Chepauk Super Gillies move to second on Vijay Shankar TNPL debut

Chepauk Super Gillies defeated Tuti Patriots by 32 runs to finish second in the points table, tied with Siechem Madurai Panthers on 10 points.

Vijay Shankar on his TNPL debut scored three runs and picked two wickets.

In the first match of the day, Chepauk Super Gillies defeated Tuti Patriots by 32 runs to finish second in the points table, tied with Siechem Madurai Panthers on 10 points, but with a better net run-rate.

Chasing a modest 128, Tuti Patriots was never in the chase, with only opener Akshay Srinivasan giving some fight with a valiant 50, but lacked support from the other end. 

India all-rounder Vijay Shankar making his TNPL debut, struck first ball for CSG, dismissing Akash Sivan caught at mid-on and bowled a tight opening spell for eight runs in his first three overs.

Left-arm R. Alexander got one to spin and bowled skipper Subramania Siva, the only other player to reach double figures before spinners M. Siddarth and M. Ashwin kept things tight in the middle overs before pacers Harish Kumar and Periyaswamy cleaned up the lower order claiming five wickets between them.

Electing to bat, CSG was bowled out for 127 riding on K.H. Gopinath’s 53 with U. Sasidev and Kaushik Gandhi chipping with some cameos. Even as wickets fell at the other end, Gopinath was scoring at ease and got to his fifty playing some sparkling shots with five fours and a six off just 30 balls before he was dismissed.

From there on, CSG had a collapse from 97 for four to 127, with Karthick and left-arm spinner Boopalan accounting for five wickets between them.

Brief scores:Chepauk Super Gillies 127 in 19.3 overs (K.H. Gopinath 53, U. Sasidev 27, G. Karthick Shanmugam 3 for 23, S. Boppalan 2 for 23, D. Tamil Kumaran 2 for 27, V. Athisayaraj Davidson 2 for 29) bt Tuti Patriots 95 in 18.5 overs (Akshay Srinivasan 50, S Harish Kumar 3 for 4, M. Siddarth 2 for 12, Vijay Shankar 2 for 15, G. Periyaswamy 2 for 21).