TNPL 2018: Thala's Half-Century Seals Third Victory for Siechem Madurai

Siechem Mudarai registered their third victory in the third season of Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL). In the 15th match of the tournament, Madurai got a convincing victory over VB Kanchi Veerans.

Madurai claimed a win by 11 runs at the NPR college Ground at Natham in Dindigul. After being put into bat, Madurai lost their in-form opening batsman Arun Karthik on a score of four.

It was skipper, D Rohit and Thalaivan Sargunamm who helped Madurai to find a way after the fall of Arun. Rohit continued his calm approach while as Thalawas waiting for the loose balls to come.

Madurai skipper played a much-needed knock of 32 runs off 30 balls while as Thala scored 62 off 40 balls. In the end, Abhishek Tanwar provides some late blitz of 22 runs from 10 balls. Madurai put a formidable total of 168.

A picture of the chase:

In reply to the chase of 168, Veerans were off to a sedate start. They lost V Subramania Siva early, and Vishal Vaidya and B Aparajith failed to put runs on the board inside the first six overs.

This followed a significant slump in the middle. The skipper Baba Aparajith scored a slow knock of 27 with Mokit Hariharan who got a figure of 34 off 27 balls.

So, Veerans eventually find themselves short of 11 runs against Siechem Madurai during the ongoing edition of TNPL.

Who said what

“We lost because we didn’t have a good powerplay, just got 32 runs. 168 was gettable. That was the plan, and we wanted a steady start after losing wickets in the previous game. Look to come back strong.” – Baba Aparajith, the losing skipper said.

“Last two years were bad. This year after the game against Chepauk, we regrouped and didn’t look back since then. It was a bad toss to lose. Bowlers are showing character on small grounds. Excellent thing going forward.” – D Rohit, the winning skipper maintained.