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TNPL 2021 | Nellai Royal Kings vs IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans: Where to watch Live, Probable XI, Fantasy XI details

The Tamil Nadu Premier League in its last encountered crossed the barrier of 200 runs for the first time this season during the match between the Kovai Kings and Dindigul Dragons. With the rain getting away and matches getting interesting, the business end of the tournament is sure to get all the eyeballs. But before that happens two strong sides in Nellai Royal Kings and IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans will take on each other in the Monday Clash at the historic MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. While the Royal Kings had a horrendous start to their campaign getting bowled out for 77 in the very first game of their season. But then they went on to make an inspiring comeback in the second one, winning it by seven wickets against Chepauk Super Gillies. The Kings led by Baba Aparajith would be taking on M. Mohammed’s Tamizhans from Tiruppur. While Tirrupur’s first game was a washout, they were forced to taste defeat in the second game against SalemSpartans by 16 runs. How strong will they come back is yet to be seen, but one can never count them out. NRK vs ITT: Match Details Match Number- 10 Date and Time: Jul 26, 2021, 7:30:00 pm IST Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Pitch Report The Chennai pitch is expected to be a sporting one for batsmen but is bound to become difficult in the latter half. Although if the last few games are standards to go by, then get ready for a runs fest. Weather Forecast Although the chances of precipitation forecasted are only 6%, however, the sky is going to remain mostly cloudy during the match hours and the humidity is going to be more than 70%. Idream Tiruppur Tamizhans Probable XI S Dinesh, Tushar Raheja, N Mohammed Ashik (wk), R Rajkumar, S Aravind, Maan Bafna, P Francis Rokins, M Mohammed (c), S Mohan Prasath, K Gowtham Thamarai Kannan, Aswin Crist Nellai Royal Kings Probable XI Laxmesha Suryaprakash, Baba Aparajith (c), Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Baba Indrajith (wk), Mohan Abhinav, Sanjay Yadav, NS Harish, Arjun Murthy, Sharun Kumar, T Ajith Kumar, V Athisayaraj Davidson Fantasy XI Baba Indrajith (wk), Baba Aparajith, Sanjay Yadav, V Athisayaraj Davidson, Sharun Kumar, R Rajkumar, S Aravind, Maan Bafna, P Francis Rokins, M Mohammed, Aswin Crist Captain- Baba Aparajith Vice-Captain- Sanjay Yadav

ZIM vs BAN | 20-year-old Shamim Patwari holds nerves to seal high scoring series decider for Tigers

It was an incredible display of nerves from 20-year-old Shamim Hossain Patwari, playing only his second international game, as he scored an unbeaten 31 off 15 balls to seal the game for the visitors and also win the T20I series 2-1. Along with Shamim, Soumya Sarkar and skipper Mahmudullah too made valuable contributions with the bat to chase down a stiff target of 194 in 20 overs. Joining at 150-4 in the 16th over with only 27 balls left and 44 runs to get, Shamim was slow to start and gave the strike to senior partner and skipper Mahmuddulah. However, he was at full flow in the 18th over. With Bangladesh needing 27 from the last three, Shamimn hit DionMyers for three fours in a row on the last three balls of the 18th cover, having taken a double on the third delivery. It was game-changing stuff as after that over, it came down to almost run a ball with 13 needed from two overs and the Tigers completed the formalities with much ease, winning the game by five wickets with four balls to spare. The chase of such a huge target wasn’t started in a great manner by Bangladesh as Mohammad Naim was out for three in the third over with the team score having reached only 20. The experience of Shakib Al Hasan and Sarkar then came into play as they added 50 off 32 balls to lay the foundation for batters to follow. The 28-year-old Sarkar then added 63 with Mahmudullah for the third wicket, reaching his second fifty of the series. He fell for 68 trying to accelerate the innings when the team score was 133 and the Tigers needed 61 to win from 39 balls. Soon enough Afif Hossain, who had been performing well on this tour, too got out and it all came down to young Shamim and skipper Mahmudullah. Earlier in the day, after winning the toss a third time in a row, Zimbabwe skipper Sikandar Raza once again decided to bat first. The openers Tadiwanashe Marumani and Wessley Madhever gave a flying start to the team adding 63 in the first six overs of the game. As was the case in the first two matches, Regis Chaklabva was once again in form, hitting 48 off just 22 balls before being caught in the deep trying one shot too many. Madhevere hit his second half-century of the series and third in the last five T20Is. However, once these two along with skipperRaza departed, the runs became slow to come by. It then took a great effort from left-hander Ryan Burl who hit unbeaten 31 off 15 balls to take his team past 190. Sarkar, for his 68 and a wicket in this game was chosen Man of the Match while for his overall performance of 126 runs and three wickets in three games, he was also awarded Man of the Series award. By winning the T20I series, Bangladesh ended the tour with a 3-0 record in their favour having won the one-off Test and the ODI series which were also played at the Harare Sports Club earlier.

