The 13th match of Tamil Nadu Premier League 2022 is scheduled to play between Dindigul Dragons and Madurai Panthers on Thursday 7th July 2022 at NPR College Ground, Dindigul.

Dindigul Dragons are the second-best performing team in Tamil Nadu Premier League season seven. They had played a total of four matches with two wins and the same losses. They are holding the second position on the points table. They are coming to this match on the back of a massive win over IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans in their previous match with a handsome margin of nine wickets. On the other side, Madurai Panthers had been good in TNPL T20 2022. They had won two out of three matches played so far. They had lost just one match and are situated at the 3rd position on the table. They had lost their most recent match against Nellai Royal Kings by the margin of 26 runs. Both teams, Dindigul Dragons and Madurai Panthers had been good in this tournament and we are sure that this match is going to be very interesting.

The bowling department of Dindigul Dragons is strong and experienced and they were just good in the previous match against IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans where they leaked 145 runs in their inning of 20 overs. Lakshminarayanan Vignesh, Rangaraj Suthesh, VP Diran, M Silambarasan, K Monish, and the captain, Hari Nishanth are the star bowlers of DGD and these all bowlers performed well in the most recent match. M Silambarasan was the most successful and highest wicket-taker in the previous match with three wickets to his name in four overs while he was charged for 21 runs. The skipper, Hari Nishanth was also good with the ball. He picked two wickets in three overs and bowled out while he leaked just 13 runs. Rangaraj Suthesh was the other bowler who had two wickets to his name but he leaked a lot of runs. He was charged for 33 runs in four overs.

Lakshminarayanan Vignesh picked one wicket in the previous match while K Monish and VP Diran were the bowlers who could not manage to pick any wicket. The batting order of Dindigul Dragons was also good in the previous match. They chased the target of 146 runs in just 18.1 overs. Almost all batters from their side put some runs on the board. K Vishal Vaidhya and the skipper, Hari Nishanth are opening the batting inning for DGD and they provided a good start of 66 runs for the partnership of the first wicket. K Vishal Vaidhya was the most successful and highest run-scorer in the previous match who remained not out after scoring 84 runs on 57 balls with the help of six boundaries and five huge sixes. Mani Bharathi also performed well with the bat and scored 38 runs on 29 balls. He smashed four boundaries and one huge six during his inning while he also remained not out till the chase of the target.

Madurai Panthers lost the previous match against Nellai Royal Kings due to the worst performance by their bowling department. They leaked 209 runs in their 20 overs. Sunny Sandhu and Kiran Akash are the leading bowlers of MPS with Silambarasan, Varun Chakravarthy, J Kousik, and R Mithun. Kiran Akash was the highest wicket-taker from the side of Madurai Panthers who picked two wickets in four overs while he was charged for 44 runs. R Mithun had one wicket to his name in two overs while he leaked 14 runs. Varun Chakravarthy is the experienced bowler of MPS but he leaked a lot of runs in the previous match. He was charged for 50 runs in four overs. Silambarasan leaked 46 runs in four overs.

The batting order of Madurai Panthers performed well overall but failed to chase the target of 210 runs. They scored 183 runs in 20 overs. Arun Karthik was the most successful batter from the side of MPS who scored the first century of Tamil Nadu Premier League 2022. He scored a total of 106 runs on just 57 balls with the help of 12 boundaries and five huge sixes. No other batter from the side of Madurai Panthers could manage to pick some good runs on the board. The skipper, NS Chaturvedi scored 27 runs while Jagatheesan Kousik could manage to score just 21 runs. No other batter from the side of MPS could manage to enter into a double-figure.

According to TNPL prediction, Dindigul Dragons is the favorite team to win this match. There are many factors that make Dindigul Dragons a favorite team to win this match.

• K Vishal Vaidhya and Mani Bharathi are in good form for DGD
• Madurai Panthers were also good in the previous match
• Dindigul Dragons have some experienced players
• Arun Karthik had scored a century in the previous match and we are sure that he will also put some big runs on the board

Dindigul Dragons is overall a strong team as compared to the Madurai Panthers especially when it comes to the batting. The batting and bowling squad of the Dindigul Dragons is strong at least on papers, so the winning chances of today’s match for the Dindigul Dragons have been increased. The equation of winning chances of both teams for today’s match is mentioned as under.

Dindigul Dragons have a 52% chance to win this match
Madurai Panthers have a 48% chance to win this match

The toss is going to play an important role in the decision of all previously played matches of Tamil Nadu Premier League. We had seen in the previous editions of this tournament that chase is the best option for both teams at the venue of Chennai. Almost 70% of matches had been won by the bowling first. According to toss prediction, the team who will win the toss may choose to field first.

The 13th Match match of Tamil Nadu Premier League season 2022 is scheduled to be held at NPR College Ground, Dindigul. The pitch here at this venue is flat and good for batting as there is no bounce and pace. Out-field on this venue is very fast and the ball will travel to the boundary very quickly. It also has a lot of help for the spin bowlers but almost all teams in this tournament have a strong batting order so this does not matter. According to the live cricket score, a total of 175 runs should be a par score.

The weather forecast in Dindigul is good for a cricket match. The forecast is predicting almost no chances of rain on match day and we will have a full match to enjoy.

Dindigul Dragons
Mani Bharathi (wk), R Vivek, RS Mokit Hariharan, Karaparambil Monish, AG Pradeep, VP Diran, Lakshminarayanan Vignesh, M Silambarasan, Rangaraj Suthesh, K Vishal Vaidhya, Hari Nishanth (c).

Madurai Panthers
Balchander Anirudh, NS Chaturvedi (c), Jagatheesan Kousik, Thalaivan Sargunam, Sunny Sandhu, Varun Chakravarthy, Kiran Akash, R Silambarasan, R Mithun, V Aaditya, Arun Karthik (wk).

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Date: Thursday, 7th July 2022
Time: 01:45 PM GMT / 07:15 PM LOCAL / 07:15 PM IST

Date: Thursday, 7th July 2022
Time: 01:45 PM GMT / 07:15 PM LOCAL / 07:15 PM IST

K Rajkumar, Aushik Srinivas, Jhatavedh Subrahmanyan, K Deeban Lingesh, S Senthil Nathan, V Gowtham, B Rocky, P Saravanan, M Ayush, Rithik Easwaran, Vignesh Iyer, V Aaditya, Arun Karthik (wk), Balchander Anirudh, NS Chaturvedi (c), Jagatheesan Kousik, Thalaivan Sargunam, Sunny Sandhu, Varun Chakravarthy, Kiran Akash, R Silambarasan, R Mithun.