The 7th match of Tamil Nadu Premier League 2022 is scheduled to play between Nellai Royal Kings and Dindigul Dragons on Thursday 30th June 2022 at NPR College Ground, Dindigul.

Tamil Nadu Premier League is going to resume after the gap of two days and Nellai Royal Kings will be facing Dindigul Dragons in this match. Nellai Royal Kings had an ideal start to TNPL 2022 and had won both played matches till now. They beat Chepauk Super Gillies in the first match which was decided through the Super Overs and won the next match against Salem Spartans with a handsome margin of five wickets. They are leading the points table right now. On the other hand, Dindigul Dragons also had played two matches with one win and the other lost. They failed to have a good start to TNPL 2022 and lost the first match against Ruby Trichy Warriors but they bounced back strongly and won the next match against Lyca Kovai Kings. They are holding the fourth spot on the ladder.

Nellai Royal Kings is overall a strong and experienced team with some best players in the T20 format of cricket in their squad. They have an experienced bowling department which is led by Athisayaraj Davidson and Arya Yohan Menon with Sanjay Yadav, Baba Aparajith, NS Harish, and Jitendra Kumar. They were good in the previous match against Salem Spartans where they leaked 149 runs in their 20th over innings. Athisayaraj Davidson was the most successful bowler with two wickets to his name in four overs against 28 runs. NS Harish was the other bowler who picked two wickets in his four overs while he was charged for 30 runs. Arya Yohan Menon and Sanjay Yadav picked one wicket each in the most recent match.

Baba Aparajith and Jitendra Kumar were the bowlers who could not manage to pick any wicket in the previous match. The batting order of NRK had performed well in TNPL till now. Laxmesha Suryaprakash and Pradosh Paul are leading the batting department of Nellai Royal Kings with Baba Aparajith and Baba Indrajith available to handle the top batting order while Sanjay Yadav, G Ajitesh, and Jitendra Kumar are handling the middle batting order. They chased the target of 150 runs in 17.2 overs. G Ajitesh was the most successful batter from their side who remained not out after scoring 48 runs on 25 balls with the help of one boundary and five huge sixes. Laxmesha Suryaprakash was the other batter who put some runs on the board. He scored 35 runs and smashed two boundaries and the same huge sixes during his inning while Baba Aparajith scored 32 runs.

Dindigul Dragons are coming to this match on the back of a massive win over Lyca Kovai Kings with a margin of five wickets. The bowling department of this team was not impressive as they leaked 188 runs in 20 overs. Rangaraj Suthesh, Lakshminarayanan Vignesh, M Silambarasan, Manoj Kumar, R Vivek, and K Monish are leading the bowling department of DDS. R Vivek was the highest wicket-taker from their side who picked three wickets in his four overs against 35 runs. M Silambarasan and Rangaraj Suthesh picked two wickets each while K Monish had one wicket to his name. Vignesh and Manoj Kumar were the bowlers who could not manage to pick any wickets.

We had mentioned earlier that the batting order of Dindigul Dragons is much strong than all teams of TNPL 2022 and they proved this in the previous match where they chased the target of 189 runs in 19..2 overs. K Vishal Vaidhya and Hari Nishanth are opening the batting inning of DDS and they proved the opening partnership of 100 runs for the first wicket. Mani Bharathi, AG Pradeep, RS Mokit Hariharan, R Vivek, and Karaparambil Monish are available to handle the middle and lower batting order. Hari Nishanth was the most successful batter in the previous match who scored 60 runs on just 36 balls with the help of seven boundaries and two huge sixes. K Vishal Vaidhya also performed well but he was also unlucky as he could not complete his fifty and scored 49 runs. AG Pradeep remained not out after scoring 24 runs.

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

• Nellai Royal Kings had won the both played matches earlier
• K Vishal Vaidhya and Hari Nishanth are in good form for DDS
• Nellai Royal Kings have some experienced players
• Dindigul Dragons have a strong and experienced batting order on the side

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

Nellai Royal Kings have a 52% chance to win this match
Dindigul Dragons 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 7th 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 190 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.

Nellai Royal Kings
Pradosh Paul, Baba Aparajith, Baba Indrajith (c & wk), G Ajitesh, Sanjay Yadav, Jitendra Kumar, M Shajahan, NS Harish, V Athisayaraj Davidson, Arya Yohan Menon, Laxmesha Suryaprakash.

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

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Date: Thursday, 30th June 2022
Time: 09:45 AM GMT / 03:15 PM LOCAL / 03:15 PM IST

Stadium: NPR College Ground
Location: Dindigul, India
Time Zone: UTC +05:30
Home to: Tamil Nadu

Hari Nishanth (c), AG Pradeep, Mani Bharathi (wk), S Kishan Kumar, S Arun, S Lokeshwar, S Swaminathan, Rajhamany Srinivasan, K Mukunth, M Karthik Saran, Vimal Khumar, Gurjapneet Singh, Advaith Sharma,K Vishal Vaidhya, RS Mokit Hariharan, R Vivek, Karaparambil Monish, Lakshminarayanan Vignesh, M Silambarasan, Manoj Kumar, Rangaraj Suthesh.