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That's it from the first match of the doubleheader today. The moment Kaushik Gandhi scored his century, it was always going to be tough for Veerans to pull things back. Thanks to some brilliant bowling from the Spinners and Athisayaraj Davidson, Tuti managed to restrict VB Kanchi Veerans for 143/9 in their innings, earning a 48-run win.
A run out and eight runs off the 17th over. This is turning out to be a no contest as there is just one team calling the shots for the past hour or so. Veerans need 72 runs to win off three overs.
Wicket! Run out is the last thing Veerans needed as S Arun is run out after a collision with his partner, Sanjay Yadav. Sai Kishore collects the ball at covers and threw the ball to Davidson, who dislodged the bails in time.
Finally, some intent from Veerans batsman. Subramania Siva takes on Malolan and ruins his bowling figures by scoring 22 runs in final over with the help of two fours and two sixes.
WICKET! Athisayaraj strikes! Malolan Rangarajan in action again. This time, he takes a simple catch to dismiss Aparajith. it's all but over for Veerans now.
B Aparajith c Malolan Rangarajan b Athisayaraj Davidson 29 (30)
Tuti bowlers are choking the run flow here in Tirunelveli. Fourth successive over with less than six coming off it. Sai Kishore is doing a fantastic job here.
Yet another successful over from Malolan Rangarajan. Just five runs and a wicket off the tenth over. Veerans need 126 runs to win in the last 10 overs.
Malolan Rangarajan comes on to bowl and strikes straightaway. Vishal Vaidya tried to hit him over midwicket but ends up offering S Anand an easy catch.
Vishal Vaidya c Anand Subramanian b Malolan Rangarajan 33 (28)
Vishal Vaidya takes Athisayaraj Davidson to the cleaners. A six followed by a couple of boundaries from Athis' first over. 15 runs off it. A good start from the Veerans.
