Salem Spartans Vs Lyca Kovai Kings Match 19 27 June 2023

19th T20 • SCF Cricket Ground • Salem

Lyca Kovai Kings

199/8 (20)

Salem Spartans

120 (19)

LKK won by 79 runs

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Player of the Match Ram Arvindh

50(22)

LKK

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Lyca Kovai Kings

199/8 (20)

Batters

S Sujay

137.50

c Abhishek Tanwar b Gandhi

J Suresh Kumar

66.67

c Gandhi b Abhishek Tanwar

Sai Sudharsan

146.43

c Karthikeyan b Rathi

Atheeq Ur Rahman

172.22

c Khan b Sandhu

U Mukilesh

100.00

runout (Rathi)

Ram Arvindh

227.27

Not out

Shahrukh Khan

220.00

c Gandhi b Sandhu

M Mohammed

300.00

c Gandhi b Sandhu

Manimaran Siddharth

100.00

runout (Abhishek Tanwar / Sathvik)

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 3)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 9.95)

199/8

Did not Bat

Valliappan Yudheeswaran, Jhatavedh Subramanyan, K Gowtham Thamarai Kannan

Bowlers

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Abhishek Tanwar

13.25

Sunny Sandhu

9.50

M Ganesh Moorthi

6.00

R Karthikeyan

9.00

Sachin Rathi

7.75

Akash Sumra

14.00

Kaushik Gandhi

8.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

J Suresh Kumar

c Gandhi b Abhishek Tanwar

1-15

2.1

S Sujay

c Abhishek Tanwar b Gandhi

2-90

10.2

Sai Sudharsan

c Karthikeyan b Rathi

3-96

11.3

U Mukilesh

runout (Rathi)

4-106

12.4

Atheeq Ur Rahman

c Khan b Sandhu

5-145

16.5

Shahrukh Khan

c Gandhi b Sandhu

6-171

18.3

M Mohammed

c Gandhi b Sandhu

7-178

18.5

Manimaran Siddharth

runout (Abhishek Tanwar / Sathvik)

8-199

19.6

Salem Spartans

120/10 (19)

Batters

Amith Sathvik

0.00

b Gowtham Thamarai

Mohit Hariharan

100.00

c Khan b Gowtham Thamarai

Kaushik Gandhi

100.00

b Manimaran Siddharth

Maan Bafna

100.00

c Sujay b Gowtham Thamarai

S Abishiek

75.00

c Suresh Kumar b Mohammed

Sunny Sandhu

152.63

runout (Gowtham Thamarai)

Muhammed Adnan Khan

111.11

c Sudharsan b Khan

Akash Sumra

133.33

c Khan b Yudheeswaran

Abhishek Tanwar

50.00

c Mohammed b Khan

Sachin Rathi

50.00

c Mukilesh b Jhatavedh Subramanyan

R Karthikeyan

33.33

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 2, W: 3)

TOTAL

(19 Ov, RR: 6.32)

120/10

Did not Bat

M Ganesh Moorthi

Bowlers

EXT

K Gowtham Thamarai Kannan

6.67

Manimaran Siddharth

3.75

Shahrukh Khan

7.25

Jhatavedh Subramanyan

6.75

M Mohammed

5.50

Valliappan Yudheeswaran

8.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Amith Sathvik

b Gowtham Thamarai

1-1

0.4

Kaushik Gandhi

b Manimaran Siddharth

2-6

1.3

Mohit Hariharan

c Khan b Gowtham Thamarai

3-16

2.5

Maan Bafna

c Sujay b Gowtham Thamarai

4-28

4.6

S Abishiek

c Suresh Kumar b Mohammed

5-44

7.5

Sunny Sandhu

runout (Gowtham Thamarai)

6-79

12.5

Muhammed Adnan Khan

c Sudharsan b Khan

7-91

13.3

Abhishek Tanwar

c Mohammed b Khan

8-103

15.4

Sachin Rathi

c Mukilesh b Jhatavedh Subramanyan

9-106

16.3

Akash Sumra

c Khan b Yudheeswaran

10-120

18.6

Match Info

Date & Time

27 Jun, 07:15 PM IST

Venue

SCF Cricket Ground, Salem

Match

19th T20,

Tamil Nadu Premier League

Umpires

N Janani (India), S Nishaanth (India), Saidharshan Kumar (India, TV)

Referee

Sampathkumar Srinivasan (India)

Toss

Salem Spartans elected to bowl

0 1 W 0 1 4

Over 17

Runs: 6

1 0 4 1 0 0

Over 18

Runs: 6

1 0 0 0 1 1wd W

Over 19

Runs: 3

Over 20

Runs: 0

All Overs

Player of the Match Ram Arvindh

50(22)

Commentary

So that concludes our coverage of this contest but there's more action lined up for you from the TNPL 2023. The iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans will be looking to make it three in a row as they face Ravichandran Ashwin's Dindigul Dragons tomorrow at this very venue. Do join us for our coverage of that clash as well as plenty more cricketing action from around the world right here on Sportskeeda. For the moment though, this is the duo of Karthik Raj and Sooryanarayanan Sesha taking your leave. Thank you so much for joining us as we hope you enjoyed our coverage. See you around soon - good night and take care!

A comprehensive win for the Kovai Kings but they wouldn't want to stop despite getting the 'Q' against their name. Finishing in the top two gives a team two bites at the cherry to make the final and they'd want to grab that chance with both hands. As for the Spartans, their campaign has reached last-chance salon. They're still in this but they have to win their next two matches and by pretty decent margins as well while they're at it in order to give their net run-rate a boost. Lots to ponder over after two convincing defeats!

