TNPL 2018: Siechem Madurai Enrolls its First Win

History was made in Tirunelveli, as Siechem Madurai enrolled their first victory in Tamil Nadu Premier League in this season.

It was a pure clinical bowling performance by the Madurai Panthers that helped their side to register their first win that too against defending Champions, Chepauk Super Gillies.

An outline of the match.

It was 6th match of the season III in the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) that held on Monday, July 17.

Performance in the middle

While batting first, Madurai posted a reasonable total of 153 for the loss of nine wickets. Madurai lost their opening batsman, D Rohit for a mere four runs. Soon after he departed, Madurai made a strong comeback.

Shijit Chandran and J Kousik were the top scorers of the match, as both scored 37 and 31 runs, respectively. The opening batsman, Arun Karthik also scored 17. From the bowling perspective, Marugan Ashwin picked three wickets.

In response to the total, the defending champions could only manage to touch the mark of 127.

Varun Chakravathi and Rahil Shah were the joint protagonists of the match, as both clinched three wickets each. Kiran Akash got two scalps as well. Rahil Shah for his magical numbers was declared as man of the match.

Who said what.

Our bowlers really did a great job as we planned and restricted them to 150. We were not able to get singles and boundaries in the powerplay as the ball was gripping. We have four days of break. We have to go back and regroup as a team. Overall, we bowled well and fielded well expect for the dropped catch. – Gopinath, loosing Skipper.

After a very bad game last match, we bounced back well. Shows the character of the boys. Even after the way we played the last game. The last two days, we have been talking a lot. The new support staff, they have brought in a lot of positivity. We were very keen to bowl the first four overs right. Overall, the boys, the team was on point today. – Rohit, winning skipper.