Dindigul Dragons vs Lyca Kovai Kings - 1st Match of the Indian Premier League 2025, at SNR College Cricket Ground, Coimbatore
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1. TOURNAMENT STATS AND INFO
(i) Points Table Scenario
DD - Not Played Yet
LKK - Not Played Yet
2. VENUE AND PITCH INFO
Venue - SNR College Cricket Ground, Coimbatore
(i) Total Matches - T20s
Overall - 22
Avg 1st Innings - 162
Avg 2nd Innings - 148
Highest total - 236/2 (Nellai Royal Kings vs Ruby Trichy Warriors - 15th July'2022)
Times won Batting First - 7
Times won Batting Second - 15
(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground
DD - 4 - 2w/2l
LKK - 8 - 6w/2l
(iii) Top Performers on this venue from the current squads - T20s
DD
Maan K Bafna - 18th highest run scorer (94), Avg (47) - 4I
Ganeshan Periyaswamy - 14th highest wicket taker (5), SR (24.8) - 6I
Ravichandran Ashwin - 20th highest wicket taker (4), SR (19.25) - 4I
LKK
Shahrukh Khan - 5th highest run scorer (204), Avg (68) - 7I
B Sachin - 26th highest run scorer (78), Avg (39) - 3I
Shahrukh Khan - Highest wicket taker (12), SR (11) - 8I
Jhatavedh Subramanyan - 20th highest wicket taker (4), SR (21) - 4I
(iv) Recent Matches on this venue
1) Chepauk Super Gillies vs Salem Spartans - 18th July'2024
156/7 vs 133/5 (CSG won by 23 runs)
Pacers - 5w+1w=6w
Spinners - 2w+4w=6w
2) iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans vs Dindigul Dragons - 17th July'2024
108/4 vs 111/2 (DD won by 8 wkts - Match reduced to 13 overs)
Pacers - 3w+1w=4w
Spinners - 1w+0w=1w
3) Trichy Grand Cholas vs Lyca Kovai Kings - 16th July'2024
124/9 vs 125/2 (LKK won by 8 wkts)
Pacers - 4w+2w=6w
Spinners - 4w+0w=4w
4) Dindigul Dragons vs Chepauk Super Gillies - 14th July'2024
64/6 vs 65/1 (CSG won by 9 wkts - Match reduced to 7 overs)
Pacers - 4w+1w=5w
Spinners - 2w+0w=2w
5) Trichy Grand Cholas vs Salem Spartans - 14th July'2024
198/5 vs 163/10 (TGC won by 35 runs)
Pacers - 3w+8w=11w
Spinners - 2w+1w=3w
6) Nellai Royal Kings vs Lyca Kovai Kings - 13th July'2024
167/7 vs 172/1 (LKK won by 9 wkts)
Pacers - 3w+1w=4w
Spinners - 4w+0w=4w
7) Siechem Madurai Panthers vs iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans - 13th July'2024
156/9 vs 157/6 (ITT won by 4 wkts)
Pacers - 3w+2w=5w
Spinners - 6w+4w=10w
8) Lyca Kovai Kings vs Nellai Royal Kings - 16th June'2023
181/6 vs 182/6 (NRK won by 4 wkts)
Pacers - 4w+3w=7w
Spinners - 0w+2w=2w
9) iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans vs Chepauk Super Gillies - 15th June'2023
120/7 vs 121/3 (CSG won by 7 wkts)
Pacers - 2w+0w=2w
Spinners - 3w+3w=6w
10) Trichy Grand Cholas vs Dindigul Dragons - 14th June'2023
120/10 vs 122/4 (DD won by 6 wkts)
Pacers - 5w+3w=8w
Spinners - 5w+1w=6w
SUMMARY
Pacers
1st Innings - 36w
2nd Innings - 22w
Spinners
1st Innings - 29w
2nd Innings - 15w
Overall
58w:44w (Pacers:Spinners)
(vi) Toss Based Analysis on this venue
Dindigul Dragons (DD)
1. Baba Indrajith
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 9(5), 0(1)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(6)*, 22(23), 31(25)*
2. Ravichandran Ashwin
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 25(29)&1w, 45(20)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w
3. Maan K Bafna
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 37(35), 29(29)*, 20(10)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(5)
4. Shivam Singh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 46(30), 4(5)
5. Varun Chakravarthy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 0w
6. Sandeep Warrier
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w, 4w, 0w, 0w, 0w
7. R Vimal Khumar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(7)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(2), 17(16)
8. Ganeshan Periyaswamy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(6)*&1w, 1w, 0w, 2w
9. DT Chandrasekhar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. M Karthik Saran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. H Dinesh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Atul Maruti Vitkar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Rajwinder Singh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Hunny
