CHENNAI: An unbroken fourth-wicket stand of 185 between twins B Aparajith (148) and B Indrajith (90) helped Vijay CC post 275/3 against Young Stars on Day 1 of their first round Elite Group match of the TNCA Senior Division league.
Brief scores: At IC-Guru Nanak: Vijay 275/3 in 90 ovs (B Aparajith 148 n.o, B Indrajith 90 no) vs Young Stars; At MRF-Pachaiyappa’s: Alwarpet 292/9 in 90 ovs (Ashwin Venkataraman 76, Antony Dhas 60; MS Sanjay 5/80, Sunil Sam 3/84) vs Globe Trotters; At IIT-Chemplast: Jolly Rovers 323/8 in 89 ovs (S Karthik 54, R Sathish 69, Ankeet Bawane 143 n.o; M Prabhu 3/111) vs India Pistons.
Hat-trick by Raja
Leg-spinner Raja Giri’s 5 for 9, including a hat-trick, helped Velammal International beat DAV Mogappair by five wickets in the semifinals of the Thiruvallur DCA-LVB Sports U-14 inter-school T20 tournament.
Semifinals: DAV Mogappair 62 in 18.5 ovs (S Sourav 45; Raja Giri 5/9) lost to Velammal International 63/5 in 12.1 ovs (Santhosh Kumar 31 no). MoM: R Rajagiri; Velammal Vidhyalaya (Ponneri) 125/9 in 20 ovs lost to Sethu Baskara 128/5 in 18.4 ovs (Karen 68). MoM: Karen.
Telangana beat TN
Telangana beat Tamil Nadu 81-70 in a women’s quarterfinal match of the 67th senior national basketball championship.
Q/Fs: Men: Punjab 101 (Talwinder Jit Singh Sahi 27, Rajveer Singh 27, Arshpreet Bhullar 22, Gurvinder Singh 20) bt Indian Railways 83 (Gagandeep Singh 25, Himanshu Sharma 20, Vijender Kumar 13, Palpreet Singh 10); Women: Chhattisgarh 99 (Poonam Chaturvedi 60) bt Delhi 67 (Raspreet Sidhu 27, Sushantika 23, Vinti 12); Telangana 81 (R Ramya 34, M Gayatri 24) bt Tamil Nadu 70 (R Varshanandini 29, V Srividhya 11, KK Sruthi 11).
PSBB in semis
PSBB, KK Nagar defeated Chinmaya, Kilpauk 4-0 in a boys’ U-12 league round match of the CFA-Ranganayaki Memorial school football meet. Bhavan’s Rajaji (16 points), PSBB, KK Nagar (15), KC High (14) and St Patrick’s, ICSE (13) qualified for the semifinals.
Results: U-12: PSBB, KK Nagar 1-0 Chinmaya, Anna Nagar; Chinmaya, Kilpauk 1-0 St Michael’s; St Patrick’s, ICSE 1-0 Bhavan’s Rajaji; KC High 1-0 PSSSS, Mylapore; Chinmaya, Anna Nagar 1-1 St Michael’s; PSBB 4-0 Chinmaya, Kilpauk; St Patrick’s 2-0 PSSSS; KC High 0-0 Bhavan’s.
Arjun shines
Arjun’s 37 not out was the feature of Chettinad Vidyashram’s eight-wicket win over Vidya Mandir in the Kumara Rani Meena inter-school U-12 tournament.
Final: Vidya Mandir 98 in 18.3 ovs (Rahul Ayyappan 38; Vinay Krishna 3/20) lost to Chettinad Vidyashram 102/2 in 16.3 ovs (Arjun 37 no). MoM: Arjun.
Best batsman: Rahul Ayyappan (Vidya Mandir); Best bowler: Vinay Kumar (Chettinad Vidyashram); Best fielder: GB Tharun (CV); Best all-rounder: Lalith (CV).
Promising cricketer: Rusil (St Patrick’s).