The defending champions Madurai Panthers will begin their TNPPL 2019 campaign tomorrow at NPR College Ground, Dindigul against Tuti Patriots. They have strengthened their squad with a couple of new signings this year in the likes of Akash Sumra, Jabez Moses, Selva Kumaran, Adithya Giridhar, Mithun R, Muruganantham SV, Veeramani, Sarath Raj.
Panthers registered 6 wickets win over Dindigul Dragons in the last edition final to grab their first title win and will be excited to get the campaign underway with a win.
Jones Tuti Patriots won the inaugural season of TNPL and since then are trying hard to have their hands again on the trophy. Last season, they couldn’t even nake it to the playoffs. Led by D Rohit, Patriots have plenty of match-winners in the squad in the likes of KM Gandhi, R Sathish, VA Davidson, etc.
So, can they make a winning start to the tournament against defending champions?
The clash begins at 07:00 PM IST.
Madurai Panthers vs Tuti Patriots
Venue: NPR College Ground, Dindigul
Time: July 20, 07:15 PM
A typical sub-continent wicket which will assist the spinners as the match progresses. The pitch will get slower which means the teams batting first will definitely hold the upper hand.
Total Match Played: 33
Batting First Won: 11
Batting Second Won: 22
Tie: 0
Tuti Patriots
Madurai Panthers
Tuti Patriots squad to face Madurai Panthers:
M Ganesh Moorthi, SP Nathan, Subramanian Anand, Sivagnanan Senthilnathan, Vasanth Saravanan, V Athisayaraj Davidson, Washington Sundar (c), Shubham Mehta, A Venkatesh, Nidish Rajagopal, Dakshinamoorthy Kumaran, V Subramania Siva, Wilkins Victor, Murugesan Kamlesh, Akshay Srinivasan, S Abishiek, S Dinesh, S Boopalan, Ashith Sanganakal
Madurai Panthers squad to face Tuti Patriots:
D Rohit, Arun Karthik (c), MS Promoth, R Karthikeyan, Jagatheesan Kousik, Rahil Shah, Tushar Raheja, SS Karnavar, Thalaivan Sargunam, Abhishek Tanwar, Lokesh Raj, Nilesh Subramanian, Akash Sumra, Kiran Akash, Muruganantham, Shijit Chandran, Varun Chakravarthy, R Mithun
Madurai Panthers: Jagatheesan Kousik, Thalaivan Sargunam, Nilesh Subramanian (WK), Abhishek Tanwar, Rahil Shah, Arun Karthik, R Karthikeyan, Shijit Chandran, SS Karnavar, Muruganantham, Akash Sumra
Tuti Patriots: Akshay Srinivasan, S Dinesh, Murugesan Kamlesh, V Athisayaraj Davidson, V Subramania Siva, Vasanth Saravanan, Subramanian Anand, Dakshinamoorthy Kumaran, Wilkins Victor, M Ganesh Moorthi, SP Nathan
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Madurai Panthers
B Arun Karthik – 472 runs in 10 innings – Average – 78.66 – leading run-getter for the side
PS Chandran – 213 runs in 10 innings – Average – 26.62 – key batter
AB Tanwar – 15 scalps in 10 innings – leading wicket-taker for the side
Tuti Patriots
KM Gandhi – 239 runs in 7 innings – Average – 39.83 – leading run-getter for the side
R Satish – 233 runs in 7 innings – Average – 77.66 – key batter
S Dinesh – 218 runs in 7 innings – Average – 31.14
VA Davidson – 13 scalps in 7 innings – leading wicket-taker for the side