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TNPL 2022 | Chepauk Super Gillies edge past Salem Spartans, win by 7 wickets

The Kaushik Gandhi-lead Chepauk Super Gillies, on Tuesday (July 19) delivered the most one-sided contest of the ongoing TNPL 2022, steamrolling the Murugan Ashwin's Salem Spartans by seven wickets and 31 balls remaining.

Cakewalk of a run-chase for CSG

After winning the toss, the defending champions put on an inspired bowling performance to restrict Salem Spartans to 113/6 – the lowest first inning total registered by a team in TNPL 2022 – and chased down the target in just 14.5 overs.


Chasing 114, Chepauk Super Gillies were off to a dazzling start as skipper Kaushik Gandhi and Narayan Jagadeesan produced a match-winning stand of 89 runs off 77 balls for the opening wicket. 


While the right-handed Kaushik whacked 46 runs off 45 balls, wicket-keeper batter Jagadeesan belted 39 runs off 33 deliveries. 


Post their dismissals, Sonu Yadav took no time to finish the game as he smashed the opposition bowlers all over the park, scoring an unbeaten 26 off just 7 deliveries and taking his side past the finish line in 15 overs. 


For Salem Spartans, R Karthikeyan, Daryl Sunder Ferrario and Murugan Ashwin bagged one wicket each but all of them were taken to the cleaners one by one. 

Salem Spartans' batting woes biting them big time


Earlier, the Spartans got off to a decent start as both the openers Hari Gopinath (45-ball 42) and Jafar Jamal (11-ball 6) put up a 26-run stand for the opening wicket. But what followed then was a horrendous collapse.


The Spartans went on to lose five wickets for just 53 runs as the defending champions' bowlers put in a remarkable combined bowling performance to keep the opposition on the backfoot. 


If it wasn’t for contributions from S Abishiek (23* off 27), R Karthikeyan (16-ball 12) and Murugan Ashwin (14* off 7) down the order, Salem Spartans would have struggled to cross even a 100-run mark.


Left-arm spinner Manimaran Siddharth stood out for Super Gillies, returning with figures of 3-13 in his spell of 4 overs, and picking up the wickets of Jafar Jamal, Akshay Srinivasan and Daryl Sunder Ferrario. 


Sonu Yadav, Ramadoss Alexander and Arun Kumar also bowled well for CSG as the trio ended up picking one wicket each, with their economy not touching anything above 6. 

Brief Score: 


Salem Spartans: 113/6 (20 Overs) 


Hari Gopinath 42 (45), S Abishiek 23* (27); 
Manimaran Siddharth 3-13 (4), Ramadoss Alexander 1-17 (4) 


Chepauk Super Gillies: 117/3 (14.5 Overs) 


Kaushik Gandhi 46 (45), N Jagadeesan 39 (33); 
Murugan Ashwin 1-29 (4) 


Chepauk Super Gillies won by 7 wickets

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