CHENNAI: Junior national billiards and snooker champion S Shrikrishna of Tamil Nadu made a scintillating break of 69 and clinched the match against Shailender Dangwal 4-1 in the Phoenix Serene Spaces 7th National 6-red snooker tournament on Sunday.
Although Shrikrishna lost the first frame, he bounced back strongly to ensure victory. G Prabhu, the runner-up of this year’s state ranking snooker championship and Vadivel of Tamil Nadu blanked their opponents 4-0 in first-round matches.
Results: Shahbaaz Adil Khan bt S Ramakanth 55-0, 66-8, 20-38, 29-2, 69 (69)-0; Dilipkumar bt Prem Kumar 18-33, 21-52, 15-40, 0-38; Hasan Badami bt K Rajan 27-31, 25-42, 10-44, 12-42; S Shrikrishna bt Shailendra Dangwal 25-34, 32-10, 53-0, 69 (69)-0, 50-11; Daksh Reddy bt P Gangadhar 7-41, 7-40, 41-4, 0-41, 17-32; Dhruv Sitwala bt Johny Feroz 24-39, 27-20, 0-62, 23-60, 17-42; Himanshu Jain bt Suffiyan Ahmed 65-1, 39-4, 38-16, 20-22, 20-48, 63 (63)-4; Kaavya Bharath bt Ananth Acharyulu 54-66, 33-30, 48-19, 46-10, 32-13; G Prabhu bt Gary Kajla 35-1, 59-12, 26-1, 18-0; Digvijay Kadian bt Siddarth Raj 37-12, 42-25, 15-42, 42-20, 16-28, 50-1; Vadivel bt Abhishek Pathania 28-26, 44-36, 32-19, 41-21.
Pradosh cracks ton
Pradosh Ranjan Paul’s unbeaten century helped Tamil Nadu post 244 for 6 in 90 overs against Chhattisgarh on the first day of the Cooch Behar Trophy, U-19 tournament played at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh international stadium, Raipur. This was Pradosh’s second ton of the competition. The left-hander also raised 111 runs in 45.1 overs with Radhakrishnan for the fifth wicket. Brief scores: Tamil Nadu 244/6 in 90 ovs (PR Paul 120 no) vs Chhattisgarh.
Adithya shines
Adithya’s 55 enabled Asian Reprographics RYA Metrostar to beat Atikramya TNC by 84 runs in the Ensol-Elite Super Sixes cricket tournament held at City Center. Brief scores: Asian Reprographics RYA Metrostar 113/5 in 7 ovs (MS Adithya 55) bt Atikramya TNC 29/6 in 7 ovs; Pitz Stop AFC Galaxy 100/3 in 7 ovs (AFC Nikhil 43 no) bt Atikramya TNC 55/4 in 7 ovs; Neeraj Technocom RYA 111/3 in 7 ovs (B Rohit 67) bt Atikramya TNC 12/6 in 4.5 ovs; Kesar Banquet RCC Platinum 85/2 in 7 ovs (S Sidharth 38) bt Pitz Stop AFC Galaxy 82/5 in 7 ovs; Neeraj Technocom RYA 69/6 in 7 ovs (B Rohit 26) bt Spa Influence NBA 5/6 in 4.3 ovs.
IOB bag title
Indian Overseas Bank defeated SRM University 25-19, 25-21, 25-15 to bag the men’s crown at the SNJ-67th senior state volleyball championship held at Mayor Radhakrishnan stadium in Chennai.
Results: Final: Indian Overseas Bank bt SRM University 25-19, 25-21, 25-15. 3rd place: Chennai Spikers bt Customs, Chennai 25-19, 25-16.