Titan Vishnu smashes the quickest century of KCL

Hammer and tongs: Vishnu’s knock was studded with 17 sixes.
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Vishnu Vinod unleashed his beast mode to lash the quickest century of KCL (139, 44b, 5×4, 17×6) and made quick work of a goal of 182 as Thrissur Titans gained with 44 balls to spare.

Vishnu batted like a person possessed and strummed lethal notes for the Alleppey Ripples bowlers. His six-hitting barrage (17 maximums) was an unbelievable show of energy hitting as he slammed the quickest fifty (19 balls) and hundred (33) of the match. The eight-wicket win saved Thrissur Titans alive within the match.

Promoted as an opener for the primary time, Vishnu grabbed his probability and began the onslaught by caning Anand Joseph for 2 sixes within the first over. Akshay Chandran’s first over of spin within the PowerPlay was greeted with three sixes by Vishnu as he cantered to his fifty. He went on an overdrive after finishing his 50 and took simply one other 14 balls to race to his century. Vishnu’s masterpiece eclipsed Ripples skipper Mohammed Azharuddeen’s measured knock of 90 which arrange a stiff goal of 182 for Thrissur to chase.

Earlier, Aries Kollam Sailors gained the battle between desk toppers and sealed a spot within the semifinals after defeating Calicut Globstars by three wickets.

A lower-order rally by the bowlers N.M. Sharafuddeen (20 off 10 balls), A.G. Amal (17 not out off 7 balls) and Ashik Muhammad (12 not out off 10 balls) Sailors attain the goal of 173 with one ball to spare.

Sailors stuttered in the course of the chase after dropping Sachin Child (34) A.Ok. Arjun (2) and Rahul Sharma in fast succession however the bowlers delivered with the bat. Participant-of-the-Match Sharafudden threw warning to the wind and struck three crisp boundaries and a towering six to convey down the run-rate to a manageable stage.

After his dismissal, debutants Ashik Muhammad and A.G. Amal saved their nerve to see their crew by means of.

The scores:

Calicut Globstars 172/5 in 20 overs (Rohan Kunnummal 61, Omar Abubacker 47, Salman Nizar 37, Ashiq Muhammed 2/21) misplaced to Aries Sailors Kollam 173/7 in 19.5 overs (Arun Poulose 44, Sachin Child 34, P. Anfal 2/27, M. Nikhil 2/30, Akhil Scaria 2/40).

Alleppey Ripples 181/6 in 20 overs (Mohammed Azharuddeen 90, Krishna Prasad 43, Monnu Krishna 3/38) misplaced to Thrissur Titans 187/2 in 12.4 overs (Vishnu Vinod 139).