SMP vs ITT Full Scorecard, TNPL 2023 Updates

27th T20 • Indian Cement Company Ground • Tirunelveli

Siechem Madurai Panthers

160/5 (20)

IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans

156/6 (20)

SMP won by 4 runs

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Fantasy

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Scorecard

Playing XI

Player of the Match Suresh Lokeshwar

44(37)

SMP

ITT

Info

Siechem Madurai Panthers

160/5 (20)

Batters

Suresh Lokeshwar

118.92

c G S b A Karuppusamy

C Hari Nishanth

(C)

125.93

c B Anirudh b S Manigandan

V Aaditya

132.14

c Rajendran Vivek b S Ajith Ram

Swapnil Singh

113.33

c P Bhuvaneswaran b H Trilok Nag

Jagatheesan Kousik

122.22

Not out

S Sri Abisek

0.00

c B Anirudh b H Trilok Nag

P Saravanan

266.67

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 4, NB: 0, W: 5)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 8)

160/5

Did not Bat

Anton A Subikshan, Murugan Ashwin, Gurjapneet Singh, Ajay Krishna, Balu Surya

Bowlers

EXT

H Trilok Nag

9.00

P Bhuvaneswaran

5.00

8.33

6.50

8.50

10.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

C Hari Nishanth

c B Anirudh b S Manigandan

1-68

8.2

Suresh Lokeshwar

c G S b A Karuppusamy

2-104

13.1

V Aaditya

c Rajendran Vivek b S Ajith Ram

3-138

17.1

Swapnil Singh

c P Bhuvaneswaran b H Trilok Nag

4-142

18.1

S Sri Abisek

c B Anirudh b H Trilok Nag

5-142

18.2

IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans

156/6 (20)

Batters

K Vishal Vaidhya

91.30

c C Hari Nishanth b A Krishna

Tushar Raheja

124.39

c Jagatheesan Kousik b Murugan Ashwin

Rajendran Vivek

73.33

c Jagatheesan Kousik b P Saravanan

Vijay Shankar

127.27

b G Singh

Balchander Anirudh

137.50

c Swapnil Singh b G Singh

NS Chaturved

(C)

33.33

c C Hari Nishanth b A Krishna

P Bhuvaneswaran

257.14

Not out

Gohulmoorthi S *

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 4, LB: 3, NB: 0, W: 7)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.8)

156/6

Did not Bat

Alliraj Karuppusamy, S Manigandan, S Ajith Ram, H Trilok Nag

Bowlers

EXT

10.00

6.50

5.75

7.75

5.00

P Saravanan

11.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

K Vishal Vaidhya

c C Hari Nishanth b A Krishna

1-43

5.4

Rajendran Vivek

c Jagatheesan Kousik b P Saravanan

2-79

10.4

Tushar Raheja

c Jagatheesan Kousik b Murugan Ashwin

3-111

15.6

Vijay Shankar

b G Singh

4-132

17.3

NS Chaturved

c C Hari Nishanth b A Krishna

5-135

18.1

Balchander Anirudh

c Swapnil Singh b G Singh

6-155

19.4

Match Info

Date & Time

04 Jul, 07:15 PM IST

Venue

Indian Cement Company Ground, Tirunelveli

Match

27th T20,

Umpires

GS Ananth Ramakrishnan (India), Mohamed Rafi (India), MM Srinivasa Rangan (India, TV)

Referee

Sampathkumar Srinivasan (India)

Toss

IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans elected to bowl

Player of the Match Suresh Lokeshwar

44(37)

Commentary

And so, we know what the playoffs draw looks like. But there is still a game to be played in the round-robin phase as Nellai Royal Kings play Ba11sy Trichy at this very venue tomorrow. Nellai will be looking to enter the playoffs with a win and momentum on their side while Trichy would certainly not want to end a horror season without a win against their name. What will unfold then? Do join us for our coverage of that and plenty more cricketing action tomorrow from around the world right here on Sportskeeda. For now, this is your host Karthik Raj taking your leave. Good night and see you around soon!

A performance which will certainly boost the Panthers' confidence to no end as they head to Salem for the Eliminator against the Nellai Royal Kings. Alas for the Chepauk Super Gillies, their tournament ends as a result and they will have to pack their bags. No fourth successive trophy for them even as they had their moments this season and missed out narrowly. As for the iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans, they impressed in patches and had plenty of positives themselves but the whole clearly didn't outweigh the sum of its parts. Loads of work to do for them ahead of next year's edition.

Hari Nishanth (Siechem Madurai Panthers captain): The first two matches, our display was poor and our net run-rate was negative. But I felt that if we win four out of five we'll be good. I have to thank the boys. Moving into the tournament having qualified, we can't ask for better confidence. The main worry (before the last over) was we had five fielders inside the ring. Gurjapneet, the next league awaits. He's a big player in the making. Definitely 15-20 runs short but the wicket wasn't easy. I told the boys that we should cover up those runs with our fielding and the boys responded. (On Lokeshwar) He has come in the middle of the season. I know Loki from a long time and knew he would do well. He's hitting the ball well. Moving into the tournament, a knock like this will help him a lot.

