TNPL Playoff 212 runs target Twist till the last bowler: Madurai who fought fearlessly shock defeat!
TNPL Playoff 212 runs target Twist till the last bowler: madurai who fought fearlessly shock defeat!
In the TNPL Eliminator match, the madurai team fought till the last ball and lost
The TNPL 2023 series has now reached its final stage. All the league matches are over and now the play-off round has started. In this, Nellie Royal Kings and madurai Panthers clashed in the eliminator match
madurai won the toss and chose to bowl first.
Opener Suryaprakash 0 (1) became a golden duck in Nellie team who fielded first. Following this, Ajitesh Guruswamy 50 (30) and Nitish Rajagopal 76 (50) continued to score runs. Hrithik Easwaran added 29 (10) runs in the closing stages, and Nellie scored 211/6 in 20 overs.
madurai Innings:
Chasing a mega target, the madurai team fought very hard for victory. Opener Lokeshwar was amazing with 40 (26) runs. Following this, Aditya 73 (50) and Swapnil Singh 48 (30) who came into the field at 3 and 4 continued to show amazing action, so the madurai team had an equal chance of winning until the end.
Last 2 Overs:
In the end 33 runs were required in the last 2 overs. Then, kaushik and Swapnil Singh hit a six each in Sonu Yadav's over, resulting in 14 runs in that over.
kaushik hit a six in the 2nd ball of the last over bowled by mohan prasad and Swapnail Singh was dismissed in the 4th ball. Next, Saravanan hit a six off the 5th ball, needing 6 runs off the last ball to win. But only one run could be scored.
As a result, the madurai team scored only 207/4 in 20 overs and lost by 4 runs. Gousy 16 (9) and Saravanan 7 (2) were in the field till the end.
The winning Nellie team will play Dindigul tomorrow in the second qualifier. The winning team will take on a strong coimbatore team in the final on July 12.