Karaikudi Kaalai vs TUTI Patriots, 28th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

So we have the play-offs line up ready. Dindigul and Madurai will play Qualifier one, while Kovai and Karaikudi will play the eliminator. We have a day off tomorrow. Join us back on Tuesday at 19:15 local for all the action from Qualifier 1. Goodnight!

Kaushik Gandhi: "We were hoping to get it in 18.4 overs. We should have made it to the top four. We were not seizing the key areas and that's something we need to work on before the next season."

Srikkanth Anirudha: "We would have liked to win and go to the top two, but you got to take what comes your way. They played better than us today. We could be a little better in a few areas, middle-order is something we need to address. Sathish played an amazing knock. The best way to approach a knockout game is to play fearless cricket."

Sathish (Man of the Match): "Pretty disappointed that we couldn't qualify despite the win."

Karaikudi are happy despite the loss because they are through to the next round, along with Kovai, Dindigul and Madurai. Tuti needed to hunt this down in 18.4 overs to pip Karaikudi on net run rate, but they couldn't. The start was pretty decent and then Anand and Sathish shared a threatening 48-run stand, but Rajkumar and Yo Mahesh to an extent bowled very well at the death to put this out of Tuti's reach.

Mukumthan to Sathish, FOUR, powerfully flicked away over backward square leg and Tuti win the game, but they can't progress further as the win came four balls too late

Mukumthan to Sathish, FOUR, short slower ball and Sathish moves across and pulls it away past the man at short fine leg, fifty up for him

Ashwath Mukumthan [1.0-0-11-0] is back into the attack

So Karaikudi and Kovai are through

Rajkumar to Sathish, 1 run, very full and outside off stump, Sathish slaps it to sweeper cover

Tuti are out of the tournament

Rajkumar to Sathish, no run, slower ball, Sathish drills it to deep mid-wicket, run denied by Sathish

Rajkumar to Sathish, SIX, he's connected with this alright and it goes a long way over the long-off fence. Front leg out of the leg and smashed

Rajkumar to Sathish, no run, slower ball wide outside off stump, Sathish backs away and fails to make contact

Rajkumar to Sathish, no run, slogged to mid-wicket

Rajkumar to Sathish, no run, oh he's missed a full toss and it smashes into the pad, the ball rolls into the off-side, the line was way down the leg-side though

15 needed off 4 balls now for Tuti. Karaikudi will still go through even if they lose the game beyond 18.4 overs, but they need to win to assured of a top two finish.

Yo Mahesh to Sathish, 1 run, mistimed lofted shot and it lands well in front of long-off

Yo Mahesh to Sathish, FOUR, excellent hit, down the pitch and close to the pitch of the ball and then banggg, slammed hard over the bowler's end

Yo Mahesh to M Ganesh Moorthi, 1 run, short slower ball, Ganesh Moorthi tries to pull and gets a glove on it, the ball evades the keeper and rolls to third man