R. Vimal Khumar (65, 30b, 5×4, 5×6) produced probably the most astonishing knocks in TNPL historical past, smashing 34 runs in one over to energy defending champion Dindigul Dragons into the final, beating Chepauk Super Gillies by 4 wickets in Qualifier 2 on the NPR College floor right here on Friday.
Chasing 179 and needing 52 off the final 4 overs, Dragons required a miracle, and it got here by means of the blade of Vimal. The left-hander placed on a scintillating show when he tore aside left-arm pacer S. Rohith Suthar, placing him for a boundary and 5 sixes, which turned the sport on its head. The 34-run over is the most costly in 9 years of the competitors.
The teenager began the seventeenth over with a boundary down the bottom and over the subsequent 5 balls carted
Rohith to all elements of the bottom from mid-wicket, long-on, long-off, cowl and fine-leg. In the method, he introduced up his half-century off simply 26 balls and ensured his crew would have a possibility to defend its crown on dwelling soil in opposition to IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans. From 63 for 3, Vimal and B. Indrajith (42) bought the chase again on monitor by means of their 60-run partnership for the fourth wicket earlier than the previous took cost.
Earlier, a panoramic 129-run third-wicket stand between B. Aparajith (67, 44b, 5×4, 3×6) and N. Jagadeesan (81, 41b, 4×4, 6×6) guided Super Gillies to 178 for seven after being requested to bat first.
Jagadeesan began cautiously earlier than switching gears. He was extreme on the spinners R. Sasidharan and R.
Ashwin, hitting them for 5 sixes. Dragons although pulled issues again as soon as they eliminated the set batters, giving simply 23 in the final 4 overs with out conceding a boundary, and it proved important in the top.
The scores: Chepauk Super Gillies 178/7 in 20 overs (B. Aparajith 67, N. Jagadeesan 81, Sasidharan 2/41) misplaced to Dindigul Dragons 182/6 in 18.4 overs (B. Indrajith 42, R. Vimal Khumar 65, Prem Kumar 2/31). Toss: Dragons.
