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That's it from this match. Do catch us for the live updates of the next TNPL match between Dindigul Dragons vs Jones Tuti Patriots at the NPR college ground in Natham, Dindigul. Till then, this is Vignesh Ananthasunbramanian signing off
Ruby Trichy Warriors' unbeaten start in the 2018 TNPL comes to an end as they were handed an eight-wicket loss by Lyca Kovai Kings at the NPR college grounds in Natham, Dindigul.
Second wicket down for Kovai! Antony Dhas tried to pull a short delivery and gets a faintest of edges. Keeper Mani Bharathy colelcts it cleanly to send the batsman back to the pavilion.
W Antony Dhas c Mani Bharathy b D Tamil Kumaran 7 (9) LKK 113/2 after 13 overs
Too little, too late for Trichy? D Tamil Kumaran gets the wicket of Shahrukh Khan and gives him a send-off before the batsmen gave it back to the bowler. Skipper Abhinav Mukund had to intervene to settle things between both the batsmen.
M Shahrukh Khan c Sonu Yadav b Tamil Kumaran 67 (40)
While Shahrukh is going all guns blazing, Abhinav is perfectly playing the second fiddle to the right-hander. He is in some kind of form in the tournament. As we speak, just 13 runs were scored off the last two overs.
Perfect end to the powerplay for the Kovai Kings as Shahrukh Khan does what he does best and sends a couple of balls to the ropes. He is looking ominous here and the Warriors will do well to get rid of him quickly.
Shahrukh shows his class yet again as he cuts a delivery from MS Sanjay through the point region for a boundary. How good has he been so far! Eight runs came off the fourth over bowled.
Abhinav gets the third over underway with a four over the bowler's head before Vignesh staged a good comeback by conceding just three off the next five balls.
M Shahrukh Khan hit two boundaries, one through the third man and then one through the covers, and helps his team take 14 runs off the second over bowled by C Ganapathy.
Trichy were never in the game, especially after losing two wickets off two balls to S Manigandan. S Suresh Kumar and Sonu Yadav tried their best to take their team to a total in excess of 120.
A run out and eight runs came off the penultimate over bowled by MP Rajesh. S Suresh Kumar, batting on 35 off 32, will be facing the first ball off the last over.
Another mix-up. This time, MS Sanjay falls short of the batting crease and to make things worse, Suresh Kumar will be at the non-striker's end. There was two runs for taking but a direct throw from Antony Dhas found Sanjay short of the crease.
S Suresh Kumar is giving his best as he is keeping Trichy in the game with some lusty blows. Debutant S manigandan finishes his spell with figures of 4-0-18-2. Trichy will look to score at least 30 runs in the last three overs.
K Vignesh strikes! Lakshmi Narayanan tried to pull a length delivery over the fine-leg fielder but ended up finding MP Rajesh just inches inside the boundary rope.
M Lakshmi Narayanan c MP Rajesh b K Vignesh 11 (9)
