Lyca Kovai Kings, last year’s runners-up, are the weakest team this season. It’s funny how time changes so fast, domination to submission is the story of Lyca Kovai Kings this season. They have won just one match so far in the five matches. They are sitting at the bottom of the table this season. Their last match win was a confidence booster for them. They defeated Nellai Royal Kings by 67 runs delivering a top class bowling performance. Lyca Kovai Kings batted first to score 165-6. Suresh Lokeshwar scored 90 off 57 balls. R Divakar, playing his first match took three wickets with one maiden. P Bhuvaneswaran, Manimaran Siddharth and N Kabilan all got three wickets as well.
Idream Tiruppur Tamizhans are having a similar season as the last one; they are in the second spot in the table. They have won three matches out of their last five matches. Idream Tiruppur Tamizhans have won the last match against Siechem Madurai Panthers by 9 wickets. IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans invited Siechem Madurai Panthers to bat first and restricted them to just 120 runs. This is the first time in this season that Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, R Silambarasan, and T Natarajan performed together in the same match, resulting in a win for Idream Tiruppur Tamizhans. Amit Sathvik and the top run scorer of the season Tushar Raheja chased down the small target in just 10 overs.
Indian Cement Company Ground, Tirunelveli has been a good wicket so far in the TNP. This is a good pitch for those who know their game well. The technique of a player is very important playing on such a pitch because this pitch offers help for both batters and bowlers. We have seen a high score of 188 being chased down and we have also seen a team struggling to 100 runs in their inning. This is happening because of the individual performance of the players, not pitch’s behaviour. The pitch is the same for all the teams but it's on the players who play good cricketing shots and bowls in the right areas.
This is a very true pitch which assists the best performers. If one plays good shots on bad balls and gives respect to the good balls on this pitch, he can be a game changer for that match. Earlier we saw Suresh Lokeshwar who scored 90 off 57 balls was not a raced off innings. It was a steady and calculated inning. This is the mantra of this pitch: play calm and compose. The team who can play good cricket, being calm and composed will win this match.
The head-to-head record of Lyca Kovai Kings and Idream Tiruppur Tamizhans is stating a different story than the current forms of the teams. Idream Tiruppur Tamizhans are enjoying TNPL 2025 with three wins in five matches while Lyca Kovai Kings are the one who are struggling in this season. However, to everyone's surprise, Lyca Kovai Kings have dominated Idream Tiruppur Tamizhans in the history, winning four matches out of five being played so far.
Jitendra Kumar, Suresh Lokeshwar(w), Balasubramaniam Sachin, Andre Siddarth C, Shahrukh Khan(c), Madhava Prasad, Guru Raghavendran, R Divakar, Manimaran Siddharth, P Bhuvaneswaran, Jhatavedh Subramanyan
Injury Update: None
Tushar Raheja(w), Amit Sathvik, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore(c), Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Uthirasamy Sasidev, Daryl Ferrario, Mohamed Ali, S Mohan Prasath, R Silambarasan, T Natarajan, Esakkimuthu A
Injury Updates: None
Keepers: Tushar Raheja, Amit Sathvik, Suresh Lokeshwar
Batters: Andre Siddarth C, Balasubramaniam Sachin, Pradosh Ranjan Paul
All-rounders: Shahrukh Khan
Bowlers: Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Jhatavedh Subramanyan, R Silambarasan, T Natarajan
Tushar Raheja
Shahrukh Khan
Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore
Suresh Lokeshwar
Keepers: Tushar Raheja
Batters: Andre Siddarth C, Balasubramaniam Sachin, Daryl Ferrario
All-rounders: Shahrukh Khan
Bowlers: Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Jhatavedh Subramanyan, R Silambarasan, P Bhuvaneswaran, R Divakar, S Mohan Prasath
Balasubramaniam Sachin
Daryl Ferrario
R Divakar
S Mohan Prasath
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