Ba11sy Trichy vs Nellai Royal Kings, 28th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

That's all from the league stage of TNPL 2023. We will be back with the playoffs soon, so that's all from our side for today. Goodbye and see you soon folks!

Sandeep Warrier: We wanted to win this game and qualify into the playoffs, because it's a game of momentum. It (our team) is a combination of experience and youngsters. We wanted to focus on the game and try to win it. We'll have to do the basics right and move forward from here on.

23:36 Local Time, 18:06 GMT, 23:36 IST: Seven losses out of seven games for Trichy! Oh, that's quite embarrassing for Trichy. Not a single win this season, that's really heartbreaking, to be honest. Nellai elected to bowl first and got some early breakthroughs, but Jafar Jamal played a rollicking knock of 96 to power his team to a competitive total. Unfortunately he couldn't notch up his century, but he did manage to chip in with a pivotal contribution. In reply, Nellai lost an early wicket in the form of Karthik, but the other batters made significant contributions as Nellai got over the line with nonchalance eventually. Ajitesh Guruswamy with a 50-plus score was the star contributor in the run chase. Rajagopal made a crucial contribution too..

K Easwaran to Nidhish Rajagopal, SIX, Rajagopal hits the winning runs! Dances down the wicket and smokes this length ball over deep cover as the ball goes the distance. As clinical as it can get

K Easwaran to Nidhish Rajagopal, no run, on a length around leg, the batter struck on the pads as the ball shapes back in. Review for an lbw, but it makes no sense. Not pitching in line, so point of going further. The onfield umpire's call stays, and it's not out

K Easwaran to Ajitesh Guruswamy, 1 run, chops this length ball to short third man and takes a single, scores level now

K Easwaran to Ajitesh Guruswamy, no run, on a length around off, steered to point

A wayward ball as it slips out of Easwaran's hand

K Easwaran to Nidhish Rajagopal, 1 run, yorker length ball on middle and leg, Nidhish Rajagopal squeezes this to mid-wicket for a single

K Easwaran [2.0-0-20-2] is back into the attack

Only 3 runs more required

S Boopalan to Nidhish Rajagopal, 1 run, on the pads and it has been worked through the leg-side for a single

S Boopalan to Nidhish Rajagopal, FOUR, tossed up delivery on off, Nidhish Rajagopal lofts it over cover for a rollicking boundary

S Boopalan to Ajitesh Guruswamy, 1 run, chipped to cover by Ajitesh where the fielder puts it down. A dropped catch isn't going to please the bowler, hence Boopalan looks pretty disappointed

S Boopalan to Ajitesh Guruswamy, FOUR, tossed up delivery on off, Ajitesh Guruswamy makes room and smashes this uppishly through covers for four runs

S Boopalan to Nidhish Rajagopal, 3 runs, laps this down to fine leg where the fielder stops it with a brilliant effort, saves a boundary, three runs taken eventually

S Boopalan to Ajitesh Guruswamy, 1 run, fifty for Ajitesh Guruswamy as he plays this down the ground for a single. Raises his bat to anknowledge his fans and team-mates in the dugout

Ferrario to Nidhish Rajagopal, FOUR, rocks back in the crease to pummel the pull towards the deep mid-wicket fence

Ferrario to Nidhish Rajagopal, no run, gets beaten on his cut as the ball slides on

Ferrario to Nidhish Rajagopal, wide, fired down the leg-side, and it's a wide