On Thursday, January 11, Pondicherry North XI defeated Yanam XI by 36 runs in match Pondicherry T20 2024, No. 19 at the Cricket Association Puducherry Siecham Ground.
Pondicherry North won the toss and chose to bat first, finishing at 65 for 2 at the midway point.
The innings was revitalised by openers P Sunil Kumar (64 runs off 53 balls) and Aravind Akash RS (55 runs off 30 balls), who helped the team score 160 for 6 in 20 overs.
The total was more than enough as Omar Pati’s 5 for 13 kept Yanam to 124 for 9, with Kaladi Nagar Babu scoring 33 runs off 18 balls.
Karaikal XI won another match by one wicket in a low-scoring thriller.
For his all-around excellence, Gopal Thivagar was chosen Player of the Match.
He first took two wickets for 30 runs in four overs before scoring 38 runs off 31 balls to lay the groundwork for his team.
On that topic, let’s take a look at Pondicherry 2024’s top run-getter and wicket-taker after Thursday’s play.
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List of Pondicherry T20 2024 Most Runs
Although Kaladi Nagar Babu was unable to lead Yanam XI across the finish line against Pondicherry North, his 33 runs helped him maintain his lead.
He has 220 runs scored in six innings with a strike rate of 115.79.
Kaladi’s advantage has grown as P Sunil Kumar is in second position with 132 runs in two innings.
Sivamurugan M of Pondicherry South is third with 130 runs in five innings.
Yanam hitter S Satish Varma is in fourth place after scoring 118 runs in six innings, while Gopal Thivagar is in fifth place after scoring 92 runs in five innings.
List of Pondicherry T20 2024 Most Wickets
Rajakavi Rajagopal of Pondicherry North took three wickets for 12 runs against Yanam to take the lead.
He has 12 wickets in five innings at a 5.20 economy rate.
Yanam’s initials K Kishore Kumar is one wicket shy of Rajagopal’s total for second place.
Karan Kannan of Pondicherry South is third with nine wickets in five matches.
P Gopalakrishnan of Pondicherry West has eight wickets in four matches, but he has dropped to fourth place when Kannan jumped from fifth to third with his 2 for 32 against Karaikal XI.