CHENNAI: Robin Bist’s 59-ball 102 (16x4, 1x6) helped Jolly Rovers beat Nelson by 62 runs on the first day of the Take Solutions Ashok Kumbhat T-20 Trophy at IIT-Chemplast grounds. Bist added 73 off 44 with R Sathish for the third wicket and 72 off 34 with Jayant Yadav for the fourth. Earlier, J Syed Mohammed shone with the ball, claiming three wickets for 12 runs.
In another match at SSN College, Youngstars rode on L Ganesh’s last-ball six off J Koushik to pull off a two-wicket win over Grand Slam. Young Stars needed 17 runs in the last over. Ganesh Satish scored 12 of them before getting out on the fifth ball.
Brief scores
Pool A: Jolly Rovers 201/5 in 20 ovs (Robin Bist 102) bt Nelson 139/5 in 20 ovs (J Syed Mohammed 3/12). UFCC (T Nagar) 148/6 in 20 ovs (Hari Nishanth 78; Sandeep Warrier 2/22) bt IOB 144 in 19.3 ovs (Pradeep 75; Amarnath 2/22, Diwakar 2/25). Grand Slam 134/8 in 20 ovs (Rohit 3/22, Goutham 2/24) lost to Young Stars 136/8 in 20 ovs (Raja 3/14, Sivakumar 2/11).
Pool B: ICF 121/9 in 20 ovs (Vijay Shankar 2/16, B Aparajith 2/26) lost to Vijay 122/4 in 17.3 ovs (Mohan Raj 2/27). AG’s Office 154/5 in 20 ovs (Francis Rokins 61 n.o; Basil Thampi 2/27, Aswath Mukunthan 2/30) bt Globe Trotters 135/8 in 20 ovs (Lakshmi Narayanan 3/23, Prathiban 2/27). Alwarpet 151/8 in 20 ovs (Ankeet Bawane 53; Prabhu 4/32, Ganapathi 2/25, Karthikeyan 2/36) bt India Pistons 148/8 in 20 ovs (Sai Kishore 2/20, Shijit Chandran 2/11).