Tamil Nadu T20 League 2023

10th Match: NRK vs ITT

Preview

Nellai Royal Kings and Idream Tiruppur Tamizhans will square off for the 10th match of the ongoing Tamil Nadu T20 League on Tuesday, June 20. The NPR College Ground at Dindigul will host the match. 

NRK are sitting in the third place of the points table with two wins in both their matches played so far. Sri Neranjan, Nidhish Rajagopal and Arun Karthik are the key batters from the Nellai lineup. Also, they have some of the best all-rounders in the form of Sonu Yadav and Sandeep Warrier. In the first game, their overall contributions helped chased down a below-par target of 127 runs against the Siechem Madurai Panthers in just 13.4 overs and then wrapped up a game of 182 target in a nail-biting last-ball thriller against the Lyca Kovai Kings.

ITT looked poor in their form in recent matches in spite of having the likes of players like Sai Kishore and Vijay Shankar on their side. They lost both their matches and are still in search of a win. In the inaugural match, the Tiruppur Tamizhans failed to chase down a target of 180 runs and lost by a huge difference of 70 runs against the Lyca Kovai Kings. In the second game, they drafted a below-par score of 120 runs at a loss of 7 wickets against the Chepauk Super Gillies. The latter finished off the game in just 15.4 overs. They need some good contributions from Tushar Raheja, NS Chaturved and P Bhuvaneswaran to fetch their first victory.

Match Details

Match: NRK vs. ITT, 10th Match, Tamil Nadu T20 League 2023

Date: Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Time: 7:15 PM

Venue: NPR College Ground, Dindigul

Pitch Report

The pitch at the NPR Cricket Ground in Dindigul is well-balanced and hence assists both the batting and bowling sides. A total of 160 is the average first-inning score here. 

NRK vs. ITT Squads

NRK: Adithya Arun, Ajitesh Guruswamy, Arun Karthik (c), Aswin Crist, Rithik Easwaran, NS Harish, Karthick Manikandan, R Mithun, S Mohan Prasath, M Poiyamozhi, Nidhish Rajagopal, Sandeep Warrier, Sonu Yadav, Sri Neranjan, P Sugendhiran, Laxmesha Suryaprakash, SJ Arun Kumar, Emmanuel Cherian, N Kabilan

ITT: S Ajith Ram, Balchander Anirudh, NS Chaturved, S Ganesh, Alliraj Karuppusamy, S Manigandan, G Periyaswamy, S Radhakrishnan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore (c), Vijay Shankar, Trilok Nag, Tushar Raheja, K Vishal Vaidhya, P Bhuvaneswaran, Rahul Harish, Mohamed Ali, G Parthasarathy, M Ragavan, I Vetrivel, Rajendran Vivek

NRK vs. ITT Probable Playing XIs

NRK: Arun Karthik (c), Nidhish Rajagopal, SJ Arun Kumar, Ajitesh Guruswamy, Rithik Easwaran (wk), Sonu Yadav, R Mithun, M Poiyamozhi, S Mohan Prasath, Lakshay Jain S, Sandeep Warrier

ITT:  Tushar Raheja (wk), NS Chaturved, Vijay Shankar, S Radhakrishnan, K Vishal Vaidhya, Balchander Anirudh, Rajendran Vivek, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore (c), S Ajith Ram, Mohamed Ali, P Bhuvaneswaran

Match Prediction

Based on the current stats of both sides, NRK will be the favourites to win this game against ITT. With the services of Ajitesh Guruswamy producing a majestic century for the Royal Kings, the side would be hoping to continue their winning streak by defeating the Tiruppur Tamizhans in this match. 

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