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. RK Jayant
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
16. M Viju Arul
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w
Lyca Kovai Kings (LKK)
1. B Sachin
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(6), 0(7)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 76(48)
2. Shahrukh Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 51(28)*&0w 22(17), 25(15)&3w, 17(8)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 24(23)*&2w, 0w, 58(24)*&1w, 7(3)*&2w, 3w
3. K Vishal Vaidhya
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(4), 7(14)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 16(17), 10(11)
4. C Andre Siddarth
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 9(14)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. Suresh Lokeshwar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(2)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
6. Ramalingam Rohit
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2w
7. B Aaditya
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
8. Manimaran Siddharth
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w
9. P Vidyuth
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. P Bhuvaneswaran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(21)&1w, 1w
11. Pradheep Vishal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Jhathavedh Subramanyan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w
13. N Kabilan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. CH Jitendra Kumar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. R Divakar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 0w, 6(3)&0w
16. G Govinth
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
17. RS Ambrish
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
18. KTA Madhava Prasad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
19. S Guru Raghavendran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. HEAD TO HEAD
(i) Overall
10 - 6w/4l (In favor of DD)
(ii) Last 5 Matches
5 - 3w/2l (In favour of DD)
(iii) On This Venue
Not Played Yet
(iv) Recent Head to Head Matches
1) Lyca Kovai Kings vs Dindigul Dragons - 4th August'2024
129/7 vs 131/4 (DD won by 6 wkts)
Manimaran Siddharth - 1w
Shahrukh Khan - 1w
Ravichandran Ashwin - 52(46)
Baba Indrajith - 32(35)
Sandeep Warrier - 2w
Varun Chakravarthy - 2w
2) Lyca Kovai Kings vs Dindigul Dragons - 21st July'2024
172/5 vs 176/5 (DD won by 5 wkts)
Shahrukh Khan - 51(25)* & 2w
Jhathavedh Subramanyan - 2w
Manimaran Siddharth - 1w
Baba Indrajith - 96(49)*
Shivam Singh - 36(33)
Varun Chakravarthy - 2w
Sandeep Warrier - 1w
3) Lyca Kovai Kings vs Dindigul Dragons - 7th July'2023
193/7 vs 163/9 (LKK won by 30 runs)
B Sachin - 70(46)
Jhathavedh Subramanyan - 1w
Shahrukh Khan - 1w
Baba Indrajith - 21(17)
Varun Chakravarthy - 1w
4) Lyca Kovai Kings vs Dindigul Dragons - 25th June'2023
206/5 vs 147/10 (LKK won by 59 runs)
Shahrukh Khan - 18(11)* & 2w
Manimaran Siddharth - 2w
Jhatavedh Subramanyan - 1w
S Shivam Singh - 61(42)
Ravichandran Ashwin - 1w
(v) Toss Based Analysis (H2H)
Dindigul Dragons (DD)
1. Baba Indrajith
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(6), 21(17), 96(49)*, 32(25)*
2. Shivam Singh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 61(42), 10(14), 36(33), 4(3)
3. Maan K Bafna
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. Ravichandran Ashwin
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 5(10)&1w, 0(1)&0w, 52(46)&0w
5. Varun Chakravarthy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w, 2w, 2w
6. Sandeep Warrier
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w
7. R Vimal Khumar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(4), 13(12), 9(8)
8. Ganeshan Periyaswamy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
