Lyca Kovai Kings will lock horns against Nellai Royal Kings in the 26th match of the ongoing Tamil Nadu Premier League at the SCF Cricket Ground, Salem on Saturday.

Lyca Kovai Kings have won three matches out of the six they have played and they are currently in fourth place in the points table (updated 20th July).

On the other hand, Nellai Royal Kings have ticked the right boxes and there is no doubt that they have been the most dominant team in the tournament. NRK have won all of their six matches in the competition and they sit at the top of the standings.

Meanwhile, the table-toppers had won their previous match against Ruby Trichy Warriors by a gargantuan margin of 66 runs. Sanjay Yadav had scored a blistering unbeaten knock of 103 runs whereas Baba Aprajith had also played an undefeated inning of 92 runs off just 48 balls. Thus, NRK had come up with a complete batting show and they will look to continue the same.

Lyca Kovai Kings had convincingly won their last match against Idream Tiruppur Tamizhans by nine wickets. They had restricted the opposition at 157-7 and then they had chased down it down in 15.2 overs.

Match Prediction: There is no doubt that Nellai Royal Kings will enter the contest as favorites against Lyca Kovai Kings.

Nellai Royal Kings squad

H Trilok Nag, CH Jitendra Kumar, Sanjay Yadav, V Athisayaraj Davidson, T Ajith Kumar, M Abhinav, NS Harish, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, S Sharun Kumar, Baba Indrajith, Ashwath Mukunthan, L Suryapprakash, S Senthil Nathan, Arjun P Murthy, M Sarath Kumar, R Rohith Ram, A Sarathraj, T Veeramani, R Sri Neranjan, R Vivek, C Suresh, Aparajith B.

LYCA Kovai Kings squad

P Shijit Chandran, J Suresh Kumar, J Gowjith Subash, K Vignesh, GR Manish, R Kavin, G Aravindh, V Ganga Sridhar Raju, U Mukilesh, Abhishek Tanwar, MA Atheeq Ur Rahman, N Selva Kumaran, Ashwin Venkataraman, B Sai Sudharsan, Nishaanth Kumar Alwar, Shahrukh Khan, Thangarasu Natarajan, S Ajith Ram, E Srinivasan, K Kiran Kasshyap, S Anandakumar, V Yudheeswaran.