EAG vs WAR

Warriors 98/9 in 10 overs
Selvam M 37(16) | Naarayanan KR 2/22
Thamiz G 19(8) | Mathan M 3/19

What an unbelievable game of cricket this has been! It went right down to the final ball of the innings with the Warriors just having one wicket in hand and still needing another 6 to win. In the end Thamiz A R held on to his nerves and clinched the deal for the Eagles.

The Warriors struggled earlier on in the innings as most of their batters fell cheaply in the powerplay! They lost half their side by the fifth over and they looked dead and buried at that stage. However it was from there that Selvam M and Thamiz G began a fightback. Selvam M went hell for leather and he was the real hero for the Warriors. As long as he was there , his side had a chance. However his dismissal of the final ball of the penultimate over meant that his side were out of the game.

The Eagles bowlers were on the money for the greater part of the innings and they did a fabulous job in curtailing the Warriors down! They did look under pressure for a while when Selvam was hitting those big shots , but with 103 on the board , they were always in sight of a win! In the end, it was Thamiz AR who held his nerve in the final over and delivered three excellent dot balls in the end , to get them the win.

9.6 Thamizh Azhagan R to Mayank Pandey, DOT BALL! EAGLES WIN! Good length slower ball outside off-stump. Mayank goes down on one knee and swings the hardest he can, across the line. But the only thing that went missing on that occasion was the connection! 

9.5 Thamizh Azhagan R to Mayank Pandey, full outside off-stump. Mayank hammers it down the ground but off the cue end of the bat! He refuses the single to long-off. 6 runs to get off 1 ball! 

9.4 Thamizh Azhagan R to Mayank Pandey, RUN OUT! Full and in the block hole outside off-stump. Drilled out to wide long-on from the crease. They try to come back for two but Shiva Shankar fails to make it back in his crease at the bowler's end by the time the bails are dislodged! 

Siva Shankar run out (S Sanjay Sudhakar / Thamizh Azhagan R) 1(1b, 0x4,0x6)

9.3 Thamizh Azhagan R to Mayank Pandey, FOUR! Good length ball outside off-stump. Thumped wide of long-off from the front foot for a boundary! 

9.2 Thamizh Azhagan R to Shiva Shankar, full and slow outside off-stump. Sliced over the in-field but down to deep cover point for a single only. 

9.1 Thamizh Azhagan R to Mayank Pandey, over the wicket, full outside off-stump. Whacked straight to long-on from deep in the crease for a single. 

Thamiz R [1.0-0-16-0] comes back into the attack.

This game is turning out to be an absolute humdinger! Mathan N was whacked for a six of the first ball of the over by Selvam but he roared back to get both the set batters out! Suddenly the Warriors are 8 down now and they need 14 runs from the final over.

8.6 Mathan M to Selvam M, OUT! FINE CATCH! Full outside off-stump. Selvam powers it over cover off the toe end of the bat but the fielder in the deep takes an outstanding catch with fingers pointing up and makes sure he does not trample on the rope! 

Selvam M c S Ram Prasath b Mathan M 37(16b, 3x4, 3x6)

8.3 Mathan M to Sachin S, over the wicket, CLEANED HIM UP! Fuller on off-and-middle. Sachin tries to heave it over mid-wicket from the back foot but it goes through his defence to crash into the stumps! 

Sachin S b Mathan M 12(11b, 1x4, 0x6)

8.1 Mathan M to Selvam M, over the wicket, SIX! Length ball around off-stump with pace on. Selvam smashes it over long-on's left from the middle of the bat for a maximum! 

Mathan M [1.0-0-11-1] comes back into the attack.

What a knock is Selvam M playing here and there is a cat amongst the Pigeons in the Eagles dug out! The Warriors are right back into this contest and maybe even favorites to win this one.