EAG vs PAT

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Patriots win by 6 wickets with 1 ball to spare! 

Virendra Chauhan 37 (12) | Nitin Kumar S - 2/17 (2)
Ayyanar Rajendiran 39 (24) | Mathan M - 1/4 (2)

A superb onslaught from Virendra Chauhan and some handy contributions from Arunraj Shanmugam R and Dinesh S helped Patriots to another important win in the competition! 

Losing Nitin Kumar S early, the duo of Chauhan and Arunraj had to stitch together a partnership of substance. That they did and came out with flying colours! The run out of Chauhan was unfortunate, but, Arunraj teamed up with Dinesh after that and ensured that victory would be within reach. 

The ninth over of the innings from Mathan M did keep Eagles in the match but defending 6 runs off the last over with 6 wickets in hand would prove too much for Prathapraj T. Karthik B Nair finished if off with a four and a single. 

So, Patriots now move to 8 points and climb up to 5th in the standings while Eagles remain 4th with 10 points. 

9.5 Prathapraj T to Karthik B Nair, THAT WILL BE THAT! PATRIOTS WIN! Short outside off-stump. A gentle tap down to silly point off the back foot for a quick single! 

9.4 Prathapraj T to Karthik B Nair, good length ball around off-stump. Another step across to off to try and push it to cover but the connection was not there. 

9.3 Prathapraj T to Karthik B Nair, FOUR RUNS! Full toss outside off-stump. Karthik steps across, clears his front leg and swings through the line. The ball misses the mid-off fielder and runs away to the boundary! 

9.2 Prathapraj T to Jaswant Singh, good length ball on leg-stump. Jaswant misses the clip off the back foot but collects a leg-bye to backward point. 

9.1 Prathapraj T to Jaswant Singh, over the wicket, short outside off-stump. Jaswant tried to ramp it over short third man but could not put bat to ball! Dot ball. 

8.6 Mathan M to Karthik B Nair, full outside off-stump. Karthik steps across to try and hammer it over mid-on but fails to put bat on ball. Dot ball. 

Karthik B Nair, RHB, is at the crease. 

8.5 Mathan M to Dinesh S, LBW! Full and straight. Dinesh looks to hoick it over mid-wicket from the back foot but fails to connect. It raps his on the pads in line with the stumps and the big appeal for leg-before gets upheld! 

8.3 Mathan M to Jaswant Singh, OH! Good length ball around off-stump. Jaswant tries to tap it down to third man but gets beaten on the inside edge. Dot ball. 

8.1 Mathan M to Jaswant Singh, over the wicket, short around off-stump. This gets big on Jaswant as he bails out of the cut shot in the end. 

7.6 Madhankumar Krishnamurthy to Jaswant Singh, good length ball on middle-stump. Turned around to deep backward square-leg off the pads for a single. 

7.4 Madhankumar Krishnamurthy to Jaswant Singh, good length ball around off-stump. Tapped with soft hands to short third man off the back foot for a single. 

Jaswant Singh, RHB, is at the crease. 

7.3 Madhankumar Krishnamurthy to Arunraj Shanmugam R, GONE! Good length ball on off-and-middle. This was a slower one. Arunraj tried to hoick it around on one knee but failed to put bat on ball. The ball then went on the hit him on the pad in line with the stumps. The big appeal for LBW got upheld by the umpire after that!