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Easwaran’s 69 seals dramatic TNPL win for Nellai Royal Kings
S. Rithik Easwaran smashed 69 off 31 balls to steer Nellai Royal Kings to a two-wicket win over VIDA Kovai Kings in a TNPL thriller at Dindigul on Thursday. Chasing 163, Nellai…
The Story in Brief
S. Rithik Easwaran smashed 69 off 31 balls to steer Nellai Royal Kings to a two-wicket win over VIDA Kovai Kings in a TNPL thriller at Dindigul on Thursday. Chasing 163, Nellai slipped to 92 for five before Easwaran's counter-attack. Needing 17 off the final over, he hit two sixes off G. Kishoor, and Sachin Rathi took a bye off the last ball to seal victory. Earlier, V. Yudheeswaran took three for 25 to restrict Kovai to 162 for nine. Shahrukh Khan said the team could have bowled better in slog overs.
In another match, Shyam Sundar's unbeaten 104 off 57 balls powered Trichy Grand Cholas to a 17-run win over iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans. Opener Tushar Raheja's 87 went in vain.
The Indian Opinion
Narrow wins get called 'thrillers' no matter how sloppy the cricket. Both sides here lost early wickets and stumbled through the middle overs before one batter decided the game. Easwaran's sixes off the final over were genuine courage, but the match was closer to a collapse contest than a classic. The real test is whether Nellai can sustain this chase reliance or if they just got lucky. One more performance like this will tell us if the Royal Kings are contenders or charmed.
Sources (3): sportstar.thehindu.com, thehindu.com, newindianexpress.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources.
