The first Qualifier of Tamil Nadu Premier 2019 will see Dindigul Dragons locking horns against Chepauk Super Gillies at Indian Cement Company Ground, Tirunelveli on 11th August.
Dindigul Dragons tasted their first defeat of the tournament last time out against Lyca Kovai Kings as they shuffled their winning combination. They are still lying at the peak of the points table with 6 wins in 7 games. Winning the qualifier is sacrosanct.
Meanwhile, Chepauk Super Gillies are lying just below Dragons with 5 wins in seven games. Gillies is coming after a victory against Tuti patriots and would be high on confidence. Dragons must not take them lightly.
The match is set to begin at 3:15 PM IST.
CHE vs DIN, Qualifier 1, Tamil Nadu Premier League 2019\
Indian Cement Company Ground, Tirunelveli
11th August 2019, 3:!5 PM IST
Chepauk Super Gillies:
Kaushik Gandhi (c), Murugan Ashwin, Gopinath, Ganga Sridhar Raju, R Alexander, Uthirasamy Sasidev, Harish Kumar, M Siddharth, A Aarif (wk), Dev Rahul, G Periyaswamy, Sunny Kumar Singh, B Arun, S Karthik, Baskaran Rahul, Samruddh Bhat, MK Sivakumar, Arun Kumar, V Santhanasekar, Y Jeba Selvin, R Thavith Kumar
Dindigul Dragons:
Hari Nishanth, N Jagadeesan(w), NS Chaturved, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), R Vivek, Sumant Jain, Mohan Abhinav, M Mohammed, Ramalingam Rohit, M Silambarasan, Jagannathan Kaushik, Adithya Arun, Trilok Nag, Varun Totadri, ME Yazh Arun Mozhi, S Sujay, M Anbu, B Praanesh, M Karthik Saran.
Dindigul Dragons:
Ravichandran Ashwin (c), Jagannathan Kaushik, M Mohammed, NS Chaturved, Hari Nishanth, Ramalingam Rohit, Mohan Abhinav, N Jagadeesan (wk), M Silambarasan, R Vivek, Sumant Jain
Chepauk Super Gillies:
Ganga Sridhar Raju, Kaushik Gandhi (c), Gopinath, Vijay Shankar, Uthirasamy Sasidev, Murugan Ashwin, Umashankar Sushil (wk), Harish Kumar, M Siddharth, R Alexander, G Periyaswamy
Fantasy picks from Che:
Gopinath – 277 runs – 7 innings – 39.57 average – 152.19 strike rate
H Kumar – 141 runs – 7 innings – 28.20 average – 160.22 strike rate
R Alexander – 11 wickets – 4.71 economy – 5/9 best figure.
Fantasy picks from DIN:
N Jagadeesh – 7 innings – 361 runs – 90.25 average-143.82 strike rate
H Nishanth – 7 innings – 238 runs – 47.60 average
M Silambarasan – 10 wickets – 7 innings – 5.95 economy