CHENNAI: Deepak Hooda’s 70 paved the way for IOC (Mumbai) to beat SBM (Bengaluru) by five wickets in the final of the 47th Lava All-India YSCA Trophy.
Put into bat, SBM was in a spot of bother, having lost four wickets with just 10 runs on the board. But a 74-run partnership for the sixth wicket between Kranti Kumar and Anirudh Joshi helped SBM post a modest total.
Brief scores (final): SBM (Bengaluru) 203/8 in 30 ovs (Anirudh Joshi 95) lost to IOC (Mumbai) 204/5 in 28.2 ovs (Arman Jaffer 44, Deepak Hooda 70).
Mohan shines
Mohan Raj’s 3/20 helped ICF beat RBI in the Venkateswara Cup, organised by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA).
Brief scores: ICF 154/3 in 20 ovs (Ganesh Kumar 58, S Vignesh 57 n.o) bt Reserve Bank 94 in 19.4 ovs (Mohan Raj 3/20); TANGEDCO 82 in 20 ovs lost to Indian Overseas Bank 83/1 in 10.1 ovs (Aashish Kumar 40 n.o).
Accenture in final
Ronald Rixon’s 4/35 was instrumental in Accenture’s 37-run victory against defending champion RR Donnelley in the GK Kuppuswamy Memorial tournament. With this win, Accenture entered the final.
Brief scores: Accenture 138 in 29.3 ovs (Venkat 41; NG Dinesh 4/41) bt RR Donnelley 101 in 26.5 ovs (R Rixon 4/35).
Mani scalps six
S Manikandan’s 6/19 was the highlight of Dindigul’s 134-run win over Thoothukudi in the TNCA inter-district T20 tournament for the SS Rajan Trophy.
Brief scores: Dindigul 210/5 in 20 ovs (M Mohammed 79, Y Surya 64) bt Thoothukudi 76/8 in 20 ovs (S Manikandan 6/19); Thiruvarur 149/9 in 20 ovs (P Sasikumar 74) bt Vellore 126 in 18.5 ovs (A Mahizarasan 3/24); Erode 92 in 19.4 ovs (Huzefa Patel 4/11) lost to Coimbatore 94/2 in 14.3 ovs (Hari Nishanth 40 n.o); Kanyakumari 113/9 in 20 ovs bt Ramanathapuram 88/9 in 20 ovs (Antony Dhas 3/9, S Sunish 3/14); Nilgiris 122/5 in 20 ovs (M Ismail 50, S Sandeep 45) bt Pudukottai 83 in 16.3 ovs (R Rahul 4/26) Sivagangai 138/9 in 20 ovs (Selvaganapathy 57, NS Chaturved 5/25) lost to Kancheepuram 140/6 in 19.2 ovs (P Sudharsan 48; R Raghavan 3/23); Thiruvallur 147/4 in 20 ovs (Nilesh Subramanian 62) bt Namakkal 118/8 in 20 ovs (P Kumar 64; K Vignesh 4/30); Tirupur 128 in 20 ovs (M Sakthivel 3/18) lost to Perambalur 130/5 in 17 ovs (Thangesh Kumar 55, Selvakumaran 3/30); Dharmapuri 124 in 19 ovs lost to Krishnagiri 125/6 in 18.4 ovs; Villupuram 115 in 19.4 ovs (R Vivek 3/14) bt Thanjavur 91 in 17 ovs (D Suresh 4/19); Theni 139/4 in 20 ovs (Lakshman Narayanan 48, Arun Kanna 38 n.o) bt Salem 136/5 in 20 ovs (SI Vasudevan 51, Edward Pushpa Raj 3/30); Tirunelveli 151 in 19.3 ovs (SV Parveen 43) bt Karur 116 in 19.2 ovs.