At the end of a thrilling match, Ruby Kanchi Warriors beat Lyca Kovai Kings by four runs in the third match of the India Cements Tamil Nadu Premier League at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday.
Earlier, Lyca Kovai Kings had finished on 126/7 (20) in their first essay. Ruby Kanchi Warriors came out all guns blazing and managed to tie the game in their stipulated 20 overs.
Come the Super Over and it was Ruby which batted first and scored 14 with B Indrajith hitting a six off the fifth delivery. In the run chase, Jesuraj bowled brilliantly and managed to take the wicket of Harish Kumar. Despite a six from Murali Vijay, Kings fell short by five runs in the end.
Earlier, Ruby Kanchi Warriors won the toss and elected to bowl first. They put up 126 runs on board for the loss of seven wickets. Nilesh Subramanian shined on field as he effected two crucial run-outs, took a catch and scored a quick-fire 49.
Talking about the victory, Ruby Kanchi Warriors skipper B Indrajith said, “We did not expect the match to go to a Super Over. I think I did a decent job. I did not want to hit the ball in the air. At least I wanted to get a Super Over and tie. I wanted to hit the ball to mid-wicket so that I could try and take two runs but it didn’t happen. I didn’t want to take a chance and hit the ball in the air.”
Meanwhile, Lyca Kovai Kings wicketkeeper-batsman Rohith Ravikumar too spoke to the media. When asked “do you think some misses in the field cost you?”, he said, “Probably! We weren’t that great in the field. We have to come again, support each other, come back hard, we probably done enough errors to last us the tournament. So going forward, we will look to be better.”
