The Chepauk Super Gillies juggernaut continued to steamroll opponents and made it a perfect seven within the league stage of TNPL-9, beating Siechem Madurai Panthers by six wickets (DLS methodology) in its closing group encounter on the NPR College Ground right here on Saturday.
The victory meant CSG grew to become the second staff, after Albert Tuti Patriots in 2017, to win all its league matches within the competitors.
Chasing 157, each Super Gillies top-order batter stroked priceless cameos to maintain the asking price in verify. The four-time champion was cruising at 71 for 3 in 9.2 overs when the gamers walked off as a consequence of insect infestation.
Once play resumed, Super Gillies’s revised goal was 114 in 14 overs. Vijay Shankar and N. Jagadeesan rapidly hit a few large sixes and closed out the sport with seven balls to spare.
The victory, although, was arrange by CSG’s bowlers Vijay Shankar (three for 23) and M. Silambarasan (two for 19), whose miserly spells restricted the Madurai outfit to simply 156 for seven after the match was delayed by an hour as a consequence of rain.
Skipper N.S. Chaturved and M.A. Atheeq Ur Rahman gave the Panthers a nice platform, taking their aspect to 60 for 2 within the PowerPlay.
Game-changer
A late surge from Ashwin and Gurjapneet took Panthers previous 150, nevertheless it was not sufficient, because the 2018 champion crashed out of the match following its fifth defeat of the season.
The scores: Siechem Madurai Panthers 156/7 in 20 overs (N.S. Chaturved 31, M.A. Atheeq Ur Rahman 41, M. Ashwin 38, Vijay Shankar 3/23, M. Silambarasan 2/19) misplaced to Chepauk Super Gillies 114/4 in 12.5 overs (M. Ayush 2/20). CSG gained by six wickets on DLS methodology.
