First win of the season for Siechem Madurai Panthers (SMP). An authoritative victory in Match 8 of Tamil Nadu Premier League 2025 (TNPL 2025) against Lyca Kovai Kings (LKK). With the help of the top 3 batters, the Panthers easily hunt their first victory of the season. On an individual basis, LKK skipper Shahrukh Khan did an excellent all-around display, but cricket is a team game. 

Toss and the first innings:

Siechem The Madurai Panthers chose to bowl first after winning the toss. Their bowlers had been doing a good job by restricting the opposition team batters early in the match. Murugan Ashwan and P. Saravanan's economical bowling never let the batsmen settle on the wicket and rotated the strike rate flawlessly. Kovai Kings lost only 5 wickets but got only 169 in 20 overs because of these two blowers. Shahrukh Khan was exceptional with the bat in the first innings. His unbeaten 77 helped Kings to claim a respectable total on the board. 

Second innings:

Madurai batters were at the top of their game from the beginning of the innings. The top 3 batters of the lineup—Ram Arvindh (64), B. Anirudh Sita Ram (37), and the skipper, N. S. Chaturved (46)—comfortably landed their team at the destination. Arvindh was selected as the player of the contest for playing the match-winning knock. 

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TNPL 2025: Kovai Kings vs Madurai Panthers full match scoreboard

Kovai Kings- 169/5 (20)

Madurai Panthers- 171/3 (17.5)