CHENNAI: Vijay Shankar’s hurricane 120 not out helped Vijay CC beat AG’s office by 36 runs in a second round match of the Take Solutions-Ashok Kumbhat T20 trophy at IC-Gurunanak College grounds. Vijay raced to his ton in just 43 balls, sharing a 115-run third-wicket partnership with Baba Aparajith.
Brief scores
Pool A: Jolly Rovers 169/7 in 20 ovs (Kaushik Gandhi 95; Ganesh 2/27, Vasudevan 2/22) bt Young Stars 149/8 in 20 ovs (Vignesh 2/27, Jayant Yadav 4/30); Grand Slam 157/6 in 20 ovs (Suryapprakash 89; Joel Joseph 3/36) bt IOB 138/7 in 20 ovs (Abhishek M Hegde 52, Aushik Srinivas 2/19, Ashwin 2-27); UFCC (T Nagar) 130/9 in 20 ovs (Tamil Kumar 2/24, Rajkumar 2/31, Mithun 2/25) lost to Nelson 133/3 in 17.1 ovs (Vasanth Saravanan 60 n.o, Adithya Giridhar 54; Amarnath 2/ 32). Pool B: Vijay CC 187/3 in 20 ovs (Vijay Shankar 120 n.o; Sunny Kumar Singh 2/24) bt AG’s Office 151/9 in 20 ovs (Chaturved 52, Rahil Shah 4/19, Aparajith 2/15); Globe Trotters 192/3 in 20 ovs (Sheldon Jackson 115 n.o, Washington Sundar 51; Suthesh 2/22) bt Alwarpet 150/8 in 20 vs (Rahul 65 n.o; Aniruda 3/15, Sunil Sam 2/32); India Pistons 191/5 in 20 ovs (Suresh Kumar 87 n.o) bt ICF 151/9 in 20 ovs (Karthikeyan 4/23, Rajwinder Singh 2/15).
TNPL player registration
The Tamil Nadu Premier League T20 cricket tournament player registration form is available at the TNCA office until July 11.
Sriramulu passes away
Former TN and ICF footballer PV Sriramulu (78) passed away after a rail accident on Sunday. Sriramulu, who was suffering from dementia, is survived by his wife, son and daughter. He was also a NIS (Patiala) qualified coach, and served as a national referee for over a decade. He coached the state senior, junior and sub-junior teams.