The Eliminator match of Tamil Nadu Premier League 2022 is scheduled to play between Madurai Panthers and Lyca Kovai Kings on Tuesday 26th July 2022 at SCF Cricket Ground, Salem

The league matches of Tamil Nadu Premier League season seven are completed and now we have the top four teams. Madurai Panthers will be facing Lyca Kovai Kings in the eliminator match and the loser of this match will be out from the tournament. The winner of this match will face the loser of the qualifier 1 match. Madurai Panthers performed well in league matches and won five out of seven matches they played. They lost just two matches and are holding the third position on the points table. On the other side, Lyca Kovai Kings also played seven league matches with four wins to their name. They lost three matches and are at number four on the points table.

Madurai Panthers had been consistent in the previous matches and they also had beaten Lyca Kovai Kings in this tournament earlier. You should remember that they had beaten LKK three times in four matches. They are coming to this match on the back of a massive win over Ruby Trichy Warriors with a margin of 36 runs. The batting order of this team is strong and experienced which is led by V Aaditya and Arun Karthik with Balchander Anirudh, J Kousik, Rithik Easwaran, NS Chaturved, and Sunny Sandhu. They were not good in the previous match where they could manage to score just 136 runs in 20 overs. Balchander Anirudh was the most successful and highest run-scorer in the previous match with 34 runs to his name on 26 balls with the help of two boundaries and the same huge sixes. V Aaditya also performed well with the bat and scored 26 runs.

Sunny Sandhu remained not out after scoring 24 runs on just eight balls. He smashed one boundary and three huge sixes while J Kousik could manage to score just 22 runs. Madurai Panthers won the previous match due to the best and outstanding performance by their bowling department. They defended a low target of 137 runs and send the full team of Ruby Trichy Warriors back to the pavilion on a total of 100 runs in 18.4 overs. Sunny Sandhu, Kiran Akash, P Saravanan, Varun Chakaravarthy, R Mithun, and Jagatheesan Kousik are handling the bowling department of MPS. Jagatheesan Kousik was the most successful and highest wicket-taker in the previous match with four wickets to his name in four overs against just 15 runs. Kiran Akash picked two wickets in 3.4 overs and bowled out against 23 runs. Varun Chakaravarthy is a senior bowler of MPS and he was also good in the previous match. He picked two wickets in three overs and bowled out while he was charged for 27 runs. Sunny Sandhu picked one wicket.

The way how Lyca Kovai Kings performed in the previous match against the best performing and unbeaten team of TNPL 2022, Nellai Royal Kings. They also qualified for the playoff due to that win. The batting order of LKK is strong and experienced. They performed well in the previous match and scored 177 runs in 20 overs. Ganga Sridhar Raju and Suresh Kumar are opening the batting inning for Lyca Kovai Kings and provided a good opening start of 117 runs for the partnership of the first wicket. Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh Khan, Abhishek Tanwar, and U Mukilesh are also available to handle the middle and lower batting order. Suresh Kumar was the most successful and highest run-scorer in the previous match. He scored 75 runs on just 48 balls with the help of seven boundaries and four huge sixes. Ganga Sridhar Raju also performed well and scored 48 runs. He faced 43 balls and smashed four boundaries and one huge six during his inning.

Sai Sudharsan was the other batter from the side of Lyca Kovai Kings who put some runs on the board in the previous match. He scored 35 runs on just 18 balls with the help of two boundaries and the same huge sixes. The performance of the bowling department of Lyca Kovai Kings was not good in the previous match but they defended the target of 178 runs and leaked 172 runs in 20 overs. Abhishek Tanwar, Manish Ravi, S Ajith Ram, Balu Surya, R Divakar, and the skipper, Shahrukh Khan are leading the bowling department of LKK. R Divakar was the highest wicket-taker in the previous match but he also leaked a lot of runs. He picked three wickets while he was charged for 40 runs in three overs. S Ajith Ram and Shahrukh Khan picked two wickets while Abhishek Tanwar and Manish Ravi had one wicket each to their names.

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

• Madurai Panthers had won five out of seven matches in this tournament
• Madurai Panthers had performed well than Lyca Kovai Kings in TNPL 2022
• Madurai Panthers have some experienced players
• The batting order of Madurai Panthers is performing well in this tournament

Madurai Panthers 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 Madurai Panthers is strong at least on papers, so the winning chances of today match for the Madurai Panthers have been increased. The equation of winning chances of both teams for today match is mentioned as under.

Madurai Panthers have a 52% chance to win this match
Lyca Kovai Kings has 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 our toss prediction, the team who will win the toss may choose to field first.

The Eliminator Match match of Tamil Nadu Premier League season 2022 is scheduled to be held at SCF Cricket Ground, Salem. 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 180 runs should be a par score.

The weather forecast in Salem 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.

Madurai Panthers
NS Chaturved (c), Rithik Easwaran (wk), V Aaditya, Balchander Anirudh, Jagatheesan Kousik, Sunny Sandhu, P Saravanan, Kiran Akash, Varun Chakaravarthy, R Mithun, Arun Karthik.

Lyca Kovai Kings
Shahrukh Khan (c), J Suresh Kumar (wk), Sai Sudharsan, Shijit Chandran, U Mukilesh, Abhishek Tanwar, Balu Surya, S Ajith Ram, R Divakar, Manish Ravi, Ganga Sridhar Raju.

Captain: J Suresh Kumar
Vice-Captain: S Khan
A Karthik, B Anirudh Sita Ram, N Chaturved, U Mukilesh, S Sudharsan, A Tanwar, S Ajith Ram, K Akash, S Sandhu

Date: Tuesday, 26th July 2022
Time: 01:45 PM GMT / 07:15 PM LOCAL / 07:15 PM IST

• Stadium: SCF Cricket Ground
• Location: Salem, India
• Known as: Salem Cricket Foundation Stadium, Salem
• Time Zone: UTC +05:30
• Floodlights: Yes

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