9. DT Chandrasekhar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. M Karthik Saran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. H Dinesh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Atul Maruti Vitkar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Rajwinder Singh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Hunny
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. RK Jayant
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
16. M Viju Arul
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
Lyca Kovai Kings (LKK)
1. B Sachin
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 70(46)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
2. Shahrukh Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 86(54)&0w, 30(27), 0w, 28(22), 19(8)&2w, 18(11)*&2w, 2(3)&1w, 51(25)*&2w, 3(7)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. K Vishal Vaidhya
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 49(40)
4. C Andre Siddarth
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. Suresh Lokeshwar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(10)*, 9(13)
6. Ramalingam Rohit
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
7. B Aaditya
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
8. Manimaran Siddharth
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 0w, 1w, 7(12)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
9. P Vidyuth
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. P Bhuvaneshwaran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Pradheep Vishal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Jhathavedh Subramanyan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w, 2w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. N Kabilan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. CH Jitendra Kumar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. R Divakar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
16. G Govinth
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
17. RS Ambrish
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
18. KTA Madhava Prasad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
19. S Guru Raghavendran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
(vi) PLAYERS WHO HAVE PLAYED AGAINST THE OTHER AS PART OF DIFFERENT TEAMS IN THE PAST (in case data-set is small above)
1. Ganeshan Periyaswamy vs Lyca Kovai Kings - Wickets (5), SR (22.8) - 5I
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 2w, 0w, 1w
2. Maan K Bafna vs Lyca Kovai Kings - Runs (149), Avg (29.8) - 6I; Wickets (2), SR (36) - 4I
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 44(22)&1w, 14(16)&1w, 20(10)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 40(39), 21(20)&0w, 10(10)
3. K Vishal Vaidhya vs Dindigul Dragons - Runs (109), Avg (27.2) - 5I
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(6), 41(37), 0(1)*, 51(41)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 15(18)
4. P Bhuvaneswaran vs Dindigul Dragons - Wickets (2), SR (25) - 3I
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. Suresh Lokeshwar vs Dindigul Dragons - Runs (99), Avg (49.5) - 3I
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 18(18), 26(20)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 55(37)
6. Ramalingam Rohit vs Dindigul Dragons - Runs (31), Avg (15.5) - 3I; Wickets (5), SR (15.4) - 5I
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 14(14)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(4)*&0w, 3w, 12(7)&2w
4. PLAYER BATTLES - T20s
(i) DD BATTING vs LKK BOWLING
1. Baba Indrajith
vs Siddharth - 56r, 43b, 1w
vs Shahrukh - 19r, 14b, 1w
vs Bhuvaneswaran - 7r, 10b, 0w
vs Subramanyan - 38r, 32b, 0w
vs Rohit - 16r, 18b, 1w
vs Divakar - 21r, 19b, 0w
2. Shivam Singh
vs Siddharth - 18r, 24b, 1w
vs Shahrukh - 4r, 9b, 2w
vs Bhuvaneswaran - 17r, 15b, 1w
vs Subramanyan - 33r, 16b, 1w
vs Rohit - 11r, 7b, 0w
3. R Vimal Khumar
vs Siddharth - 9r, 15b, 1w
vs Bhuvaneswaran - 8r, 14b, 1w
vs Rohit - 5r, 2b, 0w
4. Maan K Bafna
vs Siddharth - 4r, 6b, 0w
vs Shahrukh - 11r, 7b, 0w
vs Divakar - 3r, 3b, 0w
5. Ravichandran Ashwin
vs Siddharth - 16r, 16b, 1w
vs Shahrukh - 5r, 6b, 1w
vs Bhuvaneswaran - 17r, 4b, 0w
vs Subramanyan - 16r, 20b, 1w
vs Rohit - 6r, 3b, 0w
vs Divakar - 4r, 10b, 1w
