Dindigul Dragons has simply the perfect bowling assault within the TNPL, led by its potent spin combo of R. Ashwin and Varun Chakaravarthy. Add to it a succesful tempo battery, and the defending champion can hold any batting unit quiet.
On Wednesday within the Eliminator conflict, the Dragons’ bowlers — led by skipper Ashwin’s nice three for 28 — had been relentless and ran roughshod over a listless Trichy Grand Cholas batting line-up, proscribing it to 140 for 9 on the NPR College floor right here.
R. Ashwin of Dindigul Dragons took three wickets in opposition to Trichy Grand Cholas within the TNPL Eliminator at Natham in Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu, on Wednesday, 02 July 2025.
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Ashwin then put the cherry on the cake, stroking a good 83 (48b, 11×4, 3×6) that had the entire bouquet of crisply timed pictures by the off-side, elegant flicks, lofted drives and reverse-sweeps to energy his facet to an emphatic six-wicket win. Dragons will now meet Chepauk Super Gillies in Qualifier 2 on Friday.
Electing to subject, Ashwin was proactive shuffling his bowlers within the PowerPlay and strangled the openers H.I. Waseem Ahmed and skipper J. Suresh Kumar.
Suresh tried to break away when he took his probability in opposition to left-arm spinner R. Sasidaran, hitting him for a six, however skied the subsequent supply. With Waseem failing to present any intent and meandering at lower than run-a-ball, it pressured the opposite batters to up the ante.
Varun Chakaravarthy of Dindigul Dragons took two wickets in opposition to Trichy Grand Cholas within the TNPL Eliminator held at Natham in Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu, on Wednesday, 02 July 2025.
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And Varun (two for 19) was there to take benefit, putting twice within the tenth over to dismiss J. Kousik and R. Sanjay Yadav. In the subsequent over, Ashwin accounted for the big-hitting R. Rajkumar, and the Cholas’ innings went off the rails.
Jafar Jamal delivered some lusty blows to give respectability to the whole, however was waging a lone battle earlier than Ashwin ended his vigil. The former India off-spinner then closed out the sport with a fourth consecutive half-century in a TNPL playoff contest.
The scores: Trichy Grand Cholas 140/9 in 20 overs (H.I. Waseem Ahmed 36, Jafar Jamal 33, Periyasamy 2/34, Varun Chakaravarthy 2/19, R. Ashwin 3/28) misplaced to Dindigul Dragons 143/4 in 16.4 overs (R. Ashwin 83, Okay. Easwaran 2/22). Toss: Dragons.
