A piece of brilliant captaincy by Sai Kishore. Dindigul Dragons (DD) got off to a promising start in the first innings, and from there, they ended up scoring only 93 runs, losing all ten wickets in 16.2 overs against idream Tiruppur Tamizhans (ITT). After the match, commenters heaped praise on Kishore's brilliant bowling and presence of mind as captain and the belief he possessed for his boys. 

Toss and first innings:

After winning the toss, ITT chose to bowl first in Game 5 of TNPL 2025. Their biggest challenge in the match was to somehow restrict an in-form Shivam Singh from getting an attractive individual score. They successfully did that by taking the wicket of Singh when he was only at 30. After taking the wicket of the dangerous opener, ITT got the confidence they were lacking at the beginning of the game. They were able to depart Ravichandran Ashwin and Shivam early in the match, and then there was no turning back for the Tamizhans. Esakkimuthu A emerged as the best bowler of the night with 4 wickets in his bag, followed by M Mathivannan with 3 wickets and Sai Kishore with a brace. 

Second Innings:

Dindigul Dragons, led by Ravichandran Ashwin, did not pose any such threat to Tiruppur Tamizhans, and they comfortably reached the finish line after losing only one wicket. Tushar Raheja was in full swing while scoring an unbeaten 65 against 39, with six 4s and five 6s. 

Presenting the Shriram Capital Player of the Match from tonight's game. 🫡#IDTTvDD #TNPL #TNPL2025 #NammaOoruNammaGethu pic.twitter.com/dksVw0fW5g

— TNPL (@TNPremierLeague) June 8, 2025

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TNPL 2025: Dindigul Dragons vs idream Tiruppur Tamizhans full match scoreboard

Dindigul Dragons-  93 (16.2 Overs)

Batsman	Runs/Balls	Bowlers	Wickets/Overs
Shivam Singh	30 (27)	Esakkimuthu A	4/26 (4 Overs)
Ravichandran Ashwin	18 (11)	M Mathivannan	3/12 (2.2 Overs)
RK Jayant	18 (28)	Sai Kishore	2/10 (4 Overs)

iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans- 94/1 (11.5 Overs)

Batsman	Runs/Balls	Bowlers	Wickets/Overs
Tushar Raheja	65* (39)	Ganeshan Periyaswamy	1/13 (3 Overs)
Radhakrishnan	14 (21)	Shivam Singh	0/2 (0.5 Overs)
Amith Sathvik	13 (11)	D. T. Chandrasekar	0/6 (1 Overs)