Pondicherry T20 League 2024: Most Runs and Most Wickets after Sharks XI vs Lions XI (Updated) ft. Anand Bais and Karan Kannan

Tuskers XI calculated their run-chase to perfection against Panthers XI in match number 11 of the 2024 Pondicherry T20 League on Wednesday, July 10. In the second match of the double-header at the Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground, Sharks XI and Lions XI were involved in a high-octane thriller, where the former prevailed with a four-run margin on the last ball.

Being put into bat first, Panthers XI openers Ameer Zeeshan N and Mohan Doss R shared 89 runs in less than 11 overs before the latter became the first of S Krishnakumar’s four victims of the day. Captain Nitin Pranav V at number four launched three boundaries and two sixes during his 21-ball 39 to surge the Panthers’ total to a competitive 173/6. Opener Ameer Zeeshan N himself top-scored in the innings with a fluent 63-run knock.

Among the Tuskers, S Krishnakumar picked up figures of 4/21 from his four overs while new-ball bowlers Shree Varshan-KG and Hari Shankar also chipped in with a wicket each.

In response, unbeaten number three Ujwal S Gowda smacked 62 from 39 balls for the Tuskers to steer his side to a six-wicket win in the penultimate over of the match.

Opener Virendra Singh laid out the groundwork at the top with a fiery 30-ball 44, while wicketkeeper Nitesh Sharma added the finishing touches to the chase with a sizzling 23-run cameo from just 11 deliveries. The trio safely negotiated Karan Kannan’s sublime four-over spell of 2/34.

In the afternoon game, Sharks XI were bundled out for 151 in exactly 20 overs by Lions XI bowlers Karthigesan-S (3/18), Mohanakrishnan D Duraisamy (2/16), M Rajasekar (1/18), P Kalaiyamudhan (1/11) and Aman Ahuja (1/19).

For the Sharks XI, opener George Samuel A and tailender Maria Ajay-M jointly top-scored with 27 runs each, and the innings also featured a short-lived 24 from middle-order batter Vikas Gupta.

Chasing 152, Lions XI crashed to 147/9 from 20 overs to fall four runs short of their target. Apart from opener Gajender Tanwar (35 from 29 balls), none of the other batters managed to rebel against Love Kumar (3/25), Mithilesh Mishra (2/24) and Vikas Gupta (1/17).

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Pondicherry T20 League 2024 Most Runs List

No.	Player	TEAM	MAT	INNS	RUNS	HS	AVG	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s
1	Anand Bais	BXI	2	2	140	108	140	166.67	1	0	6	10
2	Ayudh Sharma	PAN	2	2	137	74	68.5	147.31	0	2	16	6
3	Ritesh Gudge	TUS	3	3	135	89	45	173.08	0	1	15	6
4	P Akash	TUS	3	3	127	94	63.5	138.04	0	1	10	5
5	Harsh Vaishnav	TIGXI	3	3	109	97	109	236.96	0	1	4	12
6	Mohit Kale	LXI	3	3	109	56	36.33	131.33	0	1	12	3
7	Rajesh Thakur	BXI	3	3	98	54	49	181.48	0	1	8	6
8	Ragavan Ramamoorthy	BXI	4	4	98	57	24.5	160.66	0	1	11	6
9	Ameer Zeeshan N	PAN	4	4	98	63	24.5	125.64	0	1	8	4
10	Mohit Mittan	SXI	3	3	91	48	-	189.58	0	0	4	8

Bulls XI batter Anand Bais, Panthers XI star Ayudh Sharma, and Tuskers cricketers Ritesh Gudge and P Akash continue to remain the top four leading run-makers of the 2024 Pondicherry T20 League with 140, 137, 135 and 127 runs, respectively.

Harsh Vaishnav from Tigers XI and Mohit Kale from Lions XI have jointly tallied 109 runs each to be respectively placed at number five and six on the top-10 batting charts of the season.

Bulls XI colleagues Rajesh Thakur and Ragavan Ramamoorthy occupy the next two slots with 98 runs each, while Panthers XI opener Ameer Zeeshan N jumped into the top 10 at number nine through his latest 63-run knock. Mohit Mittan slipped to number 10 with 91 runs to his name.

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Pondicherry T20 League 2024 Most Wickets List

No.	Player	TEAM	MAT	INNS	OVR	WK	BBI	AVG	ECN	4W	5W
1	Karan Kannan	PAN	4	4	15	7	3/17	17	7.93	0	0
2	Rajakavi Rajagopal	BXI	4	4	13	7	3/23	15.43	8.31	0	0
3	Ravi Yadav	BXI	3	3	12	6	2/17	16.33	8.17	0	0
4	Rahul Rajeev	TUS	3	3	9	6	2/20	14.83	9.89	0	0
5	Jullian Jacab	PAN	3	3	12	5	2/26	17.2	7.17	0	0
6	S Parameeswaran	TUS	3	3	7	4	3/20	8.5	4.86	0	0
7	Krishnakumar-S	TUS	1	1	4	4	4/21	5.25	5.25	1	0
8	JR Sreeraj	TIGXI	2	2	4.2	4	4/9	6	5.54	1	0
9	Pranesh-S	LXI	2	2	5.5	4	3/19	9	6.17	0	0
10	Love Kumar	SXI	2	2	6	4	2/12	10.5	7	0	0

Karan Kannan jumped to the top of the 2024 Pondicherry T20 League bowling charts with seven wickets through his latest spell of 2/34 against the Tuskers.

Rajakavi Rajagopal (seven wickets), Ravi Yadav (six wickets) and Rahul Rajeev (six wickets) all lost a rung each to slip to number two, three and four, respectively. Kannan’s teammate Jullian Jacab also burst into the top five through his solitary wicket against Tuskers.

S Parameeswaran, Krishnakumar-S, JR Sreeraj, Pranesh-S, and Love Kumar all occupy the bottom half of the top-10 wicket-taking charts with four scalps each.