CHENNAI: Jolly Rovers and Vijay CC with 16 points each have made it to the Take Solutions Ashok Kumbhat T20 semifinals with a round to spare.
Pool A: At IIT-Chemplast: Jolly Rovers 166/5 in 20 ovs (Piyush Chawla 91) bt Grand Slam 156/6 in 20 ovs (Suryapprakash 79). Points: JR 4 (16), GS 0 (8). At IC-Guru Nanak: IOB 136/7 in 20 ovs (Boopalan 3/25) bt Nelson 128/9 in 20 ovs (Joel Joseph 3/33). Points: IOB 4 (8), Nelson 0 (4). At SSN: UFCC (T Nagar) 114/8 in 20 ovs tied with Young Stars 114/7 in 20 ovs (Ganesh Satish 57 no). Super over: Young Stars 10/0 lost to UFCC (T Nagar) 15/0. Points: UFCC 4 (8); Young Stars 0 (4). Pool B: At MRF-Pachaiyappa’s: Vijay 208/2 in 20 ovs (Abhinav Mukund 80, Arun Karthick 60) bt Globe Trotters 147 in 19.4 ovs. Points: Vijay 4 (16), GT 0 (4). At CPT-IP: India Pistons 175/4 in 20 ovs (Suresh Kumar 71, Anand Subramanian 47 no) lost to AG’s Office 176/6 in 19.5 ovs (Chaturved 80 n.o; Karthikeyan 3/24). Points: AG 4 (12), IP 0 (4). At IIT-Chemplast: Alwarpet 179/4 in 20 ovs (Ankeet Bawane 89 no; Ashwin Venkataraman 58) bt ICF 123/9 in 20 ovs (Chandrasekar 3/12). Points: Alwarpet 4 (8), ICF 0 (4).