Lyca Kovai Kings vs Madurai Panthers, 23rd Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

The match has been abandoned. Well it was expected with the rain playing hide and seek for a while and the outfield taking a fair beating. The umpires spoke to the captains and there were handshakes. First points for Madurai Super Giants in TNPL history, not the way they would have wanted though. As far as Lyca Kovai Kings, their chances of making it to the final four look bleak. Need to win the remaining two games and hope the other results go their way. That's it from us. Back again tomorrow. Cya!

21:05 Local Time, 15:35 GMT, 21:05 IST: And there we go.. "Oh good lord! Just when they removed the covers, the clouds opened up again. Another delay," tweet TNPL.

20:30 Local Time, 15:00 GMT, 20:30 IST: The groundsmen are working hard to remove the water. Super soppers and sponge being used. Meanwhile, the players keep themselves busy with some football. The covers are being peeled off and only one that is covering the square is on. The crowd are waiting eagerly as well. So, we will have some action today.

20:25 Local Time, 14:55 GMT, 20:25 IST: The latest update via TNPL's tweet, "It's still drizzling but the groundsmen have started to prepare the ground. We will be back with an update soon."

20:05 Local Time, 14:35 GMT, 20:05 IST: Here is something to cheer about. MSG have tweeted, "The rain has slowed down... hopefully there will be toss soon."

19:36 Local Time: "The intensity of rain has reduced and we are waiting for it to stop completely." tweets TNPL on Twitter.

19:11 Local Time: Live pictures show that it's still pelting down. The covers are in place. Chances of play today looks pretty slim as there are already large puddles that have been formed in the outfield. Stick around, we'll be back with more updates.

18:34 Local Time: Some deflating news to start with. Here's a tweet from MSG which says, "Oh no! We are be visited by the rain gods again! I think the match might have a delayed start."

On the other hand, Kovai will be desperate to win their remaining three games and buy help from other teams to sneak into the play-offs. Toss and team updates will be up shortly. Stay tuned.

18:30 Local Time: Evening all. Rain has been stalking TNPL of late with last couple of matches interrupted by the weather gods. Let's hope the rain the stays away today. Coming to cricket, 12 matches. 12 losses. If you have to put Madurai Super Giant's journey in two seasons so far - it's a case of so-close-yet-so-far. Unless they pull up their socks, borrow or steal some wins they will finish with the wooden spoon for the second straight time.

Madurai Super Giant (From): Arun Karthik(c), Shijit Chandran, K Mani Bharathi(w), Shahrukh Khan, Murugan Ganesh, Sivagnanan Senthilnathan, Lakshminarayanan Vignesh, M Raja, M Poiyamozhi, R Karthikeyan, DT Chandrasekar, Muruganantham, Palani Amarnath, Edward Kennedy, D Prashanth Prabhu, N Ganesh, P Francis Rokins, Suresh Kumar, R Ajith, PS Sivaramakrishnan

Lyca Kovai Kings (From): Pradosh Ranjan Paul, L Suryaprakash(c), B Anirudh Sita Ram, Ravi Kumar Rohith(w), K Deeban Lingesh, Akshay Srinivasan, S Harish Kumar, M Mohammed, Krishnamoorthy Vignesh, S Ajith Ram, B Arun, S Tarun Srinivas, K Gowtham Thamarai Kannan, Ranjan Paul, MK Sivakumar, Vijay Shankar, JS Mohammad, Murali Vijay, Manish Ravi, M Siddharth