Dindigul Dragons gets Maiden TNPL Title as Ravichandran Ashwin slams fifty
On Sunday the star player of India RavichandranAshwin played a captain’s knock as Dindigul Dragons claimed their maiden title in the Tamil Nadu Premier League with a six-wicket victory over LycaKovai Kings. Up against defending champions LycaKovai Kings in the final, Dindigul Dragons completed a chase of 130 after Ashwin made a 46-ball 52. Ashwin hit a four and three sixes besides stitching a 65-run stand for the third wicket with Baba Indrajith (32 off 35 balls).
Having scored 46 runs for the loss of two wickets in the powerplay, the Dindigul middle-order relied on the composed Ashwin to get the got job done with 10 deliveries to spare.GowthamThamarai Kannan, ManimaranSiddharth, ValliappanYudheeswaran and Shahrukh got a wicket each for Lyca.
Earlier, Dindigul kept the Lyca batters on the back foot by taking wickets regularly. After choosing to field, Sandeep Warrier (11 off 9 balls) made the first breakthrough by dismissing Suresh Kumar in the third over.
Brief scores:
LycaKovai Kings 129/7 in 20 overs lost to Dindigul Dragons 131/4 in 18.2 overs (R Ashwin 52, B Indrajith 32)