CHENNAI: Centuries by Manjot Kalra (102) and Apoorav Walia (110) helped North Zone bag a lead of 175 runs over South Zone in a drawn match of the BCCI inter-zonal U-19 two-day tournament at the SSN College grounds. South were 130 for 7 in 54 overs in their second essay, when play ended.
Brief scores: At SSN: South Zone 176 & 130/7 in 54 ovs drew with North Zone 351/6 decl in 67 ovs (Manjot Kalra 102, Apoorav Walia 110); At VB Nest: West Zone 289 in 77.5 ovs drew with Central Zone 250 in 73.4 ovs (Yash Rathod 82; Anjeep Lad 3/30).
Aravindh propels KCA
Man of the Match Ram Aravindh’s 78 paved the way for Kedar CA to beat Abdul Malik CA by one wicket, with an over to spare, in the final of the Don Bosco CA (Egmore) inter-academy U-16 tournament.
Brief scores: Abdul Malik CA 160 in 29.5 ovs (Kumaravel 55, BS Ashish 5/41) lost to Kedar CA 165/9 in 29 ovs (Ram Aravindh 78). MoM: Ram Aravindh. Player of the Tournament: Tushar Raheja (Abdul Malik CA). Best All-rounder: Akash (Kedar CA). Best Batsman: Tushar Raheja (Abdul Malik CA ). Best Bowler: Ashish (Kedar CA).
Sudhir cracks fifty
Rishab Sudhir’s 55 was the highlight of Tiruvallur DCA’s 85-run win over Elite CA in the Dicky Memorial Trophy played at St Bede’s grounds here on Friday.
Brief scores: Sanjeevi CA 87 in 27.1 ovs (S Sakthivel 4/24) lost to Coimbatore DCA 88/1 in 21.3 ovs; Thiruvallur DCA 190/7 in 30 ovs (Rishab Sudhir 55) bt Elite CA 105/5 in 30 ovs (N Aaryan 45); Tiruchirapalli DCA 121/7 in 30 ovs (KM Akash 65) lost to CSSF B 122/2 in 23.2 ovs (Sai Karthick 52 no); VBCA 102 in 28.3 ovs (R Srinivasan 3/19) lost to Kedar CA 103/2 in 20.2 ovs.