Ankit Bawne, who stitched yet another breathtaking partnership with the tail, helped Jolly Rovers finish day two on 442 against India Pistons in their TNCA Elite division match here on Friday.
Bawne, who remained unbeaten on 257 (342b, 42x4, 1x6), added 119 runs for the last wicket with D.T. Chandrasekar, who contributed just one run.
At IC-Guru Nanak, B. Indrajith slammed 218 (298b, 19x4, 7x6) as Vijay declared after piling 480 for nine against Young Stars.
Indrajith combined well with Aparajith (202 runs for the fourth wicket) and M. Mohammed (119 runs for the seventh wicket). For Young Stars, left-arm spinner M. Siddarth claimed five wickets.
At MRF-Pachaiyappa’s-A, Alwarpet finished on 340 against Globe Trotters. After making 340, left-arm spinner R. Sai Kishore’s five-wicket haul helped Alwarpet bowl out Trotters for just 178 runs and enforced the follow-on.
The scores: At IC-Guru Nanak: Vijay 480 for nine decl. in 134 overs (B. Aparajith 155, B. Indrajith 218, M. Siddarth five for 176, M. Suresh Babu three for 112) vs Young Stars 137 for five in 44 overs (Ganesh Satish 50 batting).
At IIT-Chemplast: Jolly Rovers 442 in 118.5 overs (S. Karthik 54, Ankit Bawne 257 n.o., R. Sathish 69, M. Prabhu four for 139, T. Ajith Kumar three for 90) vs India Pistons 147 for six in 58 overs (G.V. Vignesh 50, S. Guru Raghavendran 41, V. Ganga Sridhar Raju 33, D.T. Chandrasekar three for 42).
At MRF-Pachaiyappa’s-A: Alwarpet 340 in 108 overs (Ashwin Venkataraman 76, P. Shijit Chandran 30, W. Antony Dhas 60, P. Sakthi 63, M.S. Sanjay six for 80, Sunil Sam three for 107) vs Globe Trotters 178 in 57 overs (M.S. Washington Sundar 93, R. Sai Kishore five for 38) & 16 for one in six overs .
