So Lyca on the back of a Sai Sudharsan special for the ages are through to the final. ITT have another chance to get there. On that note we end our coverage of TNPL for tonight. We will be back with more soon. Till then sleep tight and be well. See you!
Shahrukh Khan | Lyca captain: Nothing was said, as usual, Sai had to set it up for us. Not to forget Mukilesh's innings in that storm. Phenomenal innings from Sai, he was not in touch and what better game than this to get a big score. In the earlier matches we weren't in our processes. Even though we gave 200 today, we were happy, the energy on the field and this was the best game for us as a bowling unit; this is the highest we have given in the tournament but very happy with how we bowled. [on Sai Sudharsan] This was something unbelievable, the wicket was a little tough and against one of the best bowling sides, Sai, Nattu, Rohit, Bhuvaneswaran and even Mohamed Ali, to score a 100 on a slow pitch against this attack, it's also not about the 100 but the way he finished the game is something really special. We are all really happy for him. We were not upset when he did not get runs earlier, we knew one or two innings from Sai will win us. No words to say. [on being potential hat-trick champs] It's very cliched, we follow what our plans and processes are, there has been a lot of chat about the hat-trick titles, on social media, hat-trick, hat-trick but the boys are there to enjoy themselves, play our brand of cricket.
Sai Sudharsan | Player of the Match (translated from Tamil): I feel really happy to win the game for my side. It's a big honor. I really thought about this [on his lack of runs], it was difficult when I was out of touch but I trusted my process which helped. I was not specific with my plans, I was open and we calculated how many hits we needed per over from the 10th-12th over. It was an important matchup against Sai Kishore and I tried to maximise and luckily they dropped my catch. The vibe from the crowd is something I enjoy. We should not forget Mukilesh's innings too, very important contribution.
Sai Kishore | ITT captain (translated from Tamil): 200 was a very good score, everyone batted very well, Sai batted beautifully, Mukilesh too batted beautifully. We learn from this and come back stronger. In these moments if you are able to be in the present, it will be good, hopefully they will learn from this. In cricket luck is a big factor and credit to Lyca's batters for turning up like this. When we play the final law of averages will be on our side. Everyone contributing to our game plan is good to see.
22:45 Local Time, 17:15 GMT, 22:45 IST: Sai Sudharsan! He had not hit a six all tournament before this game and what does he do in a big game!
18.5
P Bhuvaneswaran to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR, to deep extra cover
18.4
P Bhuvaneswaran to Sai Sudharsan, SIX, that should be the game. Look at the mentor of Lyca.
18.3
P Bhuvaneswaran to Sai Sudharsan, SIX, straight down the ground
18.2
P Bhuvaneswaran to Mukilesh, 1 run, to third man
18.1
P Bhuvaneswaran to Sai Sudharsan, 1 run, full and wide outside off, Sai Sudharsan reaches for it to drive to sweeper cover
P Bhuvaneswaran [3.0-0-18-1] is back into the attack
Ramalingam Rohit [3.0-0-36-0] is back into the attack
17.6
T Natarajan to Sai Sudharsan, 1 run, full outside off, Sai Sudharsan drives to long-on and retains the strike with that run
17.5
T Natarajan to Sai Sudharsan, FOUR, to fine leg
17.5
T Natarajan to Sai Sudharsan, wide
17.4
T Natarajan to Mukilesh, 1 run, full on leg-stump, flicked to deep mid-wicket
Sai Sudharsan goes to Mukilesh to have a word.
17.3
T Natarajan to Sai Sudharsan, 1 run, to long-on
17.2
T Natarajan to Sai Sudharsan, no run
17.1
T Natarajan to Sai Sudharsan, SIX, to deep mid-wicket