Dindigul Dragons has won three out of the last five games against Lyca Kovai Kings.
Preview
Dindigul Dragons (DD) will face Lyca Kovai Kings (LKK) in the first match of the Tamil Nadu Premier League 2025 on Thursday, June 5, at the SNR College Cricket Ground in Coimbatore. These two teams met each other in the final of the last edition of the TNPL, where the Dragons chased down the target of 130 runs in 18.2 overs with six wickets in hand. It was the first title for the Dragons.
Ravichandran Ashwin will be back to lead the Dragons this season, while Shahrukh Khan will captain the Kovai Kings side once again. The Kovai Kings and the Dragons have played a total of 11 matches so far in the TNPL. The Kovai Kings has won four out of these 11 games, while the Dragons has won six matches.
Match Information
Dindigul Dragons vs Lyca Kovai Kings, Match 1
Tamil Nadu Premier League, 5 Jun 2025, Thur, 7:15 PM IST ,Coimbatore
Probable PlayingXI
Dindigul Dragons
B Indrajith, Shivam Singh, M Karthik Saran, A Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin(C), H Saini, Varun Chakravarthy, S Sandeep Warrier, G Periyaswamy, DT Chandrasekar, Jayant RK
Bench: MK Bafna, A Vitkar, R Vimal Khumar, Rajwinder Singh, M-Viju Arul, Dinesh H
Lyca Kovai Kings
B Sachin, N Kabilan, S Guru Raghavendran, Shahrukh Khan(C), P Vidyuth, Kta Madhava Prasad, S Lokeshwar, Jhatavedh Subramanyan, Manimaran Siddharth, B Aditya, G Govinth
Bench: Sai Sudharsan, A Siddharth, K Vishal Vaidhya, Jitendra Kumar CH, R Divakar, P Bhuvaneswaran, R Rohit, P Vishal, R S Ambrish
Pitch Report
Varun Chakravarthy DD | bowl
Varun had a decent outing in the recently concluded IPL. He took 17 wickets in 13 games at an average of 22.52, an economy of 7.66, and a strike rate of 17.64.
Shivam Singh DD | bat
Shivam was the leading run-scorer last season. He made 364 runs in nine outings at an average of 45.50 and a strike rate of 134.81.
Hunny Saini- DD | ALL- 8.5