Salem Spartans vs Nellai Royal Kings, 23rd Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Athisayaraj Davidson to Lokesh Raj, out Caught by Suryaprakash! That's another attempted yorker, errs on the fuller side, a full-toss, Lokesh Raj clears his front-leg and carts it flat towards deep midwicket in pursuit of a six, but ends up handing a catch to Suryaprakash at the boundary. Lokesh Raj c Suryaprakash b Athisayaraj Davidson 15(12) [4s-1]

Athisayaraj Davidson to Lokesh Raj, FOUR, width offered, short of length, Lokesh Raj gets under it and uses his wrists to good effet to upper-cut this through deep backward point for four

Aparajith to Murugan Ashwin, out Caught by Sanjay Yadav!! That was an elaborate wicket. A rollercoaster of emotions encompassed within it, too. He's charges down to the flight, gets the timing really nicely, right off the meat, but that's just not got enough legs on it to carry over long-on - Harish at long-on settles under the skier and tumbles over backwards. Murugan Ashwin c Sanjay Yadav b Aparajith 6(16)

NS Harish to B Praanesh, out Caught by Arjun Murthy!! Another one bites the dust in pursuit of a dash at the end! Gets under the flight and tries slog-sweeping this over wide long-on, and he's mistimed it, handing a simple catch to Murthy at long-on! B Praanesh c Arjun Murthy b NS Harish 1(3)

Aparajith to M Ganesh Moorthi, out Caught by NS Harish!! That's just lousy. The ball is full and wide, room to swing the arms, goes cross-batted and lazy, gets a massive top-edge straight down the ground to hand the easiest of catches to long-off running in. M Ganesh Moorthi c NS Harish b Aparajith 10(8) [4s-2]

T Veeramani to M Ganesh Moorthi, FOUR, fired into the pads, M Ganesh Moorthi gets a little tickle on it and helps it away to fine leg for four

T Veeramani to M Ganesh Moorthi, FOUR, dropped short, rank half-tracker, and he's nailed the pull to the deep mid-wicket fence for four

T Veeramani to Shankar, out Caught by NS Harish! SIX AND OUT! Shankar has gotten greedy, picks a half-tracker, the eyes light up, and he's mistimed the pull straight to the man at cow corner handing him the simplest of catches! Shankar c NS Harish b T Veeramani 41(35) [4s-2 6s-2]

T Veeramani to Shankar, SIX, backs away and lofts this flat over long-off for a ginormous six!

Sanjay Yadav to S Abishiek, out Bowled! That's a trainwreck of a shot! That's a dart on a length towards the top of off-stump, S Abishiek backs into the on-side and tries to cross-bat a slog straight down the ground, and that's slid over the top-edge to crash into the top of the stumps! S Abishiek b Sanjay Yadav 25(21) [4s-2]

Sanjay Yadav to Shankar, SIX, short, wide, and that's a wildly cross-batted club flat over long-off for a massive six! A great way to bring up the 50-run stand!

Aparajith to S Abishiek, 2 runs, comes down the track and whips it in the air towards deep mid-wicket for two

Aparajith to S Abishiek, FOUR, gets a meter outside off, massive risk, and sweeps this fine through to beat the man at short fine leg for four

Trilok Nag to Shankar, FOUR, overtpiches outside off and he's dragged this to loft it away towards long-on for a one-bounce four

Trilok Nag to Shankar, FOUR, short and into the body, Shankar is waiting for that, rocks back and pulls that elegantly through mid-wicket for four

Athisayaraj Davidson to S Abishiek, FOUR, full and outside off, S Abishiek leans into a beautiful drive to the deep extra cover for four. Supreme timing. No one moved.

Athisayaraj Davidson to Gopinath, out Caught by Sanjay Yadav!! They've tried to up the ante far too soon, before getting the pace of the pitch properly, and he's trusted it a little too much - reaches out and tries lofting this straight down the ground from a length, assuming true bounce. It grips and he only manages to toe-end the loft towards cover, where Yadav settles under a skier! Gopinath c Sanjay Yadav b Athisayaraj Davidson 3(8)

NS Harish to Akshay Srinivasan, out Stumped! Beaten! Angles in and rips past the unwavered outside edge on the backfoot defence! Is there an edge? They're checking for the stumping, because the batsman has unwittingly lifted his heel, and the keeper has been cunning enough to whip off the bails at that very moment! That's really smart work by the keeper and rather careless by the batsman.Akshay Srinivasan st Indrajith b NS Harish 2(5)