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India Today
23-06-2025
- Sport
- India Today
WATCH: R Ashwin emotional after Varun Chakravarthy seals last-ball win in TNPL
Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy held his nerve to help Dindigul Dragons seal a last-ball victory in a heart-stopping finish to a high-scoring Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) clash at the Chennai Super Kings ground on Sunday. Chakravarthy struck a six and a four off the final two deliveries to take the Dragons over the line, sealing a dramatic two-wicket win over SKM Salem 189, the Dragons needed 11 runs from the final over. Pacer M. Poiyamozhi bowled a tidy first four deliveries, even dismissing M Karthik Saran to tilt the game in Salem's favour. With eight required off the last two balls, a costly no-ball undid all the pressure. Chakravarthy launched the free hit over long-on for six, and with the field in, he drove the final delivery past the infield for four to clinch the teammates charged onto the field, Ashwin remained seated in the dugout, visibly emotional, soaking in a victory that had seemed unlikely just moments Chakravarthy delivered a humdinger finish for the Dindigul Dragons! @TNCACricket @DindigulDragons @chakaravarthy29 #TNPL #NammaOoruNammaGethu #TNPL2025 TNPL (@TNPremierLeague) June 22, 2025 Earlier, Ashwin had led from the front. He gave Dindigul a blistering start in the chase with a 14-ball 35, laced with five fours and two sixes, helping his side race to 50 without loss inside 3.2 quickfire cameo proved crucial, particularly as wickets tumbled in the middle overs. Shivam Singh contributed 34 off 24, while R K Jayant (25 off 15), Hunny Saini (35 off 28) and Vimal Khumar chipped in with useful runs to keep the Dragons in the also delivered with the ball, finishing with figures of 3 for 22 from four overs. He struck in his very first over, and later dismissed Sunny Sandhu and Rajendra Vivek, both of whom looked set to shift into bat, Salem Spartans posted a challenging 188 for 7, thanks largely to a composed 74 from 47 balls by Nidhish Rajagopal. Coming in at 13 for 2, Rajagopal held the innings together with six fours and four sixes, before accelerating in the latter added 80 runs in just 42 balls with R Vivek (35 off 20) and became the 18th player in TNPL history to cross the 1,000-run milestone. Despite his efforts, Salem were hampered by a record-breaking spell from Dindigul pacer G Periyasamy, who went wicketless and conceded 70 runs in four overs-the most expensive spell in TNPL 11 runs off the last over, the match looked firmly in Salem's grasp after the first-ball dismissal of Karthik Saran. DT Chandrasekar nudged a single to hand the strike to Chakravarthy, who collected two runs and then watched Poiyamozhi overstep at the worst possible free hit was launched over long-on for a six. With the field inside the circle for the final ball, Chakravarthy kept his cool and drove the ball through the infield to seal the win, capping off an extraordinary victory was Dindigul's third in five matches this season, keeping them in strong contention for the play-offs. Salem, on the other hand, suffered their third defeat in six outings, despite Rajagopal's fine effort.
NDTV
10-06-2025
- Sport
- NDTV
Watch: TNPL Star's Bat Breaks Into Two And Hits Bowler. Video Leaves Internet In Shock
The cricket is often witness to bizzare events that has got no explanation. What happened on Monday in a Tamil Nadu Premier League cricket match at SNR College Cricket Ground in Coimbatore is one such event. In a unique turn of events, during a Tamil Nadu Premier League match between Chepauk Super Gillies and Nellai Royal Kings, K Aashiq's bat broke while attempting a shot. Part of his bat hit bowler Emmanuel Cherian. @TNCACricket #TNPL #NammaOoruNammaGethu #TNPL2025 — TNPL (@TNPremierLeague) June 9, 2025 Chepauk Super Gillies posted 212 for 7 with opener K Aashiq scoring 54 runs off 38 balls. Vijay Shankar (47*), Swapnil Singh (45) and captain Aparajith (41) were the other notable contributors. Earlier, another TNPL made headlines for all the wrong reasons. Ravichandran Ashwin had a rare on-field meltdown after his debatable dismissal during a Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) match between Dindigul Dragons and IDream Tiruppur Tamizhians. Ashwin, leading the Dragons, was adjudged leg-before off left-arm spinner R Sai Kishore in the fifth over after coming out to open the innings. He looked in ominous touch as he raced to 18 with a couple of boundaries and a six off the first 10 deliveries. Ashwin had to pay the price of his erratic behaviour on the field that prompted the officials to hand him a total of 30 percent penalty for the act. "Ashwin was fined 10 percent for showing dissent towards the umpires and 20 percent for misuse of equipment. He accepted the sanctions," a TNPL official told Cricbuzz. It was the 11th delivery that he faced, which was the fifth ball of the fifth over, Ashwin tried to play the paddle sweep but the delivery struck him on the pads. Umpire Venkatesan Krithika raised his finger to an appeal from the bowler as Ashwin was scampering home for a quick single. From the replays, it was clear that the ball pitched outside the leg-stump. Ashwin couldn't appeal for DRS as he and his opening partner Shivam Singh (30 off 27 balls) had exhausted their quota of referrals in the first over itself on leg-side wide deliveries (new rule introduced in TNPL).
