Salem Spartans vs Ruby Trichy Warriors, 24th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Rahil to G Periyaswamy, out Caught by Mathivannan!! tossed up on middle, Periyaswamy goes for a big heave but only gets elevation. Long-off runs forward to take a well judged catch. Salem are bundled out with a ball to spare! G Periyaswamy c Mathivannan b Rahil 0(4)

Ajay Krishna to S Boopalan, out Caught by Rahil!! length outside off, Boopalan stepped away a bit and tried to slap it through covers but picks out the fielder in the circle. Tried to repeat the shot that got him the boundary, but this one ends as an easy catch. S Boopalan c Rahil b Ajay Krishna 6(6) [4s-1]

Ajay Krishna to S Boopalan, FOUR, fuller length and a bit of width, Boopalan steps out and drives it through covers powerfully for a boundary! It looks like the batters are enjoying pace on the ball once again

Mathivannan to Ferrario, out Caught&Bowled!! It was flat, got stuck on the pitch a bit and took a while to get to the batter, Ferrario rocks back and tries to cut it over the infield, but only toe-ends it back to the bowler who leaps upwards to latch onto that with both hands. The last recognised batter for Salem is now back in the hut. Ferrario c and b Mathivannan 13(17) [4s-1]

Rahil to Lokesh Raj, out Bowled!! He never looked comfortable and that's the end of Lokesh Raj's troubled innings. It was another arm ball that went on to hit the middle stump. The batter played the wrong line and left a gaping hole between bat and pad. The spinners continue to make merry! Lokesh Raj b Rahil 2(11)

Atheeq Ur Rahman to S Abishiek, out Stumped!! full and a bit quicker, inducing the batter onto the frontfoot only to sneak the gap between bat and pad to go through to the keeper. The keeper has a bit of a fumble but still manages to dislodge the bails in time. Abishiek had strayed forward to play that and was then off balance, taking too long to come back to the crease. S Abishiek st Ganesh b Atheeq Ur Rahman 7(7) [4s-1]

MS Sanjay to Ferrario, FOUR, tossed up around off, Ferrario tries to paddle that away, a faint edge off the bat bouncing off the pads for a very fine boundary. There was an appeal for LBW but the umpire has called it runs

MS Sanjay to Ravi Karthikeyan, out Caught by Ajay Krishna!! lovely catch! It was tossed up and straighter, Karthikeyan plays the lofted drive on the leg side, long-on sharply runs forward to take a low, diving catch. Salem have lost half their side now! Ravi Karthikeyan c Ajay Krishna b MS Sanjay 2(5)

MS Sanjay to S Abishiek, FOUR, tossed up outside off, Abishiek slashed hard it, outside edge and runs away to the fence with third-man in the circle

Atheeq Ur Rahman to Murugan Ashwin, out Lbw!! That's gone. Rahman strikes in his first over. It is the arm-ball which drifts in and Ashwin ends up playing outside the line, the ball beats the inside edge and strikes him on the pad right in front of stumps. He tried to fool the umpire by stretching his leg and getting the pad outside off, but umpire Krishnaraj Srinath had his finger up in a flash. Murugan Ashwin lbw b Atheeq Ur Rahman 13(11) [4s-1]

Atheeq Ur Rahman to Ravi Karthikeyan, 1 run, sliding on with the round the wicket angle, Karthikeyan glances it towards short fine

Rahil to S Ganesh, out Bowled!! Cleaned up! Rahil is delighted as he lets out a roar and pumps his fist. Ganesh comes down the track and yorks himself, does not get the bat down in time to dig it out and the ball clatters into the stumps. A very scratchy innings from Ganesh comes to an end and it might be a blessing in disguise for Salem Spartans. S Ganesh b Rahil 11(24)

MS Sanjay to Murugan Ashwin, FOUR, edged and safe. Sharp turn and Ashwin tries to force it off the back foot, the outside edge flies through the vacant slip region and races to third man

Mathivannan to Gopinath, out Gopinath Run Out!! What was Gopinath doing there? He missed the sweep and had no idea where the ball deflected after hitting him on the pad, started to run blindly and Ganesh was never interested, Saravana Kumar swooped down from short third man and hit the bulls-eye at the striker's end, even with a full length dive Gopinath was not in the frame. Gopinath run out (Saravana Kumar) 24(19) [4s-5]

Mathivannan to Gopinath, FOUR, backs away and creates the width to free his arms, cracks the cut in front of square and beats a packed off-side field

Ajay Krishna to Gopinath, FOUR, angled in and right in the slot, Gopinath plays the bottom handed whip over mid-wicket and the result is same

Ajay Krishna to Gopinath, FOUR, short of length and Gopinath picked the length early, pulled it off the front foot over mid-wicket and did not bother to run

Rahil to Gopinath, FOUR, lovely shot! Gopinath makes room and goes inside out over extra cover, got it over the infield and collected his second boundary

Saravana Kumar to Gopinath, FOUR, fuller and shaping away outside off, Gopinath lofts it with the swing over backward point, one bounce and over the ropes

Saravana Kumar to Akshay Srinivasan, out Caught by Ganesh!! What a start! Saravana Kumar strikes with his first ball. Full and swinging away outside off, Srinivasan chases after it and nicks it behind to the keeper, Ganesh makes no mistake. That was so far outside off, would have been called a wide had Srinivasan let go. He walks off with a wry smile on his face. Akshay Srinivasan c Ganesh b Saravana Kumar 0(1)