Chasing a goal of 130 runs, Dindigul Dragons efficiently reached the mark, because of a vital innings by Ashwin.The captain scored 52 runs off 46 deliveries, which included a 4 and three sixes, PTI reported.
His partnership of 65 runs for the third wicket with Baba Indrajith, who contributed 32 runs off 35 balls, was instrumental within the workforce’s victory.
Dindigul’s middle-order batsmen, guided by the calm and picked up Ashwin, efficiently chased down the goal with 10 balls remaining, after scoring 46 runs for the lack of two wickets through the powerplay.
The Lyca bowlers, together with Gowtham Thamarai Kannan, Manimaran Siddharth, Valliappan Yudheeswaran, and Shahrukh, managed to select up one wicket every through the innings.
Earlier, Dindigul saved the Lyca batters on the again foot by taking wickets at common intervals. After selecting to subject, Sandeep Warrier (11 off 9 balls) made the primary breakthrough by dismissing Suresh Kumar within the third over.
The momentum decisively shifted in Dindigul’s favor when Varun Chakravarthy struck twice within the sixth over, adopted by P Vignesh dismissing Sai Sudharsan (14 off 14 balls).
Atheeq Ur Rahman, who scored 25 runs off 17 deliveries, and Ram Arvindh, contributing 27 runs from 26 balls, fashioned a partnership of 36 runs for the fifth wicket. Nevertheless, their efforts to stage a comeback for the defending champions have been thwarted when Subodh Bhati dismissed Rahman.
Vignesh added to Lyca’s troubles by dismissing skipper Shahrukh Khan (three off 7 balls).
Struggling at 105/6, Arvindh could not keep on the crease both, giving a catch to Sandeep Warrier, earlier than cameos from the tail-enders pushed the rating to 129/7.
Ashwin completed with figures of 0/13 for Dindigul, whereas Vignesh (2/15) and Chakravarthy (2/26) have been the standout performers.
