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Lyca Kovai Kings captain Shahrukh Khan was on fire against the Siechem Madurai Panthers as he scored a brilliant half-century in a Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) game on Tuesday, July 23. The 22nd match of TNPL 2024 pitted Lyca Kovai Kings against Siechem Madurai Panthers at the Indian Cement Company Ground in Tirunelveli.
After being asked to bat first, the Kovai Kings lost two wickets in the powerplay. Shahrukh Khan came to bat in the 13th over when Murugan Ashwin dismissed Sai Sudharsan on 34 runs.
Khan started slowly, as he only scored 12 runs in the first 10 deliveries he faced. He broke the shackles in the 16th over when he hit two sixes against Karthick Manikandan. The right-handed batter played a captain’s knock while the Kovai Kings kept losing wickets at the other end.
Before departing, Shahrukh scored 51 runs off 26 balls, smashing two fours and five maximums, helping his team put a decent total on the board (163/9).
Here’s the video of Shahrukh's brilliant innings:
Ajay Krishna was on fire for the Siechem Madurai Panthers. The right-arm pacer bowled three overs in the match, conceding 20 runs and taking four wickets. Krishna also bowled the penultimate over of the Kovai Kings innings, where he bagged three wickets.
Gowtham Thamarai Kannan leads Kovai Kings to win with a brilliant spell of bowling
While chasing a target of 164, the Madurai Panthers didn’t start well and lost four wickets within the powerplay. The Kovai Kings bowlers were brilliant, as they kept taking wickets at regular intervals.
R Mithun (26 off 22 balls) and Karthick Manikandan (33 off 21 balls) fought hard towards the end, but it wasn’t well enough as the Kovai Kings won the game by 43 runs.
Gowtham Thamarai Kannan was the pick of the bowlers for the Kovai Kings, taking four wickets. With this win, the Lyca Kovai Kings have qualified for the playoffs.
