Rohit Damodaran’s Team Brilliant Effect to Won VB Kanchi Veerans in TNPL 2018
The 15th match of the Tamil Nadu Premier League was played on July 25, 2018, at Dindigul. The match was contested between Siechem Madurai Panthers and VB Kanchi Veerans. The siechem Madurai Panthers lead by Skipper Rohit Damodaran, the Siechem Madurai Panthers have won a cricket match against the VB Kanchi Veerans by 11 runs. The match was played with a maximum of 20 overs per team, and the Panthers managed to score a total of 167 runs while losing 8 wickets. Thalaivan Sargunam was declared the Player of the Match for his impressive performance with the bat, scoring 62 runs off just 40 balls.
The Panthers' innings saw some early setbacks as Arun Karthik was dismissed for just 4 runs off 2 balls. However, the team managed to recover well thanks to some fine batting by captain
Damodaran Rohit and Thalaivan Sargunam. The latter played a particularly aggressive innings, hitting 1 four and 7 sixes to take the score to a competitive total. Damodaran Rohit scored 32 (30) .
In response, the VB Kanchi Veerans started off well but lost momentum midway through the innings. They managed to score 156 runs for the loss of 6 wickets, falling 11 runs short of the target. Deeban Lingesh was the pick of the bowlers for the Panthers, taking 3 wickets and restricting the Veerans to a lower score.
Overall, it was a closely fought contest between the two teams, with the Panthers managing to come out on top. The victory will no doubt boost their confidence going forward, while the Veerans will need to regroup and come up with a better performance in their next match.
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Scorecard summary
Siechem Madurai Panthers • 167/8(20 overs)
Thalaivan Sargunam 62 (40)
Damodaran Rohit 32 (30)
R Divakar 3/25 (4)
K Deeban Lingesh 3/29 (4)
VB Kanchi Veerans • 156/6(20 overs)
Sanjay Yadav * 34 (18)
RS Mokit Hariharan 34 (27)
Jagatheesan Kousik 2/31 (4)
Abhishek Tanwar 2/40 (4)