
Nellai Royal Kings have won four out of the last five games against the Dindigul Dragons.
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Nellai Royal Kings (NRK) will take on Dindigul Dragons (DD) in the 24th match of the Tamil Nadu Premier League 2025 on Thursday, June 26, at the Indian Cement Company Ground in Tirunelveli. The Royal Kings have won two out of five games so far and are in sixth place in the points table. The Dragons are in third position with three wins to their name in five games.
The Royal Kings faced Lyca Kovai Kings in their previous outing and elected to bowl after winning the toss. The Kovai Kings scored 165 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs. Sonu Yadav and Sachin Rathi took two wickets each for the Royal Kings. The Royal Kings were bundled out for just 98 runs in 17.5 overs and lost the match by 67 runs.
The Dragons took on the Salem Spartans in their last game and elected to bowl. The Spartans finished with 188 runs for the loss of seven wickets. Ravichandran Ashwin was the pick of the bowlers and took three wickets for 22 runs in four overs. The Dragons chased down the target of 189 runs on the last delivery of their innings and won the match by two wickets.
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Match Information
Nellai Royal Kings vs Dindigul Dragons, Match 24
Tamil Nadu Premier League, 26 Jun 2025, Thur, 7:15 PM IST ,Tirunelveli
Probable PlayingXI
Nellai Royal Kings
G Ajitesh, Athish SR, Muhammed Adnan Khan, Emmanuel Cherian, KB Arun Karthik(C), Rithik Easwaran, D S Kumar, NS Harish, R Sonu Yadav, S Rathi, Valliappan Yudheeswaran
Bench: PS Nirmal Kumar, S Risheek Kumar, Ajay Krishna, B Rocky, Karan Sampat, J-Rohan, Arun Yoghi, S Vijaykumar, M Udhayakumar
Dindigul Dragons
Shivam Singh, B Indrajith, M Karthik Saran, Ravichandran Ashwin(C), H Saini, Jayant RK, MK Bafna, Varun Chakravarthy, S Sandeep Warrier, DT Chandrasekar, G Periyaswamy
Bench: A Vitkar, Rajwinder Singh, R Vimal Khumar, M-Viju Arul, A Sharma, Dinesh H
Pitch Report
Ravichandran Ashwin DD | all
Ashwin has been one of the best performers for the Dragons with both bat and ball. He has made 185 runs in five games at a strike rate of 165.17. He has taken six wickets as well at an average of 23.16.
R Sonu Yadav NRK | bowl
Sonu is the leading wicket-taker this season and has taken 12 wickets in five games at an average of 11.41, an economy of 7.61, and a strike rate of nine. With the bat, he has amassed 80 runs at a strike rate of 126.98.
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Shivam Singh DD | BAT
Shivam is the highest run-scorer for the Dragons and is the third-highest run-scorer this season. He has made 245 runs in five outings at an average of 81.66 and a strike rate of 157.05.
Arun Karthik NRK | WK
The skipper of the Royal Kings has amassed 163 runs in four outings at an average of 40.75 and a strike rate of 136.97.
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R Vimal Khumar- DD | BOWL- 7.5