Dindigul Dragons fought tooth and nail to put up a target of 148 in the first 20 overs against Nellai Royal Kings' bowling attack. Dindigul started slow losing two wickets initially in consecutive overs. Picking the Dragons up, Mani Bharathi and Srinivasan build a partnership with Srinivasan scoring a fifty during their knock and gained the momentum. However, the Royal Kings, who opted to field after winning the toss, came with guns blazings as they sweept off Bharathi and Srinivasan's wickets and halted Dindigul Dragons' progress. Nevertheless, R Vivek came into the crease and saw the score to a decent mark by working around the holes in the bowling and fielding attacks.