After losing the first game, the Dragons have comeback strongly to take two big wins in two matches and have also improved their NRR. The Kings were easily 30 runs on a proper belter in Dindigul. N Jagadeesan (66*) and NS Chaturved (72) made sure that their team eased away to an easy win. That's it from today's game. Let's meet again for the match between VB Kanchi Veerans and iDream Karaikudi Kaalai at 7:15 PM tomorrow. Till then, this is Vignesh Ananthasubramanian signing off from Dindigul.
K Vignesh finishes his spell conceding 41 runs along with the wicket of Hari Nishaanth. He conceded eight off his last. Dragond need 15 runs off 18 balls.
Nine runs came off the 16th over bowled by Shahrukh Khan. The Dragons need 23 runs to win and they will look to finish things off in a couple of overs.
Kings are not lucky enough to have a wicket in the 12th over as the bails fail to come off. Still, it was a good over from Raja as just four runs were conceded. DD 117/1 after 12 overs.
M Raja is unlucky there as the ball hits the stumps but the bails got dislodged and came back to it's actual position. Jagadeesan should consider himself lucky there.
Suresh Babu comes back strongly as he conceded just four runs off his second over. Kings need more of this in the coming over to pull things back. But, as of now, it is Dragons all the way.
Even K Vignesh wasn't spared by the Dragons batsmen. NS Chaturved started off the over with two sixes and one four before Jagadeesan hit a beautiful straight drive and took 22 off the sixth over.
Yet another successful over for Vignesh. He conceded eight runs off his second and took the wicket of Hari, who was looking dangerous. But the damage has already been made.
Dragons can't ask for a better start as their openers have cashed in on Dhas' military medium pace and took 19 runs from his over. Hari was severe with two sixes off the six balls.
Dindigul Dragons have really managed to pull things back here in the last three overs as Kovai were looking set for a total in the vicinity of 200 when Shahrukh and Akkil (54*) were going all guns blazing. Things had started in a completely opposite direction with two early run-outs but the middle overs helped LKK crawl back in the match and post a par score here in Dindigul.
It remains to be seen whether the Ashwin-led home team can chase this down here. Stay tuned for LIVE updates!
A good first ball to start the over which Akkil played back into the hands of the bowler. A single came off the next but Dhas could only sky the third one straight up which Ashwin pouched easily inside the 30-yard circle.
Excellent over from Mohammed who mixed his speed brilliantly to keep in-form Akkil quiet. A very important over in the larger scheme of things, only 6 runs off it!
Shahrukh, who has been striking brilliantly, straight drives Mohammed for a boundary to start the over but plays straight into the hands of long-off on the next delivery. The batsman has played an outstanding knock here!
Rohith returns but Shahrukh sends him for a boundary on the very first delivery of the over. The batsman then muscled Rohith for a six on the fourth ball and followed it up with an innovative shot for a four to complete the 100 partnership. 17 runs from this over as Kovai inch closer towards the 200-run mark.
Adithya Arun returns into the attack and keeps it full and wide, which helped him on the first three deliveries but an outside edge off Akkil's bat adds four runs to Kovai's total and another boundary off the last delivery saw the batsman complete his half century.
Ashwin keeps it full and straight, not allowing the batsmen to swing their willow (except the last delivery which was wide and short) and another relatively quiet over - eight off it.
A boundary after a misfield in the deep saw the pair complete their 50-run partnership and Shahrukh complete his half century. Khan then celebrated the milestone with a six over mid-wicket on the second ball. Ashwin conceded four more singles on the next four deliveries. 14 off this one!
Similar to the rest of his fellow bowlers, Arun went with the full and wide delivery as well to restrict Shahrukh Khan who is now three runs away from his half century. Akkil, though, on the other hand, has let things loose and got a maximum and a boundary in the over. 15 off this one!
Three singles from the first three deliveries were followed by a maximum off a short ball over deep square leg by Akkil Srinath. The Rohit over finished with two more singles.
J Kaushik gave away just five runs on the first four deliveries despite two wide balls but a boundary off the fourth ball from Akkil meant this was an expensive one!
After conceding a boundary off the first ball, Ashwin came back strongly to concede just one run off the next five balls to make it five of the over. Brilliant stuff this from the Indian offie.
After conceding just two runs off the first five balls, Akhil Srinaath dispatches the ball over the mid-wicket fence to take eighth runs off the ninth over.
