CHENNAI: Riding on the brilliance of Diwakar Ram and Mitilesh, who scored two goals each, ONGC blanked Army XI 5-0 in the 91st All India MCC Murugappa Gold Cup hockey tournament held at Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium here on Saturday.
Results: ONGC 5 (Diwakar Ram (32nd, 70th), Mitilesh (53rd, 63rd), Sumit 54th) bt Army XI 0; Indian Railways 3 (Karan 21st, Pardeep 60th, Ajmeer 70th) bt Punjab & Sind Bank 1 (Arvinder 67); Punjab National Bank 4 (Hardeep 16th, Gagandeep 31st, Shamsher 37th and 53rd) bt Central Secretariat 1 (Joshua 14).
Nafees cracks ton
HN Mohammed Nafees’ century (101) enabled Kanyakumari to post 341 for 9 in 90 overs against Tiruchirapalli on the first day of the second round of the TNCA inter-districts under-14 tournament on Saturday.
Brief scores: Vellore 72/63.4 ovs (S Sakthivel 3/28, T Suryaprasad 4/19) vs Coimbatore 62/1 in 37 ovs (K Sibiyenthal 40 batting); Villupuram 204/8 in 90 ovs (M Vikram 35, S Mohamed Ibrahim 34, N Ashok Kumar 44, M Arunachalam 59 no) vs Salem 21 for no loss in 15 ovs; Erode 141/69 overs (J Pranav 59, N Mithilesh 5/20) vs Dindigul 20/4 in 26 ovs (KS Vinu Kumar 3/8); Thiruvarur 42/34.1 ovs (P Arjun Thapa 3/3, L Pradeep Vishal 3/3) vs Thiruvallur 201/6 in 46 ovs (S Karan 60, S Santhosh Kumar 66, S Nikkesh 3/10); Theni 31/21.5 ovs (VP Akki Shravanth 4/5, K Wafar 4/9) and 4 for 1 in 3 ovs vs Madurai 129/66 ovs (VP Akki Shravanth 37, S Vishvadev 35, R Kishore Kumar 6/45); Kancheepuram 150/56.2 ovs (Ram Shreyas Rajesh 41, B Neelesh 3/57, A Dharanish 3/29) vs Krishnagiri 75/4 in 42 ovs; Kanyakumari 341/9 in 90 ovs (KS Navaneeth 81, HN Mohamed Nafees 101, KS Barath Rithvik 3/40) vs Tiruchirapalli.