The 14th match of the Tamil Nadu Premier League will see the Nellai Royal Kings take on Idream Tiruppur Tamizhans. The Kings are placed on top of the points table having won all of their four games so far while Tamizhans are placed sixth on the points table having won one out of their two games so far. Kings will look to strengthen their position at the top with a win while Tamizhans will look to come back to winning ways having lost their previous game against Dindigul Dragons.
Nellai Royal Kings
The Kings have ticked all their boxes so far having won all their matches in the tournament. The Kings have done both chasing and defending in the tournament having won two of their games batting second and two batting first. They batted first in the first match but ended up chasing a total in the super-over.
Sanjay Yadav has been in sublime form with both bat and ball in the tournament so far. He scored 87 (47) in the opening encounter against Chepauk Super Gillies and picked up 2 wickets as well with the ball. He again scored a blistering 55 off just 19 balls in the third match. He once again took the bowling to the cleaners in their fourth match as he clobbered 70 off just 42 balls.
Probable Playing XI:
Laxmesha Suryaprakash, Baba Aparajith (c), Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Baba Indrajith (wk), Mohan Abhinav, Sanjay Yadav, NS Harish, Arjun Murthy, Sharun Kumar, T Ajith Kumar, V Athisayaraj Davidson
Idream Tiruppur Tamizhans
Tamizhans won their opening game against Ruby Trichy Warriors by 4 wickets and started their tournament journey in a grand fashion. But were rolled over by Dindigul Dragons in their second encounter. They will be looking to make a strong comeback in the next game.
The star performers from their first game were Subramanian Anand and wicketkeeper batter Tushar Raheja who scored 35 off 26 and 42 off 26 balls respectively. M Mohammed was awarded ‘Player of the Match’ for his all-round show in the first match as he picked up 1 wicket and scored a quickfire 29 off 15 balls. Tamizhans will have to get comfortable batting first and setting a good score on the board as teams are fancying chasing in the tournament so far.
Probable XI :
Srikkanth Anirudha (c), S Siddharth, Subramanian Anand, Maan Bafna, Suresh Kumar, Tushar Raheja (wk), R Rajkumar, M Mohammed, Aswin Crist, S Mohan Prasath, Lakshmi Sathiyannaarayan
Match Details :
Nellai Royal Kings Vs Idream Tiruppur Tamizhans
Venue: NPR College Ground, Dindigul
Date & Time : 10 July, 3:15 pm
Live Broadcast: Star Sports Network
Live Streaming: Voot Select
Pitch Report
Teams batting second have won 10 out of the 13 games in the tournament so far. Batters enjoy batting with a set target in their mind on this wicket. Hence, both the captains will be looking to field first.