They destroyed the Siechem Madurai Panthers in a one-sided game. A complete bowling performance, followed by a fabulous top-order batting display, sees Dindigul Dragons to a nine-wicket win with more than seven overs to spare.
Bowling first, the Dragons restricted the Panthers to 150/8 in 20 overs, with the spin-bowling trio putting the brakes on the scoring rate choking down the middle order. DT Chandrasekar (2/27), Varun Chakaravarthy (1/19), and Ravichandran Ashwin (0/27) were absolutely spot on with their variations, lines, and lengths. Pacers, Sandeep Warrier (1/35) and G Periyaswamy (2/40), bagged three wickets between them but conceded a few runs as well.
Dominant Dragons Crush Panthers in One-Sided Contest
It was a real struggle for the Madurai batting line-up. The top order got into the double figures but didn't really make it count, throwing away their wickets. They had a decent start in the powerplay, but the skipper, NS Chaturved, struggled once the slow bowlers came in. Atheeq Ur Rahman slowly got moving after a sedate start and notched up a 41-ball 50 to take the team to a respectable total, while also witnessing a lower-order collapse.
Shivam Singh and R Ashwin made a mockery of the run chase. The duo smashed the Madurai bowlers left, right, and centre, hammering 77 runs in the powerplay and breaking the back of the run chase. Eventually, the two right-handed batters added a whirlwind 124-run opening stand and made a mockery of this run chase. Ashwin (49 off 29) holed out to deep midwicket, falling a run short of a half-century. P Vignesh was the solo wicket-taker for the Panthers. Shivam kept scoring boundaries, hitting an unbeaten 41-ball 86, and finished the game with successive maximums in the 13th over, and had the impact player Hunny Saini (14* off 7) supporting with a cameo. There was no fight from the Panthers as the Dragons tore into every bowler.
Tamil Nadu Premier League 2025 - Points Table
| Team | P | W | L | NR | NRR | Pts |
|---|
| Salem Spartans | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +0.407 | 6 |
| Chepauk Super Gillies | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +2.122 | 4 |
| Dindigul Dragons | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +0.405 | 4 |
| IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +0.596 | 2 |
| Nellai Royal Kings | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -0.759 | 2 |
| Siechem Madurai Panthers | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1.132 | 2 |
| Trichy Grand Cholas | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -0.444 | 0 |
| Lyca Kovai Kings | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1.292 | 0 |
TNPL Most Runs
| No. | Player | Team | Runs | Mat | BF | Avg | H.S | SR | 4s | 6s | 100s | 50s |
|---|
| 1 | Tushar Raheja | ITT | 218 | 3 | 110 | 109.0 | 79 | 198.18 | 21 | 15 | — | 3 |
| 2 | Shivam Singh | DD | 198 | 3 | 118 | 198.0 | 86 | 167.80 | 17 | 12 | — | 2 |
| 3 | Baba Aparajith | CSG | 166 | 3 | 103 | 166.0 | 77 | 161.17 | 14 | 10 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Nidhish Rajagopal | SS | 140 | 3 | 93 | 46.67 | 69 | 150.54 | 15 | 5 | — | 2 |
| 5 | Vijay Shankar | CSG | 122 | 3 | 66 | — | 47 | 184.85 | 6 | 9 | — | — |
| 6 | Shahrukh Khan | LKK | 122 | 3 | 73 | 61.0 | 77 | 167.12 | 12 | 6 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Ram Arvindh | SMP | 119 | 3 | 93 | 39.67 | 64 | 127.96 | 10 | 4 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Atheeq Ur Rahman | SMP | 95 | 3 | 64 | 31.67 | 50 | 148.44 | 4 | 6 | — | 1 |
| 9 | NS Chaturved | SMP | 93 | 3 | 71 | 46.50 | 46 | 130.99 | 6 | 4 | — | — |
| 10 | Arun Karthik | NRK | 92 | 2 | 63 | 46.0 | 51 | 146.03 | 7 | 5 | — | 1 |
TNPL Top Wicket Takers
| No | Bowler | Team | Wkts | Mat | Ovs | BBI | Balls | Avg | Econ | Runs | 4-Fers | 5-Fers |
|---|
| 1 | Abhishek Tanwar | CSG | 9 | 3 | 11.4 | 4/16 | 70 | 8.00 | 6.17 | 72 | 1 | -- |
| 2 | M Mohammed | SS | 8 | 3 | 12 | 4/20 | 72 | 9.25 | 6.17 | 74 | 1 | -- |
| 3 | G Periyaswamy | DD | 5 | 3 | 11 | 2/30 | 66 | 16.60 | 7.55 | 83 | -- | -- |
| 4 | R Sonu Yadav | NRK | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3/22 | 42 | 12.80 | 9.14 | 64 | -- | -- |
| 5 | Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore | ITT | 4 | 3 | 12 | 2/10 | 72 | 16.75 | 5.58 | 67 | -- | -- |
| 6 | U Mukilesh | TGC | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3/23 | 42 | 13.75 | 7.86 | 55 | -- | -- |
| 7 | M Poiyamozhi | SS | 4 | 3 | 12 | 3/29 | 72 | 26.75 | 8.92 | 107 | -- | -- |
| 8 | Vijay Shankar | CSG | 4 | 3 | 10 | 2/20 | 60 | 22.50 | 9.00 | 90 | -- | -- |
| 9 | Esakkimuthu A | ITT | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4/26 | 48 | 19.75 | 9.88 | 79 | 1 | -- |
| 10 | Valliappan Yudheeswaran | NRK | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3/37 | 42 | 20.00 | 11.43 | 80 | -- | -- |
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