Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jitendra Kumar	c Ajitesh b Emmanuel Cherian	9	15	-	1	0	60.00
Suresh Lokeshwar †	not out	90	57	-	5	5	157.89
Balasubramaniam Sachin	c Athish b Rathi	10	14	-	0	1	71.42
C Andre Siddarth	c Muhammed Adnan Khan b Rathi	0	2	-	0	0	0.00
M Shahrukh Khan (c)	c Muhammed Adnan Khan b Sonu Yadav	30	25	-	2	2	120.00
Guru Raghavendran	c & b Sonu Yadav	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
Madhava Prasad	run out (Ajitesh/†Rithik Easwaran)	1	1	-	0	0	100.00
R Divakar	not out	12	9	-	0	1	133.33
Extras	(b 1, lb 3, nb 4, w 5)	13
Total	20 Ov (RR: 8.25)	165/6
Did not bat: Manimaran Siddharth, P Bhuvaneswaran, Jhathavedh Subramanyan
Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Jitendra Kumar, 4.2 ov), 2-51 (Balasubramaniam Sachin, 8.3 ov), 3-52 (C Andre Siddarth, 8.5 ov), 4-127 (M Shahrukh Khan, 16.2 ov), 5-127 (Guru Raghavendran, 16.3 ov), 6-129 (Madhava Prasad, 16.5 ov) • DRS

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Emmanuel Cherian	4	0	35	1	8.75	11	4	1	1	2
4.2 to CH Jitendra Kumar, . 24/1
Sonu Yadav	4	0	16	2	4.00	10	0	0	0	0
16.2 to M Shahrukh Khan, . 127/4 16.3 to S Guru Raghavendran, . 127/5
Valliappan Yudheeswaran	4	0	55	0	13.75	8	4	4	2	2
Sachin Rathi	4	0	25	2	6.25	12	0	2	1	0
8.3 to B Sachin, . 51/2 8.5 to C Andre Siddarth, . 52/3
Rocky Bhasker	3	0	19	0	6.33	5	0	1	0	0
NS Harish	1	0	11	0	11.00	2	0	1	1	0

Nellai Royal Kings (T: 166 runs from 20 ovs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
D Santhosh Kumar	c †Lokeshwar b Bhuvaneswaran	7	7	-	1	0	100.00
Arun Karthik (c)	c †Lokeshwar b Bhuvaneswaran	4	13	-	0	0	30.76
NS Harish	c & b Siddharth	4	4	-	1	0	100.00
Athish SR	c †Lokeshwar b Divakar	1	3	-	0	0	33.33
Sonu Yadav	c Shahrukh Khan b Siddharth	23	26	-	2	1	88.46
Rithik Easwaran †	c Subramanyan b Divakar	6	10	-	1	0	60.00
Guruswamy Ajitesh	c Guru Raghavendran b Kabilan	8	14	-	0	0	57.14
Muhammed Adnan Khan	c Shahrukh Khan b Kabilan	26	20	-	2	2	130.00
Sachin Rathi	c Shahrukh Khan b Divakar	1	4	-	0	0	25.00
Valliappan Yudheeswaran	not out	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
Emmanuel Cherian	run out (Guru Raghavendran)	1	7	-	0	0	14.28
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, nb 2, w 8)	17
Total	17.5 Ov (RR: 5.49)	98
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (D Santhosh Kumar, 2.2 ov), 2-19 (NS Harish, 3.5 ov), 3-20 (Arun Karthik, 4.1 ov), 4-22 (Athish SR, 5.1 ov), 5-31 (Rithik Easwaran, 7.3 ov), 6-61 (Guruswamy Ajitesh, 11.5 ov), 7-68 (Sonu Yadav, 13.5 ov), 8-93 (Sachin Rathi, 15.5 ov), 9-96 (Muhammed Adnan Khan, 16.4 ov), 10-98 (Emmanuel Cherian, 17.5 ov) • DRS

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
P Bhuvaneswaran	3	0	9	2	3.00	13	1	0	1	0
2.2 to D Santhosh Kumar, . 8/1 4.1 to KB Arun Karthik, . 20/3
Manimaran Siddharth	4	0	16	2	4.00	14	1	0	2	0
3.5 to NS Harish, . 19/2 13.5 to R Sonu Yadav, . 68/7
R Divakar	3.5	1	16	3	4.17	19	2	1	1	0
5.1 to Athish SR, . 22/4 7.3 to S Rithik Easwaran, . 31/5 15.5 to S Rathi, . 93/8
M Shahrukh Khan	1	0	5	0	5.00	2	0	0	1	0
N Kabilan	3	0	26	2	8.66	10	2	1	2	2
11.5 to G Ajitesh, . 61/6 16.4 to Muhammed Adnan Khan, . 96/9
Jhathavedh Subramanyan	3	0	19	0	6.33	8	1	1	0	0

Match Flow

Lyca Kovai Kings innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 45 runs, 1 wicket)
Lyca Kovai Kings Impact Player Subs: N Kabilan, Vishal Vaidhya, Pradheep Vishal, P Vidyuth, Govinth Ganesh

Nellai Royal Kings Impact Player Subs : D Santhosh Kumar, J Rohan, Risheek Kumar, PS Nirmal Kumar, Ajay Krishna
Lyca Kovai Kings: 50 runs in 7.3 overs (47 balls), Extras 4
S Lokeshwar: 50 off 39 balls (2 x 4, 2 x 6)
Lyca Kovai Kings: 100 runs in 14.5 overs (91 balls), Extras 8
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 36 balls (S Lokeshwar 28, M Shahrukh Khan 21, Ex 3)
Over 18.6: Review by Nellai Royal Kings (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - M Ashwin Kumar, Batter - R Divakar (Upheld)
Lyca Kovai Kings: 150 runs in 19.1 overs (118 balls), Extras 12
Innings Break: Lyca Kovai Kings - 165/6 in 20.0 overs (S Lokeshwar 90, R Divakar 12)

Nellai Royal Kings innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 26 runs, 4 wickets)
Over 5.1: Review by Lyca Kovai Kings (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - M Ashwin Kumar, Batter - Athish SR (Upheld)
Nellai Royal Kings: 50 runs in 11.2 overs (69 balls), Extras 8
Over 15.4: Review by Nellai Royal Kings (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - M Ashwin Kumar, Batter - S Rathi (Struck down)

Match Details

Chennai Super Kings Ground, Tirunelveli
Toss	Nellai Royal Kings, elected to field first
Series	Tamil Nadu Premier League
Season	2025
Player Of The Match	Suresh Lokeshwar
Hours of play (local time)	19.15 start, First Session 19.15-20.40, Interval 20.40-20.55, Second Session 20.55-22.20
Match days	21 June 2025 - night (20-over match)
NRK Player Replacement	Impact player: D Santhosh Kumar in, Rocky Bhasker out (1st innings, 15.6 ov)
LKK Player Replacement	Impact player: N Kabilan in, C Andre Siddarth out (1st innings, 19.6 ov)
Umpires	M Ashwin KumarDRS Sadashiv IyerDRS
TV Umpire	Rakesh Raghavan
Reserve Umpire	Saidharshan Kumar
Match Referee	Hemanth Kumar
Points	Lyca Kovai Kings 2, Nellai Royal Kings 0

Language

English

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Nellai Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
P Bhuvaneswaran	3	0	9	2	3
M Siddharth	4	0	16	2	4
R Divakar	3.5	1	16	3	4.17
M Shahrukh Khan	1	0	5	0	5
N Kabilan	3	0	26	2	8.66 (2 nb)
J Subramanyan	3	0	19	0	6.33

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