NS Chaturved (iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans captain): Tremendous effort from the entire team. Could have been lethargic thinking that we are out but showed a lot of intent until the last ball. Bhuvaneswaran has come from the dristricts and he has a lot of ambition to do well. We could have played consistently. I could also have made better calls with the bat. Could have also have done more with the bat

S Lokeshwar is the Player of the Match for his 37-ball 44. Here's what he has to say: Obviously a great feeling. I just wanted to react to the ball and express myself. I just wanted to play to the situation. We've secured qualification after the way the first two matches went. Personal performance is good but the team qualifying feels even better. I didn't plan in advance - whatever the ball was I just wanted to react accordingly. (Dedicating the award to someone?) Obviously my parents, sister and my friends.

Let's hear from Murugan Ashwin of Siechem Madurai Panthers: We just peaked at the right moment. Very happy to play such a match and qualify for the playoffs. (On the team winning every time he picks up at least one wicket) Very happy - I'm playing with a fracture so I just want to contribute to the team. (Conversations in the death overs) It was more about being precise in our plans and being clear on what to execute. I think both Gurjapneet and Ajay bowled magnificently. I like the vibe of Salem so very happy to play the Eliminator there.

MATCH OVER!

Siechem Madurai Panthers won by four runs!

Siechem Madurai Panthers 160/5 (20)
IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans 156/6 (20)

Tushar Raheja 51 (41) | Vijay Shankar 28 (22)

Ajay Krishna 4-0-31-2 | Gurjapneet Singh 4-0-40-2

What a thrilling victory for Siechem Madurai Panthers as they get into the play-offs by going past Chepauk Super Gillies. Magnificent work from the pace bowling duo of Ajay Krishna and Gurjapneet Singh who held their nerve to pull off this result!

Chasing 161 for victory, the opening pair of K Vishal Vaidhya and Tushar Raheja got off to a steady start. Just as it looked like Tiruppur will get through the Powerplay without losing a wicket, Ajay Krishna got rid of Vishal in the sixth over. The big-hitting R Vivek was promoted to No.3 but the move didn't quite work as he struggled for a while before holing out to long-on off Saravanan's bowling. This is when Vijay Shankar joined Tushar Raheja in the middle and the duo stitched a decent partnership. Eventually, Tushar got to his maiden fifty but he soon miscued an attempted big hit off M Ashwin to long-on. A couple of overs later, Gurjapneet got the big scalp of Vijay Shankar as the all-rounder dragged on courtesy a slower delivery.

The Tiruppur skipper NS Chaturved was also undone by a hard length delivery from Ajay Krishna as the fifth wicket fell in the penultimate over. Ajay left 17 runs to defend for Gurjapneet but the left-arm seamer was put under pressure as Bhuvaneswaran scored a six and a four off the first two balls. Yet, Gurjapneet came back strongly to dismiss B Anirudh before bowling a cracking yorker to help Madurai sneak a close win!

overs

156 /6 score

runs

P Bhuvaneswaran *

18 (7)

Gohulmoorthi S

1 (1)

Gurjapneet Singh

2 /40

19.6 Gurjapneet Singh to P Bhuvaneswaran, GURJAPNEET DOES IT FOR MADURAI! Yorker angling across off, Bhuvaneswaran tries to squeeze it out but he fails to. So, Madurai who sneak in a four-run victory and make it to the play-offs! Chepauk are out with this!

Tiruppur need five off the final delivery. Madurai need to win to qualify!

19.5 Gurjapneet Singh to Gohulmoorthi S, full outside-off, Gohumoorthi moves across and drives it to long-on. Single taken

Gohulmoorthi S, RHB, is into the middle

19.4 Gurjapneet Singh to Balachander Anirudh, WICKET! DRAMA HERE! Short of a length and slow outside-off, Anirudh tonks it straight down the throat of Swapnil at long-off where he takes a sharp catch! Madurai still alive in the tournament. Will they do it?

19.3 Gurjapneet Singh to P Bhuvaneswaran, full-toss outside-off, Bhuvaneswaran moves across and drives it to long-off. Single taken

19.2 Gurjapneet Singh to P Bhuvaneswaran, FOUR NOW! Slow and short of a length on the stumps, Bhuvaneswaran heaves it to the left of deep square-leg for a boundary

19.1 Gurjapneet Singh to P Bhuvaneswaran, OUT OF THE FENCE! Slow, short of a length outside-off. Bhuvaneswaran flat-bats it straight down the ground for a maximum

overs

144 /5 score