All aggro: Pradosh toyed with the Spartans assault, hitting a dozen fours and a six.
| Photo Credit: M. PERIASAMY
Pradosh Ranjan Paul bought Chepauk Super Gillies off to a successful begin with a swashbuckling 88 (55b, 12×4, 1×6) because the four-time champion breezed previous Salem Spartans by 52 runs on the Sri Ramakrishna College floor right here on Tuesday.
Electing to bat, Super Gillies amassed 217 for 5, driving on Pradosh’s half-century, earlier than Sanjay Yadav supplied the ultimate flourish with an unbeaten 31 (12b, 2×4, 3×6).
Chasing an enormous goal, Spartans had been by no means within the hunt.
Derailing the chase
Spinners B. Aparajith and B. Rocky derailed the chase, accounting for the top-order by scalping two wickets every.
Muhammed Adnan Khan, who walked in at No. 9, entertained the group with an unbeaten 47 (15b, 1×4, 5×6).
He launched into R. Rohit, hitting the pacer for 4 sixes within the nineteenth over. But it was too little too late for Spartans.
Earlier, skipper N. Jagadeesan (35) and Pradosh gave Super Gillies a rollicking begin, flaying the Spartans assault all around the park throughout their 91-run stand. The fashionable Pradosh got here up with an eye catching knock which contained deft late-cuts and highly effective sweeps.
After choosing just a few boundaries off the pacers, Pradosh went after left-arm spinner Ganesh Moorthi, smashing him to the midwicket fence and lofting him over long-on.
The duo’s efforts took Super Gillies to 64 within the PowerPlay.
The 22-year-old Pradosh reached his half-century with a late-cut off Mokit Hariharan to the third-man fence. Incidentally, the knock got here on a day when Pradosh was named within the South Zone squad for the Duleep Trophy.
Spartans skipper Tanwar compounded his workforce’s woes with a horrid ultimate over, delivering 4 no-balls, as Sanjay hit him for 2 sixes and a boundary. The 26-run over knocked the stuffing out of the Salem outfit.
The scores: Chepauk Super Gillies 217/5 in 20 overs (Pradosh Ranjan Paul 88, N. Jagadeesan 35, R. Sanjay Yadav 31 n.o., B. Aparajith 29, Sunny Sandhu 2/32) bt Salem Spartans 165/9 in 20 overs (Muhammed Adnan Khan 47 n.o., B. Rocky 2/13, M. Viju Arul 2/18, B. Aparajith 2/28).
