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Match Details
NRK vs SS, 23rd T20, TNPL 2021 summary
NRK
121-2(18.3)
Nellai Royal Kings won by 8 wickets
SS
(20.0)120-8
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P'ship : 54(39)
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That's it from us at OneCricket. Do join us tomorrow for more cricketing action. I'm Akshay Bhide signing off on behalf of my colleagues Anurag Singh and Kingshuk Kusari. Tata. Bye Bye.
Baba Aparajith, Man of the Match: Definitely I wanted to bowl more in the tournament. I wasn't ready for the 17th and 19th over but the situation demanded me to bowl. I knew it wasn't easy on this wicket. We wanted to win first. We are taking one game at a time. And we wanted to win the last game as well.
Baba Aparajith is the Man of the Match for his knock of 38 and his bowling figures of 2/23 in his four overs.
Gopinath | Salem Spartans (losing) captain: This was a good toss to win and 140-145 would have been good but we fell short. Even in fielding, we gave away some easy boundaries so that's just not good enough. We just have to pick up and have to correct our mistakes in the next few games. It's hard to point out the positives, but we have been in the game in the first half in the last 4-5 games, so that's possibly something positive that we can take away from this tournament.
Time for the presentation.
Akshay: It was Salem Spartans skipper Gopinath who won the toss and opted to bat first. The decision backfired as the Royal Kings bowlers struck in the second over. Srinivasan was sent packing by Harish. Vijay Shankar walked in at three and started positively. He showed intent from the word go but lacked support from the other end. The Spartans kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Shankar looked good for his 40 but departed in the 13th over trying to go big. No other batsmen were able to score as they eventually finished on 120. Davidson, Harish, and Baba Aparajith picked two wickets each for the Royal Kings. The spinners in Harish and Sanjay Yadav were brilliant as they broke the back of the Spartans’ batting line-up.
Akshay: Chasing a low total, the Royal Kings openers in Baba Aparajith and Laxmesha Suryaprakash started cautiously. Both took minimum risks in the opening overs as the Spartans bowled well upfront. Murugan Ashwin cleaned up Suryaprakash in the sixth over. Pradosh Ranjan Paul joined his skipper and stitched a good partnership as they both ensured that the required run rate never crossed above 6. The strike was rotated nicely until Aparajith started to cut loose. But in the process, he departed on 38, courtesy of a fantastic catch by Vijay Shankar on the boundary. Sanjay Yadav joined hands with Paul and made sure that there we no hiccups in the chase.
Akshay: A comprehensive performance from the Nellai Royal Kings as they chase down 121 with nine balls to spare. With this win, they jump to third place in the points table. The Spartans were outplayed in all departments as they have been knocked out of the tournament. Pradosh Ranjan Paul's cool head and Sanjay Yadav's lusty blows ensured that they get across the line. It turned out to be a tricky chase this one but a quickfire 41 from Sanjay Yadav helped the Royal Kings grab two crucial points.
18.3 S Boopalan to Yadav
6 And that should end the match. Third six in a matter of five deliveries and Sanjay Yadav finishes things off in style. Two big sixes and the match is done and dusted. Again dances down the track and swipes across the line. Ends up tonking that wide of the long-on fielder and well over the boundary ropes. In the end, proving to be a comfortable chase.
18.2 S Boopalan to Yadav
0 That's slower through the air on the stumps and Yadav works it away down the short midwicket fielder.
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