On Tuesday evening in Dindigul, Nellai Royal Kings and Madurai Panthers square off in Match 10 of the 2022 Tamil Nadu Premier League. Nellai Royal Kings lead the table after three wins in three games. Madurai Panthers have a perfect record after two games. Continue reading for a preview of this game. This match begins at 19:15 local time at The NPR College Ground.
In the competition, Nellai Royal Kings have already defeated Chepauk Super Gillies, Salem Spartans, and Dindigul Dragons. They are flying and will be difficult to stop in this game.
Madurai Panthers have yet to lose a match in the competition and have won both by narrow margins of 4 wickets and 2 wickets. In this game, they will need to be at their best to pose a threat to Nellai Royal Kings.
Match Details to Note
Match: Nellai Royal Kings vs Madurai Panthers, 10th Match, Tamil Nadu Premier League 2022
Date: July 05, 2022 (Tuesday)
Time: 7:15 PM IST
Venue: NPR College Ground, Dindigul
Nellai Royal Kings Team News:
In this year’s tournament, Baba Indrajith’s team has gotten off to a blistering start. Their batting has been outstanding, with the Kings reaching their target of 131 with 54 balls remaining in their most recent game. We anticipate that the same players will be chosen for this match.
Nellai Royal Kings Squad
H Trilok Nag, CH Jitendra Kumar, Sanjay Yadav, V Athisayaraj Davidson, T Ajith Kumar, M Abhinav, NS Harish, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, S Sharun Kumar, Baba Indrajith, Ashwath Mukunthan, L Suryapprakash, S Senthil Nathan, Arjun P Murthy, M Sarath Kumar, R Rohith Ram, A Sarathraj, T Veeramani, R Sri Neranjan, R Vivek, C Suresh, Aparajith B
Players to watch out for:
Baba Aparajith
A 27-year-old batting all-rounder, hit 59 runs off 30 balls on Thursday. In the win over Dindigul Dragons, he hit four fours and four sixes.
Sanjay Yadav
With 12 sixes, he is not only the tournament’s leading run scorer, but also the tournament’s leading six hitter. In his final innings, he scored 55 runs off 19 balls.
Sri Neranjan
Sri Neranjan had already taken 3-32 with the ball before hitting two fours and a six on his way to an excellent all-round performance against the Dindigul Dragons.
Possible Playing XI:
Sri Neranjen, Surya Prakash, B Aparajith, Sanjay Yadav, A Davidson, G Ajitesh, Surya Prakash, Shahjahan, NS Harish, Jitendra Kumar, Arya Yohan
Nellai Royal Kings Team Form
The Royal Kings are in excellent form and fully deserve to be at the top of the table. They have won four of their last five TNPL games.
Nellai Royal Kings
Madurai Panthers Team News:
The Dragons remained unchanged for their match against Nellai Royal Kings last Thursday, but they could have made some changes if they had known it would be a reduced 12 overs per side shoot-out. We expect to see the same XI in this match because there will be no delays or reductions.
Madurai Panthers Squad
R Mithun, V Gowtham, PS Nirmal Kumar, NS Chaturvedi, P Praveen Kumar, B. Anirudh Sita Ram, KB Arun Karthik, R Rohit, R Aushik Srinivas, J Kousik, DT Chandrasekar, V Aaditya, R Silambarasan, M Shahjahan, K Deeban Lingesh, Varun Chakravarthy, L Kiran Akash, Jhathavedh Subrahmanyan, K Rajkumar, P Sugendhiran, P K Saravanan, B Rocky
Players to watch out for:
Hari Nishaanth
The captain has a season average of 40.66 and a strike rate of 156.41. He has 13 fours and 6 sixes.
K Vishal Vaidhya
The left-hander has played well in his last two innings after being promoted to open the batting alongside his captain. In the position, he has scored 49 and 45.
Rajendran Vivek
The batting all-rounder was named Player of the Match in the previous meeting between these two teams. He has already made an impact with the ball this season and will be eager to score in this game.
Possible Playing XI:
V Aditya, B Aniruth, Sunny Sandhu, NS Chaturved, Arun Karthik, J Koushik, Rajkumar, Kiran Akash, Chakaravarthy, Silambarasan, A Srinivas
Madurai Panthers Team Form
The Dragons have won only two of their last five TNPL games. It is critical that they win this game or else other teams will pull ahead of them in the table.
Nellai Royal Kings vs Madurai Panthers Head to Head
These two teams have been evenly matched in their six meetings in the Tamil Nadu Premier League. Last year, Nellai Royal Kings led by one match going into the match, but rain intervened after 19.2 overs of the first innings and there was no result. Balchander Anirudh scored 51 runs off 42 balls to lead the Madurai Panthers, who were 144-8 at the time of the rain.
Nellai Royal Kings vs Madurai Panthers Head to Head Stats in T20
| Matches Played | NRK Won |
SMP Won |
Tie | NR | |
| Overall | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Last 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Nellai Royal Kings vs Madurai Panthers Toss Prediction
The first game of the tournament was decided by a Super-Over, but every other match has been won by the team batting second. In this match, we predict that both captains will choose to field first.
Nellai Royal Kings vs Madurai Panthers Pitch Report
Although the spinners will benefit the most from this surface, seam bowlers will also benefit greatly. Any score of 180 or higher should be easily defendable.
During this match, the temperature will drop by a couple of degrees, from 30 to 28 degrees. Throughout the game, there will be moderate humidity and no chance of rain.
Nellai Royal Kings vs Madurai Panthers Prediction
When the top two in any competition meet, there is always a lot of extra attention and excitement surrounding the match. This time, it is heightened by the fact that both teams are defending perfect records, and we anticipate a thrilling contest. Madurai Panthers have won two of their first two games, but this will be their toughest test yet. We believe Nellai Royal Kings will win this game and make it four wins in a row.
