TNPL 2018: JONES Tuti Patriots Vs Dindigul Dragons Live Score, Commentary & Live Updates

Catch us in the live coverage of the next match between VB Kanchi Veerans and Siechem Madurai Panthers from the same venue. Till then, this is Vignesh Ananthasubramanian live from Dindigul.

What a thriller at the NPR college ground in Natham! Fantastic stuff by both the teams. In the end, Dragons held their nerve and reached home with an over to spare.

Dindigul Dragons beat Jones Tuti Patriots by 4 wickets

All over here in Dindigul as Athisayaraj Davidson concedes 21 off the 19th over.

A wide, a four and a six off the first two balls. 10 needed off 10 now. Mohammed is winning it for Dragons here.

14 runs came off the next two overs as things are hanging in balance at the moment. Dragons need 21 runs off 12 balls with an over from Athisayaraj Davidson left.

DD 157/6 after 18 overs

150 up for the Dragons in the 18th over. They still need 23 runs off 14 balls with four wickets in hand.

Sai Kishore to complete his quota now.

Another quiet over and with only four overs remaining, this could go either way. Dindigul need 35 runs with 5 wickets and 24 balls in hand.

Dindigul 143/5 after 16 overs

Moorthi to bowl his third over of the match.

A fantastic over from Sai Kishore, only four runs off it.

Dindigul 138/5 after 15 overs

Neither the fielding, nor the running between wickets has been professional enough in the match. Anyway, 11 off the over as Dindigul inch closer.

Dindigul 134/5 after 14 overs

Adhitya Arun comes in.

Vivek was looking unstoppable here but a maximum off the first delivery was followed by a mistimed shot and he goes for 62.

R Vivek c Sathish b Jesuraj 62 (32)

Jesuraj comes in to complete his quota of 4 overs.

Vivek brought up yet another half-century with a cheeky shot through the short third-man region for a boundary. Five singles follow.

Dindigul 123/4 after 13 overs

Vivek hit one straight up, high into the night sky but the fielder at long-on fails to hold onto the catch. That was really tough as it went very high and despite being in position, the ball went through the fielder's palms and into the chest. The over was relatively quiet but a wide on the last ball of the over meant Dindigul got an extra ball and Mohammed made full use of it and added another boundary.

Dindigul 114/4 after 12 overs

Athisayaraj Davidson back into the attack.

Vivek is tightening the screws here and has raced to 47 runs in no time.

Dindigul 104/4 after 11 overs

M Mohammed comes in to bat.

Anirudh played it straight into the hands of long-on but the umpire wasn't sure if the fielder was clear of the rope behind him. Third umpire confirms it.

B Anirudh c Rangarajan b Akash Sumra 6(6)

Akash Sumra into the attack.

Vivek welcomed Sai Kishore with a maximum over long-on. He then sent the third delivery of the over into the orbit and finished it off with a boundary and another maximum. 22 runs from the over, just what Dindigul needed here.

Dindigul 91/3 after 10 overs

Jesuraj, bowling his third over, was spot on from the very first delivery and the pressure on Dindigul batsmen intensifies. A boundary and three singles to show for.

Dindigul 69/3 after 9 overs

Anirudh Sita Ram is the new batsman in.

Dinidgul 62/3 after 8 overs

This was another quiet over for Tuti and it became better as Jagadeesan missed the ball completely and fell on the last delivery of the over. BIG WICKET!

N Jagadeesan b Sai Kishore 31 (24)

Sai Kishore comes into the attack.

Jesuraj manages to keep the batsmen quiet by bowling according to his field. Only four off the over.

Dindigul 56/2 after 7 overs

Jagadeesan has been timing the ball well tonight and a slight misfield earned him another boundary on the third delivery of the over. Vivek joined the party with a stand-and-deliver shot over mid-off for a boundary.

Dindigul 52/2 after 6 overs

Moorthi to bowl the last over of the Powerplay.

Vivek opened his account with a cheeky boundary in what was an otherwise calm over.

Dindigul 43/2 after 5 overs

Rajamani Jesuraj to bowl his first over.

A successful over for both the teams as Dindigul got 12 runs while Tuti earned a wicket.

Dindigul 36/2 after 4 overs

R Vivek walks in next.

Davidson got the first one correct, well, almost, but the umpire turned down the LBW appeal. The third delivery was full and wide, Chaturved slashed hard and earned a maximum. The fourth one was a bit shorter and Chaturved cleverly guided it through the slip region for a boundary. But Davidson got his revenge as the batsman played it directly in the hands of the fielder at point on the very next delivery. His second wicket in as many overs.

NS Chaturved c Srinivasan b Athisayaraj Davidson 11 (9)

Skipper Jagadeesan is looking confident here. He dispatched the first ball over the bowler's head for a boundary and then smacked one to the mid-wicket boundary for another four which forced the bowler to come across the wicket. There was a huge mix-up on the fourth delivery but Tuti wicketkeeper didn't collect the ball cleanly. 10 runs from the over.

Dindigul 24/1 after 3 overs

Ganesh Moorthi to bowl the third over.

Chaturved, the new batsman in, plays out the remaining two deliveries without troubling the scorers.

Dindigul 14/1 after 2 overs

Davidson, with his Maliga-esque action, tried to get the yorker from the very delivery and paid the price for it as Nishanth opened his account with a boundary. However, the bowler kept going and dismantled Nishanth's wicket on the very next delivery.

C Hari Nishanth b Athisayaraj Davidson 4 (3)

Athisayaraj Davidson to share the new ball.

After two dots on the first two deliveries, skipper Jagadeesan uses the pace of the ball and guides the ball to the third man boundary. He follows it up with a sweep which earned him another boundary. Good first over.

Dindigul 9/0 after 1 over

Dindigul's chase is about to begin as N Jagadeesan and C Hari Nishanth come out in the middle. Malolan Rangarajan gets the new ball for Tuti.

Dindigul Dragons need 178 runs to win.

We will be back for the chase in around 15 minutes

At one point, it looked like Tuti won't be able to cross the 140-run mark because of the loss of five early wickets. But, Malolan Rangarajan and R Sathish played two stunning innings to take Tuti to 177. Sathish top-scored with 74 while Malolan accounted for 37. This is a brilliant recovery from Tuti.

JONES TUTI PATRIOTS 177/8 AFTER 20 OVERS

Sathish's gem of an innings comes to end as he miscues a slog and got a top-edge. The bowler ran around 10 yards to complete the catch.

R Sathish c and b M Silambarasan 74 (41)

R Rohit concedes a six off the first ball of the 20th over and has rushed off the field due to an injury. M Silambarasan to finish off the last over.