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Trichy Grand Cholas ravaged Siechem Madurai Panthers by 67 runs in Match No. 7 of the 2024 Tamil Nadu Premier League at the Salem Cricket Foundation Ground on Tuesday, July 9. Owing to the outcome, the Trichy Grand Cholas catapulted themselves from the bottom of the points table to number two on the eight-team standings.
The 67-run win margin also boosted their NRR to a healthy 1.275. Lyca Kovai Kings continue to remain at the top of the points table owing to their two wins in two games, all while maintaining an NRR of 0.350.
SKM Salem Spartans (third), Nellai Royal Kings (fourth), and Dindigul Dragons (fifth) occupy the next three slots on the table with a win each to their names. Siechem Madurai Panthers, after crashing to a huge defeat against Trichy Grand Cholas in match number seven of the tournament, slipped to number six on the standings and their NRR crashed to a negative 1.452.
Winless IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans and Chepauk Super Gillies teams round up the remainder of the points table at number seventh and eighth, respectively.
Trichy Grand Cholas pummel Siechem for huge NRR boost
After being invited to bat first, Trichy Grand Cholas lost opener Arjun Murthy for just a run in the opening over of the match itself to Gurjapneet Singh. His partner and wicketkeeper-batter Waseem Ahmed responded strongly with a flurry of boundaries in his unbeaten knock of 90 from just 55 balls. The cricketer launched seven boundaries and five sixes to top-score for his side and shared an unbroken 126-run partnership with half-centurion Sanjay Yadav.
Apart from Gurjapneet Singh, Siechem Madurai Panthers spinner Ramadoss Alexandar also picked up a wicket, albeit in an expensive two-over spell as Trichy Grand Cholas posted a colossal 193/2 from their 20 overs.
Chasing 194 for a win, the Siechem Madurai Panthers slumped to 57/3 at the end of the opening powerplay. Barring a 20-ball 39 from captain and opener Hari Nishanth, none of the Panthers batters managed to scale the 20-run mark in their daunting run-chase.
Sanjay Yadav, who bludgeoned 33-ball 60* with the bat, claimed three wickets with the ball to finish with figures of 3/28. His teammate R Rajkumar also reaped in the benefits of the Siechem Madurai Panthers' collapse to claim 3/9 from three overs. Their collective bowling efforts flattened the entire Siechem Madurai Panthers line-up for just 126 to secure a huge 67-run win for the Trichy Grand Cholas.
