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Lyca Kovai Kings routed Trichy Grand Cholas in match 15 of the 2024 Tamil Nadu Premier League season on July 16 at Coimbatore’s Sri Ramakrishna College Ground.
The outcome helped Lyca Kovai Kings maintain their unbeaten run this season and strengthened their number one tag on the TNPL 2024 points table with a formidable NRR of 0.784.
Nellai Royals Kings, with five points from four games, remain at second with a negative NRR of 0.023. Trichy Grand Cholas failed to move from their third spot owing to their huge defeat at the hands of the season’s undisputed table-toppers. The defeat also impacted their NRR, plummeting it down to 0.701.
Chepauk Super Gillies with four points and Siechem Madurai Panthers with three points occupy the next two slots on the eight-team TNPL points table at number four and five, respectively.
With a win each to their credit, teams like IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans, Dindigul Dragons, and SKM Salem Spartans take the final three positions to round up the table. Only NRR differentiates the three sides, with IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans being placed at number six through their slightly superior NRR of -0.032 in comparison to the Dragons and Spartans.
S Sujay, U Mukilesh seal easy chase for Lyca Kovai Kings
After winning the toss and opting to field first, Lyca Kovai Kings captain M Shahrukh Khan (3/13) struck early for his team with a three-wicket burst as Trichy Grand Cholas crumbled at 32/4 in the first seven overs. Khan’s teammate Mohammed Mohammed dismissed S Shyam Sundar before mopping up the Trichy tail to claim figures of 3/23 from his four overs.
Sanjay Yadav (34 off 27 balls) and Jafar Jamal (41* off 28 balls) batted with some resistance, but their rebellious knocks merely stretched the Trichy Grand Cholas total to 124/9 by the completion of the innings.
Chasing 125, Lyca Kovai Kings lost two wickets in the opening over to Athisayaraj Davidson (2/19). However, opener S Sujay overcame his team’s early setback with a counterattacking 48* and stroked a match-winning 118-run partnership for the third wicket with half-centurion U Mukilesh (63*). Their unbroken stand helped Lyca Kovai Kings mow down their 125-run target with eight wickets and nearly four overs to spare.
