Chirag Khurana backed up his six-wicket haul on Friday with 86 (103b, 10x4) in the second innings to help Nelson post a one-wicket win over Vijay CC on day three of the TNCA first division Group B league match at the IC-Guru Nanak ground on Saturday. Chirag and Srinivasan (48) put on 91 for the fifth wicket even as R. Ashwin and M. Mohammad tried to turn the tide in Vijay’s favour with four wickets each.
At IIT-Chemplast, Jayant Yadav picked up four wickets as ICF folded for 272, handing Jolly Rovers a first innings lead of 134. Sudhan Kandepan top-scored for ICF with 78 (131b, 9x4, 1x6).
Riding on wicketkeeper S. Karthik’s 82 (56b, 5x4, 3x6) in the second innings, Rovers set a target of 302. In the Group A clash at MRF-Pachaiyappa’s, Globe Trotters secured a four-wicket victory against UFCC to take its tally to 21 in the league.
At CPT-IP, 18-year-old off-spinner R. Sai Kishore’s six for 82 helped Alwarpet take the crucial first innings lead against India Pistons, and join Globe Trotters at the top of the points table. Ganapathi Chandrasekar’s 77 (95b, 12x4, 1x6) and S. Harish Kumar’s 54 (30b, 3x4, 6x6) were the highlights of Pistons’ innings.
The scores:
Group A: At MRF-Pach: UFCC (T. Nagar) 176 & 105 lost to Globe Trotters 170 & 112 for six in 30.2 overs. Globe Trotters 8 (21), UFCC 0 (4) .
At CPT-IP: Alwarpet 568 for six decl. & 37 for one in four overs drew with India Pistons 321 in 86.4 overs (Ganapathi Chandrasekar 77, S. Harish Kumar 54, G.V. Vignesh 60, Harshad Khadiwale 45, R. Sai Kishore six for 82). Alwarpet 5 (21), Pistons 2 (14) .
At IC-Guru Nanak:
Vijay 171 & 192 lost to Nelson 128 & 238 for nine in 59.1 overs (Chirag Khurana 86, R. Srinivasan 48, Abhishek Tanwar 40, R. Ashwin four for 80, M. Mohammad four for 54). Nelson 8 (10), Vijay 0 (18) .
Group B: At SSN: IOB 282 drew with Young Stars 330 for eight decl. in 109.1 overs (Ganesh Satish 50, R. Rohit 52 n.o., B. Goutham 51 n.o., K. Srikar Bharat 41, K.H. Gopinath 52, M. Siddarth five for 132). Young Stars 5 (20), IOB 2 (14) .
At IIT-Chemplast: Jolly Rovers 406 for eight & 169 for three decl. in 20 overs (S. Karthik 82) drew with ICF 272 in 82 overs (Sudhan Sanjeevi Kandepan 78, Jayant Yadav four for 97) & 132 for seven in 49 overs. Rovers 5 (20), ICF 2 (2) .
At Murugappa: Grand Slam 140 & 270 for eight decl. in 64 overs (N. Jagadeesan 81, M. Shahrukh Khan 69, V. Maaruthi Raghav 47) drew with AGORC 185 & 137 for six in 49.5 overs (R. Aushik Srinivas four for 29). AGORC 5 (14), Grand Slam 2 (17) . — Sports Reporter
