CHENNAI: M Jayasuriya’s fifer enabled Nellai Nadar MHSS defeat VKP B by ten wickets in the 11th Rahul Dravid Cup T20 Cricket tournament. Former Australian cricketer and coach DAV Whatmore inaugurated the tournament at the Velammal International School, Ponneri. About 30 teams are participating in the tournament.
Brief scores: VKP B 91 in 14 ovs (M Jayasuriya 5/9) lost to Nellai Nadar MHSS 93/0 in 6 ovs (AP Ananda Kumar 52 n.o); St Ann’s School 80 in 12.3 ovs (JM Varun Kumar 5/19) lost to Combined XI North Chennai 81/4 in 17.4 ovs; GT Aloha Vidya Mandir 215/4 in 20 ovs (R Niraj 127 n.o) bt Nazerath School, Avadi 110 in 16.2 ovs (S Aharish 3/23); Velammal Vidyalaya, Paruthipattu 55 in 19.2 ovs (Sathya Narayanan Jr 5/5) lost to Invitation XI 56/0 in 4 ovs.
Ambattur CC post win
Ambattur Cricket Club beat Ebenezer CA by 35 runs in a First Division match of the TNCA-Thiruvallur DCA league.
I Division: Ambattur CC 192/8 in 45 ovs (Sujay Subharaj 64, A Aravind 3/49) bt Ebenezer CA 157 in 41.4 ovs (A Vignesh 51, N Ganesh 5/37).
Summer cricket coaching
India Pistons Cricket Academy will conduct its summer coaching camp for boys between 7-17 years at CPT-IPL grounds, Tharamani from April 16-May 27. For details, contact 9500089566, 9444756767.
National softball camp
Tamil Nadu Softball Association is organising the final camp for senior India team at Jeppiaar Engineering College, Sholinganallur. The week-long camp will end on April 21.
RBI defeat Chennai City FC
RBI beat Chennai City FC 2-1 in the CFA Senior Division league at JN Stadium.
Results: RBI 2 (Ramu, Kilong) bt Chennai City FC 1(Beautin); Hindustan Eagles 1 (Prabakaran) bt Arrows FC 0; Chennai FC 4 (Pragnesh Bharat, Joseph Selwyn, Emmanuel, Abhishek Kumar Singh) bt Income Tax RC 1 (Ameer); Viva Chennai 2 (Pemba Rai, Eze Daniel) drew with Southern Railway 2 (Kathiravan, Charles).
Chennaiyin FC B lose
The Chennaiyin FC B team lost to Jamshedpur FC Reserves 0-2 in I-League Second Division at the SSN College grounds.