(ii) LKK BATTING vs DD BOWLING
1. B Sachin
vs Varun - 14r, 12b, 0w
vs Warrier - 11r, 14b, 1w
vs Periyaswamy - 13r, 12b, 0w
2. Suresh Lokeshwar
vs Ashwin - 17r, 12b, 1w
vs Varun - 5r, 6b, 0w
vs Warrier - 27r, 16b, 0w
vs Periyaswamy - 11r, 7b, 0w
vs Chandrasekhar - 13r, 12b, 0w
3. K Vishal Vaidhya
vs Ashwin - 8r, 14b, 0w
vs Varun - 19r, 16b, 0w
vs Warrier - 6r, 8b, 0w
vs Periyaswamy - 4r, 3b, 1w
vs Chandrasekhar - 10r, 9b, 1w
vs Bafna - 6r, 10b, 0w
4. Shahrukh Khan
vs Ashwin - 50r, 30b, 0w
vs Varun - 23r, 27b, 0w
vs Warrier - 27r, 15b, 0w
vs Periyaswamy - 17r, 16b, 1w
vs Bafna - 19r, 16b, 0w
5. CH Jitendra Kumar
vs Warrier - 1r, 1b, 0w
vs Periyaswamy - 4r, 4b, 0w
6. C Andre Siddarth
vs Ashwin - 2r, 2b, 0w
vs Varun - 4r, 3b, 0w
5. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING
A) DINDIGUL DRAGONS (DD) SQUAD:
Probable XI
1) Shivam Singh - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 4, 64, 70, 106*, 36, 4, 0, 2, 78
2) R Vimal Khumar - LHB
Last 10 - 9, 28, 3, 4, 23, 13, 17, 12, 47, 9
3) Ravichandran Ashwin - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 13r 2w, 8r 0w, 0w, 1r 0w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 11r 12, 1w, 22, 7r 1w
4) Baba Indrajith - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 2*, 49, 3, 37, 75, 7, 78, 27, 37, 11
5) Maan K Bafna - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 26, 50, 10, 1, 19, 16, 8, 9, 40*
6) Atul Maruti Vitkar - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 1r 2w
7) Hunny -
Last 10 -
8) Sandeep Warrier - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 4w, 0w, 9r 0w
9) Varun Chakravarthy - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 3w
10) Ganeshan Periyaswamy - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 1w, 1wz 2w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w
11) M Viju Arul - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 2w
BENCH
12) DT Chandrasekhar - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 5r 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 0w
13) H Dinesh -
Last 10 -
14) RK Jayant -
Last 10 -
15) Rajwinder Singh -
Last 10 -
16) M Karthik Saran - RHB, RFM
Last 10 -
Safe C/VC Choices
Ravichandran Ashwin, Varun Chakravarthy
B) LYCA KOVAI KINGS (LKK) SQUAD:
Unavailable - B Sai Sudharsan (National Duty)
Probable XI
1) Suresh Lokeshwar - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 8, 3, 7, 6, 55, 55, 6, 4, 7, 69, 10, 19
2) B Sachin - LHB
Last 10 - 76*, 30, 63, 16, 33, 5, 9, 4, 12, 70, 67
3) K Vishal Vaidhya - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 36, 35, 10, 12, 15, 56*, 21, 7, 16, 2
4) Shahrukh Khan - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 13, 19r 1w, 57, 6, 6*, 5*, 11*, 11*
5) C Andre Siddarth - RHB
Last 10 - 65, 15, 0, 18, 106, 36*, 40, 0, 20, 22, 35
6) CH Jitendra Kumar - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 14, 13, 13, 10r 0w, 0w
7) Ramalingam Rohit - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 14r 0w, 0w, 13r 0w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 0r 1w, 2r 0w, 12r 2w
8) R Divakar - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 6r 0w, 1w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 14r 0w, 2w, 1w
9) Manimaran Siddharth - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 3w, 7r 1w, 0w, 7r 1w, 2w, 1w
10) Jhatavedh Subramanyan - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 4w
11) P Bhuvaneswaran - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 6r 1w, 0w, 18r 0w
BENCH
12) N Kabilan - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w
13) B Aaditya -
Last 10 -
14) P Vidyuth - LHB, LAO
Last 10 -
15) S Guru Raghavendran -
Last 10 -
16) Pradeep Vishal -
Last 10 -
17) G Govinth - RHB, RFM
Last 10 -
18) KTA Madhava Prasad - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 12, 15
19) RS Ambrish -
Last 10 -
Safe C/VC Choices
Shahrukh Khan, B Sachin
Differential GL C/VC choices
DD - Shivam Singh, Ganeshan Periyaswamy, Baba Indrajith
LKK - Suresh Lokeshwar, P Bhuvaneswaran, Manimaran Siddharth
*Important*
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