CHENNAI: Hyderabad star Hanuma Vihari will represent Crombest in the TNCA Senior Division League. Crombest and TSC have been promoted to first division. “We’ve signed up Vihari. Ankur Julka, who scored over 800 runs last year, has been retained. Ganesh Sathish and Srikar Bharat will continue with Youngstars,” said R Rangarajan, of AGS Group that owns the teams.
Kaushik shines in IT win
J Kaushik’s 3/12 helped Income Tax defeat ICF in the Venkateswara Cup on Tuesday.
At MAC: Income Tax 98/8 in 20 ovs (N Ashok 4/21) bt ICF 35 in 16.1 ovs (J Kaushik 3/12). IOB 128/4 in 20 ovs (Robert Fernandez 55 n.o; AG Pradeep 31) bt AG’s Office 47/4 in 10.4 ovs (IOB won by 18 runs on VJD Method).
Naveen stars in Vellore win
J Naveen’s all-round display helped Vellore beat Thanjavur in the TNCA inter-districts U-16 tournament. Batting first, Naveen hit an unbeaten century to help Vellore post 251/5 in 50 overs. In reply, Thanjavur were bundled out for 101 in 39 overs with Naveen, this time, stealing the limelight with the ball.
Brief scores: Perambalur 83 in 30.5 ovs (Joy Gupta 4/28, S Manikandan 3/33, B Ayyapan 3/9) lost to Tirupur 86/3 in 11.2 ovs (Pradosh Ranjan Paul 50 n.o); Thoothukudi 177 in 44.2 ovs (Vijay Raj 49; B Amal 3/16, SG Balaji 3/32) bt Pudukottai 114 in 41.3 ovs (B Amal 64, R Enith Ram Kumar 6/24); Dindigul 231/3 in 50 ovs (T Dinesh 86, K Aashiq 89) bt Madurai 192 in 43.4 ovs (A Ranjan 3-52); Nagapattinam 202/8 in 50 ovs (M Karan 65; Praveen Kanth 3/29) bt Villupuram 159 in 42.5 ovs (S Yeswanth 41, S Premkanth 5/16); Sivagangai 67 in 37.1 ovs (R Kumaaravel 3/4, Levin Sam 3/13) lost to Tiruchirapalli 70/1 in 9.4 ovs; Namakkal 85 in 33.3 ovs (Ricky Praveen 5/23, Dipen Chandrakanth 4/10) lost to Kancheepuram 86/1 in 18.5 ovs (Vignesh Iyer 51 n.o); Kanyakumari 91 in 31.5 ovs (Nishanth Kumar 4/14) lost to Coimbatore 92/6 in 21 ovs (Aryan K Bafna 55 n.o); Erode 158/8 in 46 ovs (S Loghit 47) bt Theni 108 in 43.3 ovs; Nilgiris 113 in 41.3 ovs (P Praveenkanth 3/14) bt Karur 62 in 19.1 ovs (Kiran Kumar Surya 4/10); Virudhunagar 160 in 42.5 ovs (Mohammed Irshad 73; Selva Harish 4/15) bt Tirunelveli 153 in 40.4 ovs (Vijay Gopinath 61; Naren Bharath 3/23, Harish Singh 3/9); Krishnagiri 226/9 in 50 ovs (B Jayaraman 67; Sowmiya Narayanan 3/47) bt Ramanathapuram 102 in 32.2 ovs (Shashanth Rajagopal 5/20, K Sakthisaran 4/7); Tiruvannamalai 163 in 47.5 ovs (J Tharun 64, Silambarasan 44; Pradheep Raj 3/ 24, Balaji Raam 5/16) lost to Thiruvarur 165/2 in 37.1 ovs (Aswath Narayanan 72 n.o); Vellore 251/5 in 50 ovs (J Naveen 120 n.o; KS Tejas 53) bt Thanjavur 101 in 39 ovs (J Naveen 3/13, Ashraey Harigan 3/23); Salem 184 in 50 ovs (SJ Krithick 61, Suudharshan Vaidhya 7/19) lost to Thiruvallur 185/9 in 44.3 ovs (Pranav Narayanan 42; Nithin Balaji 4/28, M Srivarsath 3/22).
Darshan bags sub-jr title
Vijaya Darshan of SMTTA defeated K Karthikeyan of KTTC 11-9,11-9,7-11,11-9 in the sub-junior boys final of the YMCA-Madras district table tennis tournament.
In the cadet decider, S Manikandan of YMCA Kodambakkam outplayed Kavin Mohan of Leo 11-9, 11-9, 12-10.
Final results: Boys: Sub-jr: Vijaya Darshan (SMTTA) bt K Karthikeyan (KTTC) 11-9, 11-9, 7-11, 11-9. Cadet: S Manikandan (YMCA-Kodambakkam) bt Kavin Mohan (Leo) 11-9, 11-9, 12-10. Girls: Sub-jr: S Hrithika (LTTA) bt KE Monica (Marthoma) 10-12, 6-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-9. Cadet: MR Preethi (Chennai Achievers) bt Ekantika (CTTF)11-6, 11-8, 11-7.