Dindigul Dragons' bowlers outsmart Chepauk Super Gillies to win season opener by 10 runs

Ravichandran Ashwin

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Dindigul Dragons would certainly have been disappointed with a below-par score, but they would have known even after the end of the first innings, with the way things have panned out in the earlier seasons, that even 100 runs can be difficult to chase at times in this tournament.

Dindigul Dragons 115-9

Chepauk Super Gillies 105-9

Dindigul Dragons won by 10 runs

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G Periyaswamy drew first blood for Chepauk Super Gillies, dismissing Dindigul Dragons' opener Hari Nishanth in the second over. In a surprise move, skipper Ravichandran Ashwin came out to bat at number three for Dindigul Dragons and changed the momentum right away, slamming five fours and one six in his small but explosive knock of 37(19), going at a strike rate of close to 200.

However, following Ashwin's wicket, the Dindigul innings stumbled and could never get back to its feet, managing just 115-9 from their 20 overs. Dindigul Dragons would certainly have been disappointed with a below-par score, but they would have known even after the end of the first innings, with the way things have panned out in the earlier seasons, that even 100 runs can be difficult to chase at times in this tournament.

After early fireworks from R Ashwin and Chaturved, CSG spinners did well to contain DD through the middle overs. Can their batsmen see the chase through?

Alexandar the pick of the bowlers with 3/11.

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The pick of the bowlers for Chepauk Super Gillies were R Alexander and Murugan Ashwin who picked up three and two wickets respectively, while D Rahul, G Periyaswamy and M Siddharth got one each.

M Silambarasan and Jagannathan Kaushik helped the Dragons to get off to a dream start as the Super Gullies were reduced to 66-6 after 13 overs and could never recover from the setback. Silambarasan ended with a four-wicket haul.

Dindigul Dragons- Hari Nishanth, N Jagadeesan, Ravichandran Ashwin, NS Chaturved, Ramalingam Rohit, M Mohammed, R Vivek, M Silambarasan, Jagannathan Kaushik, Mohan Abhinav, Sumant Jain

Chepauk Super Gillies- Kaushik Gandhi, Gopinath, Ganga Sridhar Raju, D Rahul, G Periyaswamy, R Alexander, A Aarif, Murugan Ashwin, S Harish Kumar, Uthirasamy Sasidev, M Siddharth