OUT! Shajahan goes down the track and misses the ball and he loses his furniture. Too little, too late for Dindigul? M Shajahan b Hari Nishaanth 18 (13)
Almost to prove me wrong, Rajkumar decides to belt a couple of lusty blows down the ground as he picks up 13 runs off Abhinav's over to bring the required rate to just 5.
Seven runs off the 15th over and Kaalai are in no hurry to get things done quickly as they are looking like they will take a win irrespective of when it comes.
Karaikudi understand that they don't need to go all out and are taking things sensibly. Mohammed's final over went for nine and saw a single off every ball barring one, which went for a boundary.
OUT! Aaditya falls one shy of a well-deserved half-century. He goes for the pull but only succeeds in finding square leg. One brings two for Dindigul as both openers are back in the pavilion. Aaditya c M Mohammed b Adithya Arun 49(29)
OUT! Anirudha Srikkanth departs just seven short of a fifty after chopping one onto the stumps. The opening wicket stand is finally broken just six shy of a century. Much-needed breakthrough for Dindigul Anirudha Srikkanth b Mohan Abhinav 43(18)
Kaalai skipper Srikkanth already has 37 off just 12 balls and is dealing in boundaries. That over from Yazh Arun Mozhi went for 20 runs and that isn't even the most expensive over of the innings. That speaks volumes about Kaalai's dominance so far.
Kaalai are seemingly picking up boundaries at will in the power play. By the standard in this innings, this is a quite over of spin as it goes for just eight runs.
SIX! Srikkanth gets one in his arc and he hits that straight and that sails over the bowler, umpire, ropes, sight screen and the ground. That also brings up the 50 for Kaalai.
10 in two balls! Runs are flowing freely for Kaalai early. This time, Aaditya pulls a slightly short ball over deep square leg before slaying a full toss wide of point for another boundary.
An enormous over from A Arun comes to an end finally. 25 runs came off that over. 11 from Aaditya and 14 from the three balls Anirudha Srikkanth faced. And the record for most expensive over was almost broken twice in the same game. Arun will be happy that it didn't.
10 in two balls! Not to be outdone Srikkanth smashes a boundary down the ground before just flicking one over deep mid-wicket where the fielder seems to have done himself some damage as he tripped on the ropes going backwards trying to take the catch.
10 in two balls! Aaditya V has decided to take over the mantle of the aggressor early. A six down the ground and a scythe past backward point brought him 10 runs in two balls.
Just when it seemed that Dindigul's star Jagadeesan (25 off 22) will start accelerating, he lost his wicket but Anirudh's 53-run knock and Vivek's quickfire 42 off 13 deliveries which saw him hit two fours and five maximums ensured that Dindigul reach a respectable 177 despite losing last six wicket for only 15 runs. Anirudh and Vivek's partnership of 58 runs off 24 deliveries and the 32-run 16th over could well be the game changers.
OUT! Another one bites the dust. The plan has been clear - slower bouncers - and Dindigul batsmen haven't dealt well with them. VM Totadri c Swaminathan b Mahesh 1 (3)
OUT! Mukunthan completes his fifer, absolutely crazy. Only man with two five-wicket hauls in TNPL history and completion of a brilliant over, four runs and three wickets. M Abhinav c Mohan Prasath b Mukunthan 1 (2)
Yo Mahesh had bowled two economical overs before this one, however, despite Anirudh's wicket, he has got it all wrong here. A free hit which resulted in a maximum and then a full-toss to Mohammed who earned an easy boundary. 14 off the over.
After conceding a six on the second ball, Mukunthan pulled things back and got the dangerous Vivek out. However, Anirudh stole a boundary on the last delivery.
SIX! R Vivek wants his fifty soon. Full toss outside off and this is just too easy for Vivek, who has already score more than Sita Ram despite facing just a third of the deliveries.
WHAT AN OVER! 32 runs off that over from Mohan Prasath, who finishes with 50. Not what he would have wanted. Vivek is hitting at a strike rate in excess of 300 while the other batsmen are struggling to get their strike rate over 100.
SIX! Make that three sixes in four balls. The only ball that didn't go for a six went to the boundary. This time the ball sails over long off. Vivek is making this look all too easy.
Back-to-back sixes! This one is out of the ground. Hit with the wind and Vivek hits this over long on and we need new balls. Not quite literally as the ball is safely brought back to the umpire.
Wide slower one from Rajkumar and that is the first boundary in 16 balls, which comes off the bat of Anirudh Sita Ram. He builds on that momentum with a sweep that goes wide of short fine leg and races to the ropes. 12 came off that over including a skier from the southpaw that went to no man's land.
It is now 15 balls since the last boundary for the Dragons. As the boundaries have dried up, they have had to rely on singles to keep the scoreboard ticking. Just four from that over from Mohan Prasath.
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