Golden run: Sai Sudharsan has hardly put a foot mistaken today.
| Photo Credit: M. PERIASAMY
The seventh version of the Tamil Nadu Premier League couldn’t have had a greater begin as Sai Sudharsan produced an exhibition of high-quality batsmanship. His sensational knock of 86 (45b, 8×4, 4×6) arrange a 70-run win for Lyca Kovai Kings towards iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans at the Sri Ramakrishna College floor right here on Monday.
Asked to bat, Kovai Kings have been lowered to 14 for 3 in the third over earlier than Sai Sudharsan took cost and guided his facet to an enormous complete of 179 for seven. He discovered help from U. Mukilesh (33), the duo including 82 for the fourth wicket.
In reply, Tiruppur Tamizhans’ chase started properly as Tushar Raheja (33) and Okay. Vishal Vaidya scored fast runs in the PowerPlay earlier than Shahrukh Khan trapped the latter in entrance.
Mohammed struck twice in the seventh over, eradicating Vijay Shankar and Sai Kishore, as Tiruppur Tamizhans slumped from 42 for one to 47 for 4. The innings fell aside and the Tiruppur facet was bundled out for 109.
Earlier, Sai Sudharsan continued from the place he left off in the IPL, piercing the subject with precision. He began by whipping a rising supply from Vijay Shankar broad of mid-wicket earlier than taking part in some elegant drives off the pacers. The 21-year-old then went after left-arm spinner Sai Kishore, hitting him for 3 boundaries in the sixteenth over. The first of these fours took him to his half-century. In the closing over, Sai Sudharsan smashed pacer G. Periyaswamy for 3 sixes on the leg-side, his robust wrists coming to the fore in every of these pictures.
His knock deflated Tiruppur Tamizhans they usually by no means recovered.
The scores:
Lyca Kovai Kings 179/7 in 20 overs (Sai Sudharsan 86, U. Mukilesh 33, Shahrukh Khan 25, Vijay Shankar 3/26, Sai Kishore 2/24) bt iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans 109 in 20 overs (Tushar Raheja 33, Shahrukh 3/20, Mohammed 2/11).
