Swapnil Singh's all-round show blows away Royal Kings
It was the second successive win for Super Gillies who are leading the table with four points from two matches.
Asked to bat first, Super Gillies amassed 212 for seven — the fourth-highest total in the league — riding on useful cameos from four of the top-six batters.
Opener K. Aashiq (54), appearing in his second match, scored a breezy half-century and added 83 for the second wicket alongside skipper B. Aparajith (41) to set a solid foundation.
The left-hander looked compact while driving and cutting the pacers. Against the spinners, he lofted cleanly down the ground and He got to his half-century with a swept six over square leg off left-arm spinner Sachin Rathi.
However, it was Vijay Shankar (47 n.o.) and Swapnil, the experienced campaigners, who gave the final flourish, raining sixes and plundering 78 runs in the last five. Vijay Shankar first took on Rathi, hitting two sixes and a four in the 16th over.
Swapnil then joined the party and used the long handle to brutal effect, smashing pacer M. Udhaya Kumar for a hat-trick of sixes in the 18th over. By the time he was out in the final over, CSG had crossed 200.
In reply, Royal Kings' chase was never on track and was reduced to 46 for three with Swapnil striking twice in the sixth over and could never recover from it.
The scores:
Chepauk Super Gillies 212/7 in 20 overs (K. Aashiq 54, B. Aparajith 41, Vijay Shankar 47 n.o., Swapnil Singh 45, Sonu Yadav 2/42, V. Yudheeswaran 3/37) bt Nellai Royal Kings 171/9 in 20 overs (Arun Karthik 51, Muhammed Adnan Khan 48, Abhishek Tanwar 3/33, Swapnil 2/26, M. Silambarasan 2/18).
Toss: NRK.
Tuesday's match: SKM Salem Spartans vs Trichy Grand Cholas (7.15 p.m.).
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