We didn’t put our foot on the X: Pollard expects his team to be relentless against Aussies

West Indian skipper Kieron Pollard believes that even after the series-levelling win in the second ODI at Kensington Oval in Georgetown, his team really wasn’t where it should have been in terms of having a relentless approach towards the game. The Men in Maroon although went on to win the game by four wickets, but looked a shadow of themselves giving away chances after chances to Australia in the field. "Australia were [45 for 6] and getting to 190, we didn't put our foot on the X like we should have done and gave them opportunities to come into the game. Then our batters didn't make it easy, it seems like we don't like to do things the easy way. Thought 120 should have been the total,” complained Pollard during the post-match presentation ceremony. Even after being 45-6 and with all top-order batsmen out, Matthew Wade, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa and Wes Agar scored good enough runs to take Australia through to 187. While they let the last five Australian batters put on 142, the batting from the top order Windies batsmen themselves was disappointing, to say the least. At 72-5, they looked in all sorts of trouble until Nicholas Pooran and Jason Holder put together 92 runs to take their team home and level the series. "Pleasing to win, obviously, but to say I'm overall pleased with our performance throughout the entire game. We haven't been able to combat it how we want to, but having said that, this time around what was good was the fight. Nicholas Pooran with that half-century and Jason Holder. It was a bit scratchy tonight, but that's what you need in a game like this, someone to scrap, and they both scrapped well for us,” added the 34-year-old skipper. With a series two win, the two teams will now take on each other in the finale on Monday, July 26.

Covid-19 forces West Indies to cancel one T20I vs Pakistan

Cricket West Indies has cancelled the first T20I between West Indies and Pakistan on the account of a packed schedule. The rest of the tour goes as planned previously. The first T20I was scheduled to start on July 27, but because of the change in the Australia series due to a covid-19 case among the non-playing member of the West Indies squad, the third ODI between the two teams had to be pushed to July 26 instead of ending on July 25 as planned. "Yes, we have cancelled the first T20I and play the rest of the tour as originally planned. We have to prioritize the ODI Super League and the World Test Championship really," an official of the CWI said. "It was the most logical choice,” he added. The reason for such change was the fear of rubbing off the experience that happened with Australia when the second ODI had to be postponed and only once all the members of both teams tested negative did the second ODI began, which was won by West Indies to level the series. "Following the disruption of the series against Australia, meetings between Cricket West Indies (CWI) and Cricket Australia (CA) on Friday evening, after earlier discussions with the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) and the Government of Barbados medical officials, CWI is pleased to announce that the CG Insurance One-Day International (ODI) Series will resume on Saturday and conclude on Monday,” CWI had said in a release ahead of the second ODI on Saturday in Barbados. The Pakistan series which will now begin on July 28 will have only the first T20I at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados. The rest three T20Is will be played at Providence Stadium, Georgetown, Guyana and then the Test series consisting of Two matches will be played at Sabina Park, Kingston in Jamaica.