pulled things back nicely.

overs

207 /4 score

runs

P Saravanan *

7 (2)

Jagatheesan Kousik

16 (9)

S Mohan Prasath

1 /43

19.6 S Mohan Prasath to P Saravanan, NELLAI WIN BY FOUR RUNS! A loopy full toss on off, it was meant to be hit. But, Saravanan miscues it towards the extra cover region. Only a single given. Mohan Prasath has done it for Nellai.

Twist after twist, drama after drama. What a stunning strike from P Saravanan. Madurai need 6 off 1 ball now

19.5 S Mohan Prasath to P Saravanan, SIX! ONE MORE NEEDED TO WIN! A full toss on off, clears his front leg and powers it towards the onrushing long off fielder.

P Saravanan, LHB, is into the middle

This is superb stuff from Mohan Prasath who gets Swapnil Singh. To be honest, the full-toss was there to be hit but Swapnil Singh miscued it

19.4 S Mohan Prasath to Swapnil K Singh, GOOD CATCH! A full toss just inside the tramlines, Swapnil tries to clear the extra cover fence but can't clear the fielder in the deep. 12 needed off 2 now.

Swapnil Singh c G Ajitesh b S Mohan Prasath 48 (30b, 1x4, 4x6)

19.3 S Mohan Prasath to Jagatheesan Kousik, a yorker outside off, driven towards extra cover.

19.2 S Mohan Prasath to Jagatheesan Kousik, YORKER GONE WRONG! Bowls a full toss on the middle stump line, Kousik takes a step behind and dispatches it towards the midwicket fence. 13 needed off 4 balls now.

19.1 S Mohan Prasath to Jagatheesan Kousik, nails the wide yorker as Kousik cannot jam his bat to it.

S Mohan Prasath [3-0-29-0] is back into the attack

overs

193 /3 score