CHENNAI: An unbeaten 257 by Ankeet Bawane (342b, 42x4, 1x5, 1x6) helped Jolly Rovers post 442 against India Pistons on the second day of their Elite Group first round match in the TNCA Senior Division league. Bawane and DT Chandrasekar added 119 for the last wicket. B Indrajith’s 218 enabled Vijay CC to declare at 480/9 against Young Stars at Guru Nanak College. Young Stars were 137/5 at stumps.
At IC-Guru Nanak: Vijay 480/9 decl in 134 ovs (B Aparajith 155, B Indrajith 218, M Siddharth 5/176) vs Young Stars 137/5 in 44 ovs (Ganesh Satish 50 no). At MRF-Pachaiyappa’s: Alwarpet 340 in 108 ovs (Ashwin Venkataraman 76, W Antony Dhas 60, P Sakthi 63, MS Sanjay 6/80) vs Globe Trotters 178 in 57 ovs (MS Washington Sundar 93, R Sai Kishore 5/38) and 16/1 in 6 ovs. At IIT-Chemplast: Jolly Rovers 442 in 118.5 ovs (S Karthik 54, R Sathish 69, Ankeet Bawane 257 no, M Prabhu 4/139) vs India Pistons 147/6 in 58 ovs (GV Vignesh 50).
Vijay to lead
All-rounder Vijay Shankar has been named captain of the Tamil Nadu team for the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament to be held in Chennai from January 29 to February 3. Selectors have named 26 probables for the event.
Probables: Vijay Shankar (c), Abhinav Mukund, B Aparajith, B Indrajith, M Kaushik Gandhi, N Jagadeesan, K Dinesh Karthik, R Sathish, S Harish Kumar, W Antony Dhas, R Rajkumar, K Vignesh, M Mohammed, T Natarajan, RS Jaganath Sinivas, Rahil Shah, R Sai Kishore, MS Sanjay, M Ashwin, B Arun, MS Washington Sundar, R Sanjay Yadav, S Aniruda, J Kousik, SV Muruganantham, P Francis Rokins.
Velammal Int’l champs
V Sakthivel’s 28 helped Velammal International defeat Sethu Baskara by 61 runs in the final of the Thiruvallur DCA-LVB Sports inter-school U-14 T-20 tournament.
Brief scores: Velammal International 123/5 in 20 ovs (V Sakthivel 28, D Sushil Rhaj 26, S Karan 3/17) bt Sethu Baskara 62 in 17.5 ovs (P Raja Singh 27, R Rajagiri 2/18). MoM: D Sushil Rhaj (Velammal). Man of the Series: S Karan (Sethu Baskara); Best batsman: S Santhosh Kumar (Velammal International); Best bowler: R Rajagiri (Velammal International).
TN-Uttarakhand final
Riding the exploits of P Jeevanantham (24 points) and Rikin Pethani (20), Tamil Nadu thrashed Rajasthan 108-77 in the semifinals of the 67th senior national basketball championship at Puducherry.
Semifinals: Men: Uttarakhand 78 (Vishesh Bhriguvanshi 20, Trideep Rai 15, Amritpal Singh 12) bt Punjab 53 (Talwinder Jit Singh Sahi 14); Tami Nadu 108 (P Jeevanantham 24, Rikin Pethani 20, Pratham Singh 11, Vineeth Revi Mathew 10) bt Rajasthan 77 (Sharad Dadhich 21, Bharatdeep Singh 17, Vinod Kumar 15). Women: Telangana 74 (Gayathri 24, Suganya 17, Ramya R 17) bt Indian Railways 56 (Sruthi Menon 14); Kerala 72 (Anjana PG 20, Jeena PS 20, Poojamol KS 12) bt Chhattisgarh 70 (Poonam Chaturvedi 36, Aakansha Singh 15).