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TNPL | Nellai Royal Kings vs Dindigul Dragons: Where to watch Live, Probable XI, Fantasy XI

Abhishek Singh

In the matchup between the bottom-placed Nellai Royal Kings and the second-placed Dindigul Dragons, the Dragons, even after losing their last game against the Chepauk Super Gullies would fancy themselves to cross the line in this one and get closer to the Playoffs qualification mark. 

The Kings on their part have seen one win and a washout in their four games, losing the rest of the two. They have three points on the board and are last in the table, but just one win here would suddenly get them equal points with third-placed Madurai Panthers.

With the likes of Baba Aparajith, Indrajith and Sanjay Yadav on their side, the Royals could actually think of and win this game against Hari Nishanth’s Dragons. But will they be able to do it, only time will tell.

Nellai Royal Kings vs Dindigul Dragons: Match Details

Match Number: 21

Date and Time: Friday, August 03, 2021, 07:30 pm IST

Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Broadcast / Livestream: Star Sports/ Hotstar

Pitch Report

The Chennai pitch is wearing out slowly and high scoring games are becoming rare to find. Although with humidity and ample rain, some replenishing of the wear and tear is being done, even after being mostly optimistic, the wicket would remain slow and a tight match with scores in the range of 150-65 would be in the sight. 

Weather Report

The sky would remain partly cloudy, but there are not many chances of rain, in fact, that cloud is only going to add to humidity as the temperatures would remain in the mid-thirties throughout the duration of the game. The humidity will help the slower bowlers as not much dew would be found on the ground. 

Nellai Royal Kings Probable XI

Baba Aparajith (c), Laxmesha Suryaprakash, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Baba Indrajith (wk), Sanjay Yadav, Arjun Murthy, Sri Neranjan, NS Harish, Mohan Abhinav, Ashwath Mukumthan, V Athisayaraj Davidson

Dindigul Dragons Probable XI

Hari Nishanth (c), S Arun, R Vivek, Mani Bharathi (wk), Rajhamany Srinivasan, RS Mokit Hariharan, S Swaminathan, Lakshminarayanan Vignesh, Gurjapneet Singh, Rangaraj Suthesh, M Silambarasan

Fantasy XI

Hari Nishanth, Baba Aparajith, Mani Bharathi, Baba Indrajith (wk), RS Mokit Hariharan, Sanjay Yadav, S Swaminathan, Lakshminarayanan Vignesh, R Vivek, Rangaraj Suthesh, V Athisayaraj Davidson

Captain Hari Nishanth

Vice-Captain Baba Aparajith

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