TNPL 3, Match 22, Review: Chepauk Super Gillies register their first win of the season

Chepauk Super Gillies recorded their first win in six outings in the 2018 Sankar Cement-TNPL when they defeated VB Kanchi Veerans by 13 runs at the NPR College ground in Natham (Dindigul) on Tuesday, July 31.

Defending champions Gillies outplayed Kanchi Veerans in all three departments of the game, and although they will not make the Playoffs for the first time in three seasons, the win will certainly come as a confidence booster. Kanchi  Veerans are also out of the Playoffs race with a fifth loss in six matches.

Batting first, Gillies posted their highest Powerplay score of the season, 69/1. Opener S Karthik struck a 44-ball 76(11×4, 2×6).

Gillies, however, failed to build on the early momentum and were reduced to 147/5 in 18 overs after being 100/1 at the end of 10. Murugan Ashwin n.o. 34 (17b, 4×6) and A Arif n.o. 14 (11b, 1×6) collected 33 runs from the last two overs to lift Gillies to a competitive 180/5.

Kanchi Veerans began solidly with openers S Arun 27 (19b, 3×4, 1×6) and K Vishal Vaidhya 24 (18b,4×4) putting on 53 in 35 balls. Gillies then struck thrice in seven balls to leave the Veerans struggling at 55/3.

Veerans’ middle order tried to keep the chase alive but Gillies kept picking regular wickets and eventually fell short of the target by 13 runs. M Ashwin was also the star of the encounter as he brought his all-round game to the fore.

Brief Scores:

Chepauk Super Gillies 180/5 in 20 overs (S Karthik 76, M Ashwin 34*, K H Gopinath 31, B Aparajith 2-18)

VB Kanchi Veerans 167/9 in 20 overs (S Arun 27, R Divakar 24, MK Sivakumar 2-21, M Ashwin 2-22, S Bhat 2-38) by 13 runs.

Result: Chepauk Super Gillies won by 13 runs

Man of the Match: S Karthik

AWARDS

‘Krishna Mines Super White Super Fours’ Award: S Karthik (Chepauk Super Gillies)

‘Sankar Cement’ Maximum Sixes Award: Murugan Ashwin (Chepauk Super Gillies)

‘Equitas Funtastic’ Player of the Match: Murugan Ashwin (Chepauk Super Gillies)

‘Sprite Most Refreshing Player’ Award:   MK Sivakumar (Chepauk Super Gillies)

‘Most numbers of DOT BALL bowled in the match’ Award: MK Sivakumar (Chepauk Super Gillies)

‘Sankar Cement Man of the Match’ Award:  S Karthik (Chepauk Super Gillies)

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