CHENNAI: Left-arm spinner Rajesh Pawar’s 4 for 18 paved the way for IOC Mumbai to beat IOB, Chennai by eight wickets in the Super League of the 47th All-India Lava YSCA Trophy tournament.
Brief scores: IOB 88 in 23. 5 ovs (AG Pradeep 52, Rajesh Pawar 4-18) lost to IOC (Mumbai) 92/2 in 10 ovs (Deepak Hooda 42 no) MoM: Rajesh Pawar. Points: IOC-5; IOB (-1); RKM Vivekananda College 192/6 in 30 ovs (Bharath Shankar 63, Aushik Srinivas 3-23) lost to India Cements 193/5 in 27. 5 ovs (J Kaushik 60). MoM: J Koushik. Points: India Cements 4; Viveka 0; Indian Navy 135/5 in 23 ovs vs SBM (B’lore). Rain stopped play, teams gets two points each; Vijaya Bank vs Indot Photo Book Kerala (match called off due to wet ground conditions. Teams get 2 pts each).
Seven for Arunmozhi
E Yazh Arunmozhi 7 for 21 helped Vellore beat Tiruppur by one run with five balls to spare in the TNCA-Inter Districts T20 tournament for SS Rajan Trophy.
Brief scores: Sivagangai 204/8 in 20 ovs (N Karthick 76, Aravinth 4-20) bt Tirunelveli 131/9 in 20 ovs; Krishnagiri 87 in 19.2 ovs (DT Chandrasekar 4-24) lost to Thiruvallur 89/7 in 15.1 ovs; Vellore 125/8 in 20 ovs (D Arun Kumar 3-18) bt Tiruppur 124 in 19.1 ovs (E Yazh Arunmozhi 7-21); Kanyakumari 129/6 in 20 ovs bt Dindigul 72 in 16.3 ovs (G Godson 5-21); Nilgiris 74 in 14.3 ovs (B Kamalanathan 4-16) lost to Villupuram 75/3 in 9 ovs; Theni 67 in 19.1 ovs (S Dinesh Kumar 3-7) lost to Coimbatore 70/4 in 12.3 ovs; Ramanathapuram 73/8 in 20 ovs (U Selvaganapathy 5-7) lost to Tiruchirapalli 75/2 in 7.3 ovs; Thiruvarur 140/3 in 20 ovs lost to Tiruvannamalai 145/2 in 16.3 ovs (S Agilan 77); Namakkal 144 in 19.3 ovs (P Kumar 61, E Rajesh Kumar 3-14) bt Virudhunagar 120 in 18 ovs (M Sathish 53); Cuddalore 138/9 in 20 ovs lost to Kancheepuram 140/5 in 18.1 ovs (NS Chaturved 71); Erode 129/8 in 20 ovs (S Surender 3-35) lost to Nagapattinam 132/7 in 19.1 ovs. Madurai 138/8 in 20 ovs bt Pudukottai 95/9 in 20 ovs.
Nidhish shines
All-round display by Nidhish (75; 5 for 33) enabled IBM to beat Ashok Leyland by 128 runs in their last league game of the GR Kuppuswamy Memorial league cum knock-out tournament.