The Tamil Nadu Premier League has reached the semi-final stage after the one month of robust competition between all the eight teams. The first semi-final will be played between Dindigul Dragons and TUTI Patriots on September 16, at Indian Cement Company Ground, Tirunelveli.
WHERE TO WATCH
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TIMING
6:30 PM
Dindigul Dragons Team Preview
Subramania Siva is captain of this team, and he has been the key to the success of this team in this tournament so far, and the whole team will now look up to him when they take the guard in the first semifinal match against TUTI Patriots.
Meanwhile, the x-factor for this team is Ravichandran Ashwin, and he will be the key to the success of this team. Also, R Ashwin’s teammate of Pune Super Giant, M Ashwin is the another name which has a lot of responsibility to display solid performance with his spin.
Although, both Ashwin need support from their batters. The batting unit of this team depends on the likes of N Jagadeesan, Ganga Sridhar Raju, and S Abhishek. All these has to fire to give their team a chance to succeed.
A good all round game will be the key to the success of this team.
Dindigul Dragons Squad
N Jagadeesan(w), Ganga Sridhar Raju, S Abishiek, Subramania Siva(c), S Raghunath, Murugan Ashwin, Adithya Arun, Wilkins Victor, D Prashanth Prabhu, ME Yazh Arun Mozhi, M Silambarasan, T Natarajan, Sunny Kumar Singh, Ashwin Venkataraman, S Dinesh, VRS Guru Kedarnath, MS Sanjay, S Shyam Sundar, R Vivek, K Mukunth, Ravichandran Ashwin.
TUTI Patriots Team Preview
The former Indian pacer, Lakshmipathy Balaji is the captain of this team. Balaji has recently announced his retirement from the first-class cricket and now, he would love to show his impact on this match.
TUTI Patriots have shown their character and performed consistently throughout the tournament. The batting of this team relies heavily on the likes of Kaushik Gandhi, Washington Sundar, Maaruthi Raghav and Abhinav Mukund.
TUTI Patriots have a bunch of all-round cricketers, and they just need to play the all-round cricket to secure a place in the final. Although it would not be easy as their opponent, Dindigul Dragons are one of the toughest team in this tournament.
TUTI Patriots Squad
Kaushik Gandhi, Umashankar Sushil(w), Maaruthi Raghav, Washington Sundar, SP Nathan, Akash Sumra, Subramanian Anand, Aswin Crist, M Ganesh Moorthi, Lakshmipathy Balaji(c), Aushik Srinivas, Dinesh Karthik, Siddarth Ahuja, V Athisayaraj Davidson, V Lakshman, Abhinav Mukund, G Nicul Anand, R Sathyanarayan, R Vishaal
PREDICTION
Predicting this team is a hell out of a thing, but TUTI Patriots have an edge Dindigul Dragons. TUTI Patriots are expected to win this match.
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