Indian Overseas Bank did well to rally back after being a set down to beat Income Tax (Hyderabad) 3-1 in a league round match of the National Club Volleyball Championship at Trustpuram Corporation grounds, Kodambakkam here on Monday evening. IOB won 15-25, 25-19, 27-25, 25-22.
Result: Men: IOB bt Income Tax, Hyderabad (3-1) 15-25, 25-19, 27-25, 25-22.
Punit Advances
Punit Shah of Ernest & Young defeated Rajesh Bothra of RBS 2-0 in a quartefinal match of the Chennai Super Kings Super Cup multi-sport corporate snooker tournament.
Results: Quarterfinals: Punit Shah (Ernest & Young) bt Rajesh Bothra (RBS) 2-0; Earlier round: Punit Shah (Ernest & Young) bt Maradona (Servion Global) 2-0; M Baskaran (HP) bt M Karunakaran (HDFC) 2-1; Srivatsan (Vodafone) bt Layeequlla Baig (Jones Lang) 2-0; Mahesh Ramanathan (RBS) bt Yuvaraj Subramaniam (HDFC) 2-0; Rajesh Bothra (RBS) bt Manohar Kumaravel (HP) 2-0; Sunny Jadhwani (Accenture) bt Fazal Ahmed (Tata Capital) 2-0; Gautam Venkataramani (India Pistons) bt Praveen Kumar (Standard Chartered) 2-0; Mahesh Ramanathan (RBS) bt Vikas Alagarsamy (Accenture) 2-0; Rajesh Bothra (RBS) bt Vigneshwaran (Capgemini) 2-1; Siddharth Rao (India Pistons) bt Mohammad Ibrahim (Servion Global) 2-0; Punit Shah (Ernest & Young) bt Sunny Jadhwani (Accenture) 2-1; M Baskaran (HP) bt Sri Krishna (Ernest & Young) 2-0.
Santhosh Sizzles
S Santhosh Shiv unbeaten century (103 no) paved the way for Brindavan CC to defeat Krishnaraj RC by five wickets in a First Division match of the TNCA-Kancheepuram DCA league.
Brief scores: First Division: Krishnaraj RC 182 for 9 in 45 overs (V Aditya 45, R Aashish Kumar 4/51, Sai Kishore 4/62) lost to Brindavan CC 184 for 5 in 36 overs ( S Santhosh Shiv 103 no, R Aashish Kumar 51); 2nd Division: Rane Engine Valves RC 141 in 29.1 overs (N Anand 31 no, V Jayaram 4/37, V Sriram 3/41) bt Fine Star CC 64 in 17.5 overs (G Selvakumar 5/12, Om Prakash 3/31); Saralee RC 177 for 6 in 30 overs (K Dinakaran 104 no, V Bhoopathi 3/56) bt Bharath CC 171 for 9 in 30 overs (C Kingsley 43, R Thirumal 47 no).