MATCH: VTV vs KK, 2nd Match, Tamil Nadu Premier League, 2016.
TOSS: VB Thiruvallur Veerans won the toss and elected to bowl first.
VENUE: NPR College Ground, Dindigul
SQUAD
VB Thiruvallur Veerans: Hari Nishanth, NS Chaturved, Malolan Rangarajan, Rahil Shah, Baba Aparajith (c), R Kavin (wk), Vignesh, Lakshmi Narayanan, Abhishek Tanwar, Ramalingam Rohit, Jaganath Sinivas
Karaikudi Kaalai: Srikkanth Anirudha, M Vijay Kumar, S Lokeshwar (wk), S Badrinath (c),S Sujay, S Mohan Prasath, R Rajkumar, Suresh Babu, Chandrasekar Ganapathy, Rajhamany Srinivasan, Kiran Akash
SCORE CARD:
Karaikudi Kaalai Innings
| Srikkanth Anirudha | lbw b Abhishek Tanwar | 7 (11) | 1x4s, 0x6s |
| M Vijay Kumar | c Rahil b M Rangarajan | 43 (39) | 4x4s, 1x6s |
| Rajhamany Srinivasan | c NS Chaturved b Rahil | 50 (38) | 6x4s, 0x6s |
| S Badrinath (c) | c R Kavin b M Rangarajan | 7 (8) | 1x4s, 0x6s |
| R Rajkumar | c & b Abhishek Tanwar | 34 (13) | 3x4s, 3x6s |
| Chandrasekar Ganapathy | b Abhishek Tanwar | 8 (4) | 0x4s, 1x6s |
| S Mohan Prasath | not out | 2 (3) | 0x4s, 0x6s |
| Kiran Akash | not out | 5 (4) | 0x4s, 0x6s |
Total: 165/6 (20)
5 highlight points in 1st inning:
- Srinivasan and Rajkumar played such a good innings and helped his team to reach a defending total of 165 runs.
- Abhishek Tanwar picked up 3 wickets for VTV.
- Rajkumar smashed 3 fours and 3 sixes in just 13 balls.
- Srinivasan is the second player to score 50 after Dinesh Karthick.
- VTV’s Rangarajan conceded just 18 runs in 3 overs and picked up 2 wickets.
VB Thiruvallur Veerans Innings
| Hari Nishanth |
c Vijay Kumar b C Ganapathy |
0 (2) | 0x4s, 0x6s |
| NS Chaturved | c C Ganapathy b Suresh Babu | 7 (12) | 0x4s, 0x6s |
| Baba Aparajith (c) | not out | 118 (63) | 12x4s, 6x6s |
| Vignesh | b Sujay | 3 (4) | 0x4s, 0x6s |
| R Kavin (wk) | c Sujay b Rajkumar | 6 (11) | 0x4s, 0x6s |
| Malolan Rangarajan | c Anirudha b C Ganapathy | 30 (20) | 4x4s, 0x6s |
| Abhishek Tanwar | not out | 0 (0) | 0x4s, 0x6s |
Total: 167/5 (18.4)
5 highlight points in 2nd inning:
- Baba Aparajith played an such a brilliant innings and registered their first win in TNPL.
- Aparajith and Rangarajan are the only VBTV players to have double digit scores.
- Aparajith smashed 5 sixes, no VBTV batsmen hit a single six.
- Baba Aparajith is the first player to score century in TNPL.
- KK’s Prasath conceded just 22 runs at an economy of 5.50 which is least by any KK bowlers.
RESULT: VB Thiruvallur Veerans won by 5 wkts
Man of the Match: ‘Baba Aparajith‘ for his unbeaten winning knock of 118 off 63 balls.