Pondicherry T20 2024: Top run-getters and wicket-takers after Match 28 (Updated) ft. Kaladi Nagar Babu and Vikram Kumar

The ongoing Pondicherry T20 witnessed two more matches taking place on January 15. Pondicherry North XI faced off Mahe XI in the first match of the day while Yanam XI locked horns against the Karaikal XI to conclude the day.

Pondicherry North XI thumped the Mahe XI in a heavily one-sided encounter. They defended a modest total of 136 runs skittling the opposition out for just 70 runs in less than 15 overs. In the other game, Karaikal XI chased down the target of 159 runs winning the match by six wickets against YXI.

This win has only strengthened KXI’s position on top with 15 points. Meanwhile, two other sides, PSXI and PNXI, are sitting next at second and third place with 10 points respectively. With only one match to go for the remaining four teams and all the bottom three teams still in the hunt, the race for the knockouts is clearly heating up.

That said, let us have a look at the list of most runs and wickets after match 28

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Pondicherry T20 2024 Most runs list

Sr. No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s
1	Kaladi Nagur Babu	8	8	-	286	88	35.75	220	130	-	3	34	10
2	Thamizhazhagan R	8	7	1	191	52	31.83	192	99.48	-	1	13	5
3	Sivamurugan M	7	7	1	187	57	31.17	141	132.62	-	1	25	7
4	Logesh P	6	6	-	177	59	29.5	132	134.09	-	1	16	9
5	Shiva Satish Varma	8	8	-	172	34	21.5	126	136.51	-	-	7	14
6	P Sunil Kumar	5	5	1	170	68	42.5	151	112.58	-	2	11	7
7	Gautham Srinivas	8	8	-	157	56	19.63	140	112.14	-	1	13	8
8	K Sunil Kumar	7	7	-	145	31	20.71	167	86.83	-	-	10	1
9	Vikram Kumar	8	8	5	140	45	46.67	120	116.67	-	-	11	3
10	S Manikandan	6	6	-	131	63	21.83	118	111.02	-	1	17	4

Kaladi Nagar Babu continues to own the top position having amassed 286 runs so far in eight innings at an average of 35.75 and a strike-rate of 130. Next up on the list is Thamizhazhagan with 191 runs to his name at an average of almost 32. Sivamurugan M and Logesh P are separated in the table by just 10 runs having scored 187 and 177 runs respectively.

Shiva Satish Kumar completes the top five with 172 runs in eight matches so far at a strike rate of 136.51 which is the best among the top 10 batters.

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Pondicherry T20 2024 Most wickets list

Sr. No	Player	Mat	Inns	Overs	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	MD
1	Rajakavi Rajagopal	7	7	24.4	125	15	5/21	8.33	5.07	9.87	-	1	-
2	Karthigesan-S	8	7	25	141	11	3/23	12.82	5.64	13.64	-	-	-
3	K Kishore Kumar	8	8	21.4	169	11	3/32	15.36	7.8	11.82	-	-	-
4	Narayanlal	4	4	13	70	10	4/9	7	5.38	7.8	2	-	-
5	Vikram Kumar	8	8	29	171	10	4/10	17.1	5.9	17.4	1	-	-
6	Karthikaraja Udayanarayanan	7	7	17.3	104	10	2/4	10.4	5.94	10.5	-	-	1
7	Malladi Subrahmanyam Sarma	8	8	28.1	171	10	3/16	17.1	6.07	16.9	-	-	1
8	Omar Patni	5	3	11	51	9	5/13	5.67	4.64	7.33	-	1	1
9	Prabhakaran Gopalakrishnan	7	7	25.1	146	9	4/11	16.22	5.8	16.78	1	-	-
10	Vijith A	7	7	19	112	9	4/23	12.44	5.89	12.67	1	-	-

Rajakavi Rajagopal is sitting pretty on top of this list with 15 scalps to his name in seven innings. He is one of the only two bowlers to pick up a five-wicket haul this season.

Karthigesan and K Kishore Kumar are tied at second with 11 wickets each while Naryanlal is next having picked 10 wickets so far. Vikram Kumar completes the top five in this list again with 10 scalps to his name.