The cricket match was stopped halfway through the TNPL cricket match near Dindigul due to flying insects that suddenly appeared during the rainy season. The 25th league match of the TNPL series was played at the Natham cricket Ground in Dindigul district between the chepauk Super Gillies and the madurai Panthers. Batting first, the Siechem madurai Panthers team scored 156 runs. Atheeq Ur rahman scored the highest score of 41 runs in 28 balls. This included 5 fours and a six. Following this, chepauk Super Gillies were playing with a target of 157 runs to win. CSG, who won all 7 matches, was playing the 9.2nd over of the match when suddenly, a large number of nocturnal insects appeared around the electric lights on all four sides of the field.
In a short while, the insects entered the field and started crawling around the backs and necks of the players who were playing. After this, all the players returned to the pavilion from the field. Immediately, the groundskeepers put neem leaves in a cart and created smoke around the field to drive away the monsoon insects. Due to this, the cricket match was stopped for more than 20 minutes. In the hollywood movie The Mummy, such insects invade the town before the ghost comes. Fans have said that these insects have also arrived. After this, the match started again. The target was changed to 114 runs in 14 overs according to the Duckworth-Lewis method. In this, the chepauk team lost only 4 wickets in 12.5 overs and won. With this, the chepauk team has won 7 matches and is at the top of the points table.
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Sowmiya Sriram

29/06/2025 10:12 AM