TNPL In cricket, Coimbatore Kings recorded their 4th win in a row by defeating Trichy.
8th D.N.B.L. The 20-over cricket match is being played at the Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Sciences ground in Coimbatore. All the 8 participating teams will have to face each other once. The top-4 teams at the end of the league round qualify for the ‘play-off’ round before the finals.
In the 15th league of the series, the defending champions Coimbatore Kings faced Trichy Grantshoza last night. After winning the ‘toss’, Coimbatore captain Shah Rukh Khan announced to bowl first keeping in mind the humid pitch.
After that, the Trichy team, who batted first, were unable to compensate for Coimbatore’s bowling. Arjun Murthy (3 runs), wicket keeper Wasim Ahmed (17 runs) Shyam Sundar (5 runs), captain Anthony Das (0), Nirmalkumar (3 runs) and Saravanakumar (1 run) built the pace before the team’s score reached 35 runs. In such a bad environment, Sanjay Yadav and Zafar Jamal joined hands for the 7th wicket to partially save the team from the collapse. Sanjay Yadav was caught for 34 when the score rose to 91. After this two more wickets fell but Zafar Jamal smashed 3 sixes in the last over to make the score 120. One of these sixes went 100 meters outside the stadium.
At the end of 20 overs, Trichy scored 124 runs for 9 wickets. Zafar Jamal was on the field with 41 runs (28 balls, 4 fours, 3 sixes). Shah Rukh Khan and Mohammed took 3 wickets each for Coimbatore.
Then, for Coimbatore, who set out for a target of 125 runs, in the very first over, the fast bowler Sukhararaj Davidson put a ‘check’. Suresh Kumar (0) and Sai Sudarsan (4 runs) fell in his delivery. But for the 3rd wicket, Sujay and Mugiles stood together and rescued the team from trouble very quickly. Even using 7 bowlers this alliance could not be shaken.
The Coimbatore team scored 125 runs for 2 wickets in 16.1 overs and tasted victory by 8 wickets. Mukilesh was on the field with 63 runs (54 balls, 6 fours, a six) and Sujay with 48 runs (39 balls, 7 fours).
Coimbatore Kings, the only unbeaten team this season, topped the points table with 4 wins in a row and are inching closer to the ‘play-off’ round. This is the 2nd defeat for Trichy who played in the 4th league.
Tirupur Tamils vs Dindigul Dragons clash in today’s match (7.15 pm).
