CHENNAI: MS Washington Sundar’s 7/ 51 went in vain as Globe Trotters failed to take the lead against TI Cycles on Day 1 of a TNCA senior division league match at Pachaiyappa’s College grounds. Both teams made 137 in their first innings.
Group A: AG’s Office 146 (K Vignesh 3/30, DT Chandrasekar 5/28) vs Jolly Rovers 111/5 (Piyush Chawla 52 no). UFCC T Nagar 109 (M Prabhu 5/45) vs India Pistons 87/2. Nelson 262/5 (Anand Subramanian 85 no) vs Young Stars.
Group B: TI Cycles 137 and 30/1 (MS Washington Sundar 7/51) vs Globe Trotters 137 (Varun Sood 4/68, R Sanjay Yadav 3/24). CromBest 102 (S Ajith Ram 5/30, Malolan Rangarajan 4/14) vs Vijay 130/2 (KB Arun Karthick 68 no, B Aparajith 50). Grand Slam 229/5 (N Jagadeesan 60) vs Alwarpet.
TNSJA awards
The Tamil Nadu Sports Journalists’ Association’s (TNSJA) annual awards function will be held at Hyatt Regency on August 27. This edition of the event is co-hosted by Arise Group, which has increased the number of scholarships from 10 to 12 this year.
Scholarship winners for 2017-18 (D30,000 each): R Mohan Kumar (athletics), Sankar Muthusamy (badminton), P Baladhaneshwar (basketball), P Jeevanantham (basketball), P Iniyan (chess), K Priyanka (chess), R Adithi (football), B Jothika (rowing), S Shrikrishna (snooker), S Yashini (table tennis), Preyesh Suresh Raj (table tennis), Dhakshineswar Suresh (tennis).