The seventh edition of the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) is ongoing with reigning co-champions Chepauk Super Gillies and Lyca Kovai Kings both hoping to defend their title, and win it without sharing it this year.
The TNPL too is filled with high intensity and action-packed matches. Batsman are looking to hit the ball out of the park on every delivery, which leads to high-scoring games.
However, something truly bizarre occurred when Chepauk Super Gillies (CSG) and Salem Spartans (SS) clashed with one another on Tuesday.
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History made in TNPL as 18 runs scored in one delivery
SS captain Abhishek Tanwar was subject to the worst drubbing in recent cricket history, as he conceded 18 runs in one ball while trying to deliver the final ball of the 20th over. This is the highest total scored in one delivery in all of cricket. The Spartans would go on to lose the game by 52 runs
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How were 18 runs scored in one delivery in TNPL?
This is how the sequence of events occurred to lead up to this overly expensive delivery-
- The initial delivery bowled by Tanwar clean bowled the batter, however, it was called back for no ball.
- The next ball was again a no-ball and was hit for six.
- Tanwar completed a hattrick of no balls with the batsman taking two runs.
- A wide came next, which brought up the total to 12 runs
- Tanwar and SS' nightmare came to an end in the worst way possible as the legal delivery was hit for a six to end the innings.
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Who won the match between Salem Spartans and Chepauk Super Gillies?
The Spartans would go on to lose the game by 52 runs, with CSG getting the win. Speaking after the match Tanwar regretted how he bowled in the last over, "I have to take the blame for the last over - four no-balls being a senior bowler was disappointing. The wind did not help as it played a huge role".
