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TNPL 2024: Local Fan Creates Buzz By Refusing To Return Six-Hit Ball
By CricShots - Jul 30, 2024 2:43 pm
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The 2024 edition of the Tamil Nadu Premier League has reached its deciding playoff stage, with each game pulling in thousands of people to the stadiums. It’s not only the action on the field that has been getting much attention, but a fan outside the stadium has also grabbed the headlines. During the 27th match of TNPL between Chepauk Super Gillies and Siechem Madurai Panthers, an interesting incident took place when a local fan refused to return a ball that was hit out of the park.

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A local guy decided not to return the ball

The incident occurred on the fifth ball of the 12th over, bowled by Panther’s J Kousik. D Santhosh Kumar did a strong pull and in doing so, he sent the ball high and long beyond the boundary. It ended up falling near a field outside the NPR College Ground Stadium in Dindigul, where a passerby picked it up and, in a mischievous attitude, decided not to return it.

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This was a funny episode that lightened things amid very stiff competition, which TNPL 2024 has grown on to become among the most popular state leagues. This year, Lyca Kovai Kings, Tiruppur Tamizhans, Chepauk Super Gillies, and Dindigul Dragons move easily into playoffs after some convincing performances.

The Lyca Kovai Kings dominated the league stages of the competition, topping the table with six wins out of seven matches. The Tiruppur Tamizhans come second as they also won four out of the seven games. Now these two teams clash in Qualifier 1 on the July 30 contest at the NPR College Ground in Dindigul.

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The winner in that match gets a direct entry in the finals to be held on August 4 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Thanks to their top-two finish in the league stages, the losing team from Qualifier 1 will get another shot at the title in Qualifier 2, which takes place on August 2. The playoffs are where the TNPL 2024 season has absolute excitement and unpredictability assurance.