Shahrukh Khan (Lyca Kovai Kings captain): Really happy. We've done the processes well. I think we've been on a roll and it's good to keep continuing like this. (Highlight of the team so far?) I think it's the camaraderie off the field. The boys share a really good bond. The way Ram played, if you have a look at the dressing room this season I think everybody was really happy for him. There was actually nothing I'll be honest (laughs). Atheeq is a good player of spinners and he wanted to take them on so we said okay go for it. Ram, the way he played, kudos to him. It's not easy to play like that on a wicket like this. (On Sai Sudharsan leaving) I think everybody has got runs, Sujay, Suresh, number 3,4,5,6. That's why I've been coming down the order to get runs before Sai Sudharsan leaves. It's good for us ahead of the knockouts too.

Abhishek Tanwar (Salem Spartans skipper): Thought 200 was par but wicket slowed down later on. We bowled a lot of full-tosses and conceded sixes. There was also a breeze in one direction and that made it easier to clear the fence. However, no excuses, we couldn't execute. We have a lot of youngsters and that is why we have Kaushik Gandhi in the middle-order

Ram Arvindh is the Player of the Match for his stunning unbeaten half-century. Here's what he has to say: I realized it after the first innings (on scoring the fastest fifty of the season). The team comes first. They gave me opportunities so wherever the team needs me I want to do well. All I wanted to do was...we had Shahrukh and Momi to come. The main goal was to keep up that momentum.

K Gowtham Thamarai Kannan: The captain and the coach have backed my strength. They have given me a lot of freedom. During the practice sessions, we have focused on being switched on from the very first ball. (About his celebrations) It just comes up with the momentum. (About how the team felt about Ram Arvindh's quick fifty) We back each other. We enjoy everyone's success!

Match Summary: Lyca Kovai Kings beat Salem Spartans by 79 runs!

Ram Arvindh 50* (22) | K Gowtham Thamarai Kannan 3/20 (3)
Sunny Sandhu 29 (19) & 3/38 (4) | Shahrukh Khan 2/29 (4)

Outbatted, outbowled and outfield. Out-run between the wickets too as Ravichandran Ashwin suggested about the Dindigul Dragons a couple of days ago and the same holds good for the Salem Spartans. Barring that one phase in the middle with the ball where they triggered a bit of a collapse, they just did not turn up today and the Lyca Kovai Kings have given them a hiding. It all started with a collective batting performance headlined by Ram Arvindh's 22-ball half-century that powered them to a total of 199 post which their bowlers were on top of their mark.

K Gowtham Thamarai Kannan swung the new ball and hit his straps from the word go. A wicket fell in each of the first three overs with the Spartans batters guilty of playing far too many loose strokes. All hope seemed lost when they lost another one inside the powerplay with Thamarai Kannan breathing fire and that is exactly how things unfolded, with just no way back for the home side against a red-hot Kovai bowling unit.

Sunny Sandhu was promoted up the order and he unleashed some big hits, much like Muhammed Adnan Khan did later on. But it was always going to be a huge mountain for them to climb with the asking rate reaching gargantuan proportions. Skipper Shahrukh Khan held his nerve even as he was given a taste of his own medicine with a couple of sixes before he removed Adnan. It was all but a mere formality throughout the innings with the Salem batters turning in a really poor display with the bat.

Mind you, they were switched on throughout and it showed on the field as well with Thamarai Kannan inflicting a run out and U Mukilesh pulling off a screamer of a catch. And if Valliappan Yudheeswaran was feeling left out, he didn't have to worry for long as he nipped the final wicket in the bud to complete as well-rounded a team performance as we've seen throughout this season. Stick around for the presentation...

And the extra delivery results in a wicket! Just sums up the game for the Salem Spartans and it's the skipper who holds onto a sitter. Lyca Kovai Kings become the first team to qualify for the playoffs of TNPL 2023!

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120 /10 score

1wd

runs

Akash Sumra *

20 (15)

R Karthikeyan

3 (9)

Valliappan Yudheeswaran

1 /16

18.6 Valliappan Yudheeswaran to Akash Sumra, MISCUED AND TAKEN! Full and slow outside-off, Sumra looks to go big but he ends up chipping it to mid-off where Shahrukh takes a dolly of a catch. So, Salem Spartans have been rolled over for 120 and Kovai triumph by 79 runs!

Akash Sumra c Shahrukh Khan b Valliappan Yudheeswaran 20 (15b, 3x4, 0x6)

18.6 Valliappan Yudheeswaran to Akash Sumra, short and slow but down leg, Sumra looks to pull and misses it. WIDE called!

18.5 Valliappan Yudheeswaran to R Karthikeyan, full on the stumps, Karthikeyan chips it through to long-on. Single taken

18.4 Valliappan Yudheeswaran to R Karthikeyan, BEATEN! Full outside-off, Karthikeyan looks to drive down the ground but he misses it. Just past the outside-edge!

18.3 Valliappan Yudheeswaran to R Karthikeyan, short of a length outside-off, Karthikeyan looks to steer it through third but he doesn't connect

18.2 Valliappan Yudheeswaran to R Karthikeyan, length delivery outside-off, Karthikeyan attempts the cut shot but he misses it

18.1 Valliappan Yudheeswaran to Akash Sumra, full outside-off, Sumra makes room and drives it to deep cover. Single taken

Valliappan Yudheeswaran [1.0-0-13-0] is back into the attack

Another day, another happy outing on the park for skipper Shahrukh who continues to show the good work he has put in with the ball. Two overs to go and the only question that remains is if the last wicket pair can avert the possibility of the Spartans being bowled out.

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117 /9 score