Murugan Ashwin proved to be a highlight for the Siechem Madurai Panthers in their latest TNPL 2023 match against Dindigul Dragons, despite his team's loss on June 18 at the NPR College ground in Dindigul.
The Panthers were put into bat by Dragons’ captain R Ashwin who had won the toss. However, Sarvana Kumar and Suboth Bhati picked three wickets each to restrict Panthers to 123 runs only with Jagatheeshan Kousik top-scoring with 45 and Hari Nishaanth making 24 runs.
In response, the Dragons lost three early wickets of Shivam Singh, Vimal Kumar, and S Arun, all of them falling to Gurjapneet Singh for single-digit scores.
But then, Baba Indrajith made 78* in 48 balls and Adithya Ganesh’s 22* took the Dragons to the win by 7 wickets in 14.1 overs.
The wicket of S Arun was special as Murugan Ashwin of Panthers took an awesome catch to dismiss the batter.
Gurjapneet Singh bowled a wide short ball to Arun, who tried to swat at it and managed to edge it over the point position. Ashwin, running backward, put in a brilliant dive at the last moment to grab the ball in both hands to complete an astonishing catch.
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