Chepauk Super Gillies are at the top of the points table winning all the matches they have played so far. They have won all the five matches of their last five matches. In the last match, Chepauk Super Gillies defeated Salem Spartans by 6 wickets. J Prem Kumar was the player of the match for his brilliant spell of three for 19 runs. K Ashiq did well in the chase scoring 56 off 36 balls but the main highlight of the match was N Jagadeesan’s batting position. N Jagadeesan was batting down the order before this match but he finally got his top three spot and he delivered like a champ scoring 50 off 25 balls. Chepauk Super Gillies also confirmed their place in the playoffs with the last win.
Trichy Grand Cholas are having a horrible season so far. They have lost four matches out of their last five matches. They are in the seventh spot of the points table with two points to their bank. However they managed to win the last match they played against Lyca Kovai Kings but again Lyca are the weakest team of this season and defeating them was not a big achievement for Trichy Grand Cholas. They won the match by 14 runs after scoring 168 while batting first. R Rajkumar scored 58 off 24 balls. He also shined in the bowling picking up 2 wickets alongside V Athisayaraj Davidson, who took three wickets.
The Indian Cement Company Ground, Tirunelveli is a batting friendly wicket. Batters enjoy their time in the middle of this venue. There is good pace and bounce on offer in this pitch. In the first three matches played on this ground this year, the chasing team have won two matches. Batting is easy but still you have to make wise shot selection to do the best in this ground. The average first inning score in this TNPL is 157 runs which is a good score. We have witnessed a successful chase of 188 runs by Dindigul Dragons, indicating the track to be a batting friendly wicket.
The weather is expected to be cloudy during this match. There is a very small chance of rain on this ground during the match. The captain can choose to bowl first after winning the toss on this venue. Chasing is a good option on a pitch like this where dew is a big factor in the second half of the match.
As Trichy Grand Cholas are part of TNPL from 2017 only they have only played a total of two games against Chepauk Super Gillies. Out of these two games, Chepauk Super Gillies won both games. They have never given any chance to Trichy Grand Cholas to win a single game.
In the last match between these two teams, Chepauk Super Gillies won the match by 14 runs. Batting first they scored 198-4 with fine efforts from D Santhosh Kumar and N Jagadeesan at the top and a late cameo from Abhishek Tanwar scoring a quickfire 26 off just 8 balls.
R Rajkumar took two wickets for Trichy Grand Cholas. Waseem Ahmed, Jafar Jamal, and R Rajkumar did their best to save a loss but were unable to do so against a strong bowling performance from Chepauk Super Gillies. Aswin Crist picked up two wickets for Chepauk Super Gillies.
K Aashiq, RS Mokit Hariharan, Baba Aparajith(c), N Jagadeesan(w), Vijay Shankar, Swapnil Singh, S Dinesh Raj, Abhishek Tanwar, Lokesh Raj, J Prem Kumar, M Silambarasan
Injury Update: None
Sujay Sivasankaran, Jayaraman Suresh Kumar(w/c), Waseem Ahmed, Jagatheesan Kousik, Sanjay Yadav, U Mukilesh, R Rajkumar, P Saravana Kumar, M Ganesh Moorthi, V Athisayaraj Davidson, Jafar Jamal
Injury Updates: None
Keepers: N Jagadeesan, Waseem Ahmed
Batters: Baba Aparajith, U Mukilesh, K Aashiq
All-rounders: Abhishek Tanwar, Sanjay Yadav, R Rajkumar, Vijay Shankar
Bowlers: V Athisayaraj Davidson, Lokesh Raj
Baba Aparajith
Sanjay Yadav
Vijay Shankar
Abhishek Tanwar
Keepers: N Jagadeesan
Batters: Baba Aparajith, Sujay Sivasankaran, RS Mokit Hariharan
All-rounders: Abhishek Tanwar, Sanjay Yadav, R Rajkumar, Vijay Shankar
Bowlers: V Athisayaraj Davidson, Lokesh Raj, J Prem Kumar
RS Mokit Hariharan
Sujay Sivasankaran
V Athisayaraj Davidson
R Rajkumar
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