CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu rode on leg-spinner S Kishan Kumar’s 6 for 39 to thrash Delhi by six wickets in the quarterfinals of the Vinoo Mankad Trophy U-19 limited-over tournament at VCA Stadium in Nagpur on Tuesday. Tamil Nadu will meet Rajasthan in the semifinal.
Brief scores: Delhi 169 in 43.5 ovs (Vaibhav Kandpal 53; S Kishan Kumar 6/39) lost to Tamil Nadu 170/4 in 33.3 ovs (S Abishiek 61 n.o, R Sonu Yadav 50).
TN colts bag three points
AP Krishna Narayan’s 78 helped Kerala post 160 for 4 in their second essay and force a draw against Tamil Nadu in the Vijay Merchant U-16 tournament. Tamil Nadu claimed three points.
Brief scores: Kerala 75 and 169/4 in 112 ovs (AP Krishna Narayan 78) drew with Tamil Nadu 243. Points: TN 3; Kerala 1.
Tejeshwara cracks ton
T Tejeshwara’s unbeaten 102 helped Harrington CA defeat Global CA by 61 runs in the semifinals of the Harrington’s state level U-16 cricket tournament.
Brief scores: Harrington CA 238/2 in 30 ovs (T Tejeshwara 102 n.o, TS Shiva 61) bt Global CA 177 in 28.1 ovs (M Srihari 58; S Sriman 3/9). Ever Win CA 195/7 in 30 ovs (Sidharth 63; Hariharan 3/55) bt SKCA 98 in 21.2 ovs (Veeravishwa 3/15, Madhan 3/14).
Divakar stars for Mogappair
R Divakar’s 4 for 28 ensured a five-wicket victory for Mogappair CC over Ebenezer Marcus CA in the TNCA-Thiruvallur DCA league first division match on Tuesday.
Brief scores: Division I: Ebenezer Marcus CA 171 in 36 ovs (R Divakar 4/28) lost to Mogappair CC 177/5 in 37.3 ovs. Division III: Universal CC 191/8 in 30 ovs bt Sri Vaishnavi CC 165 in 29.5 ovs (GD Dhanakoti 5/28).
Indian Bank win
Tamilarsan’s brace helped Indian Bank defeat Central Excise 6-2 in the Chennai Hockey Association’s Shriram City Super Six league championship. The match between IOB and ICF ended in a goalless draw.
Results: Indian Bank 6 (Tamilarsan 2, Vinodhan, Raja, Silver Stalin, Surender) bt Central Excise 4 (Laxman Karan 2, M Hassan Basha, S Balaji). IOB 0 drew with ICF 0.