Arun Karthik scored a half-century for Madurai Panthers
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Defending Champions Madurai Panthers hold nerves to win Eliminator on last ball against Kanchi Veerans
The Panthers ultimately required 14 off the last over which looked an uphill task but Jagatheesan Kousik hit a six and a four off consecutive deliveries to help Madurai Panthers win by five wickets and move to Qualifier 2.
Match Summary
VB Kanchi Veerans 151-6
Madurai Panthers 152-5
Madurai Panthers won by 5 wickets
What a game to round up Super Sunday!
— TNPL (@TNPremierLeague) August 11, 2019
KB Arun Karthik's half century as well as a cameo from J Kousik help the Panthers overcome a resilient Veerans in a match that went down to the last ball! #NammaPasangaNammaGethu #TNPL2019 pic.twitter.com/e8D6FUZWdx
Kanchi Veerans got off to horrible start with both openers getting dismissed quite early on. With the score reading 6-2 after just nine balls, Sanjay Yadav stepped up to the plate and had partnerships with Baba Aparajith, RS Mokit Hariharan and Rajagopal Sathish.
Yadav remained unbeaten for 77 from 52 deliveries, going at a strike rate of close to 150 and ensured that Kanchi Veerans have a fighting total on the board. Despite two wickets each from Abhishek Tanwar and Rahil Shah, Kanchi Veerans reached 151 which was a decent total.
Arun Karthik then started off very well for Madurai Panthers. However, he did not receive great support from the other end. Things were looking good for the Panthers when skipper Shijit Chandran was at the crease.
50 for Arun Karthik! His second of #TNPL2019 to go with a century.
— TNPL (@TNPremierLeague) August 11, 2019
Can he steer the Panthers through? #NammaPasangaNammaGethu #VBKVvSMP pic.twitter.com/HMPXrafomp
The runout of Arun Karthik and then of Akash Sumra changed things. The Panthers ultimately required 14 off the last over which looked an uphill task but Jagatheesan Kousik hit a six and a four off consecutive deliveries.
Abhishek Tanwar then scored the all-important single on the last match to help Madurai Panthers win by five wickets and move to Qualifier 2.
Madurai Panthers- Arun Karthik, A Sarath Raj, Nilesh Subramanian, Shijit Chandran, Jagatheesan Kousik, Abhishek Tanwar, Akash Sumra, R Mithun, Kiran Akash, N Selva Kumaran, Rahil Shah
VB Kanchi Veerans- K Vishal Vaidhya, Suresh Lokeshwar, Baba Aparajith, P Francis Rokins, RS Mokit Hariharan, R Silambarasan, Sanjay Yadav, Rajagopal Sathish, NS Harish, Rangaraj Suthesh, Aushik Srinivas
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