Half centuries from S Siddharth and NS Chaturved set up VB ThiruvallurVeerans second win of the tournament in the 2017 India Cements Ltd Tamil Nadu Premier League
VB ThiruvallurVeerans outplayed the Ruby Trichy Warriors, defeating them by 57 runs. VB ThiruvallurVeerans won the toss and elected to bat at the India Cements Ltd Ground, Tirunelveli against Ruby Trichy Warriors. The openers took the opportunity and took after the Trichy bowling. Both S Siddharth and NS Chaturved took turns hitting the bowlers to all parts of the ground. While S Siddharth brought up his half-century up with a boundary, Chaturved did one better and brought his up with a six. After unsuccessfully trying to break through, Trichy’s luck finally turned when the openers ran after the ball ricocheted into the field from a direct hit. Trying to steal a second run, Siddharth fell short. Trichy made a few inroads picking up a few wickets but Chaturved still went about his business rotating the strike and making sure he got the boundaries when the chance presented itself. He finally fell after miscuing a shot to long on after having scored 89 valuable runs. Thiruvallur also benefitted from a timely cameo from MalolanRangarajan who scored a quick fire 17 of a mere five balls. J Kousik picked up two wickets for his side but Thiruvallur set a daunting 183 as the target.
It was always an uphill task for Trichy as the required run-rate was high from the start. Indrajith decided to promote himself up the order and to open the batting and he and Bharath Shankar got the side of to an ideal start as they scored 62 runs for the opening wicket. Once Indrajith got out though, they struggled to build partnerships. Thiruvallur had a mixed day in the field dropping some catches but they took the catches when it counted. MalolanRangarajan, R Silambarasan and Rahil Shah shared seven wickets between them. This was Trichy’s second loss in a row while Thiruvallur made it two wins out of three.
Brief scores: VB ThiruvallurVeerans 182/5 in 20 overs (NS Chaturved89, 59b, 8×4, 3×6, S Siddharth 60, 40, 6×4, 2×6; J Kousik 2/31, J Kausik 1/22) beat Ruby Trichy Warriors 125/8in 20 overs (Bharath Shankar 33, 33b, 1×4, 2×6, Baba Indrajith 34, 27b, 1×4, 1×6; MalolanRangarajan 2/23, R Silambarasan 3/25) by 57runs
