The Pondicherry Premier League 2024 season continued on Monday, August 19 with two matches at the Cricket Association Pondicherry Siechem Ground. In the first match of the double-header, Karaikal Kniights outclassed Yanam Royals by chasing down their 162-run target with six wickets and four balls to spare.
Opening batters Udayanarayanan Karthiraja and Paras Ratnaparkhe headlined the successful chase by belting attacking half-centuries at the top of the order.
Captain Ankit Sharma also punched out 22* from 19 balls to anchor his team past the finish line. Earlier in the match, as many as four Karaikal Kniights bowlers claimed two wickets each to restrict the Yanam Royals for 161 in 18.2 overs. Negating Neyan Shyam Kangayan’s 38-ball 62, Ankit Sharma (2/20) and Rajeev Rahul (2/21) inflicted the most damage to the Royals' batting prospects.
Between Mahe Megalo Strikers and White Town Giants, the former amassed 171/6 from 20 overs after batting first. Ritesh Gudge top-scored with 73 off 49 deliveries while Kamaleeshwaran A plundered 41 runs towards the end. Harikrishna Shishir and Adil Tunda scalped two wickets each for the White Town Giants in the high-scoring innings.
Chasing 172, White Town Giants overcame their target with nine wickets and more than two overs to spare despite losing opener Ramachandran Ragupathy for a first-ball duck. Akash Kargave slogged his way to an unbeaten 53-ball 82* while captain Jay Shilpa Pande dished out 69* runs from 52 balls.
Pondicherry Premier League 2024 Most Runs List
Ajay Rohera finds himself at the top of the Pondicherry Premier League 2024 batting leaderboard with 400 runs. He is followed by Aman Khan and Ameer Zeeshan with 358 runs each to their name. Jayasundaram Karthikeyan has amassed 333 runs from nine innings while Jay Shilpa Pande has tallied 304 runs, placing them among the top five leading run-scorers of the season.
Akash Khargave and R Ragavan have minted 261 and 242 runs, respectively, to be ranked sixth and seventh. Jashwanth Shreeram R and Mohit Kale take the subsequent two slots with 231 runs apiece. K Sai Satwick finishes the top 10 chart with 220 runs from 10 matches.
Pondicherry Premier League 2024 Most Wickets List
Sidak Singh and Adil Tunda have both claimed 17 wickets so far to lead the wicket-taking charts of Pondicherry Premier League 2024. Bharat Bhushan Sharma with 13 wickets from 10 matches and Sabhay Chadha with 12 wickets from eight innings occupy the next two slots. Fabid Ahmed, also with 12 scalps, takes the fifth position with a slightly higher average of 14.33.
Gaurav Yadav’s 11-wicket tally places him as the sixth most successful bowler of the season. He is followed by Sagar Paresh Udeshi, Sreeraj J R, Mohammed Shafeequddin and Thivagar Gopal - all 10 wickets each - to round up the top 10 bowling table.
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