Globe trotters ride on Thalaivan, Sheldon tons

CHENNAI: Centuries by X Thalaivan Sargunam and Sheldon Jackson were the highlights of Globe Trotters’s 88-run win against IOB in the quarterfinals of the 11th VAP Trophy limited-over tournament organised by the TNCA at the MRF-Pachaiyappa’s College grounds here on Thursday.

Thalaivan and Sheldon put on 185 runs in 153 balls for the second wicket as Globe Trotters raked up a massive 344. IOB couldn’t muster enough firepower with their bat, folding up for 256/7 in 50 overs. R Aashish Kumar top-scored for the latter, battling his way to 80. Jitendra Kumar and AG Pradeep too displayed spurts of resilience for IOB, notching up 39 and 38.

Brief scores (Quarterfinals): At CPT-IP: India Pistons 239/9 in 50 ovs (M Prabhu 37, K Sambasiva Sarma 4-37, Mihir Hirwani 2-44) lost to UFCC (T Nagar) 243/6 in 48.4 ovs (R Ananth 73, U Sasidev 46, Adithya Ganesh 42, M Kamalesh 45 n.o,  S Senthil Nathan 2-37). At MRF-Pachaiyappas: Globe Trotters 344/2 in 50 ovs (Washington Sundar 51,  Thalaivan Sargunam 124, Sheldon Jackson 130 n.o) bt IOB 256/7 in 50 ovs (R Aashish Kumar 80, Ch Jitendra Kumar 39, AG Pradeep 38). At MA Chidambaram: Grand Slam 225 in 50 ovs (L Suryapprakash 30,  S Badrinath 68, N Jagadeesan 37, S Siddharth 2-33,  R Alexander 2-54, D Tamil Kumran 4-28) bt Nelson 204 in 47.3 ovs (R Nilesh Subramanian 61, M Ashwin 4-32, MK Sivakumar 2-30, R Aushik Srinivas 2-29). At IC-Guru Nanak: Sanmar 143 in 46 ovs ( R Kavin 39 n.o, L Vignesh 3-27,  Vijay Shankar  2-23, B Aparajith 2-25) lost to Vijay CC 145/6 in 28 ovs (Abhinav Mukund 61, R Vishaal 4-68).

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