CHENNAI: KH Gopinath’s timely century (100 off 142 balls) paved the way for Nelson SC to beat Young Stars by five wickets, in an Elite Group match of the Senior Division league of the TNCA, at SSN College grounds here on Wednesday.
Nelson had to chase down 305 in a minimum of 70 overs and they reached it with fourteen balls left. It was a remarkable win, considering Nelson had conceded a 122-run first innings lead. Daryl and Gopinath added 107 runs for the third wicket in 23.4 overs.
Brief scores: Elite Group: At IC-Guru Nanak: Vijay 370 drew with Grand Slam 202 in 76.1 ovs (L Suryapprakash 70, Shubham Sharma 40, Rahil Shah 6/89, Malolan Rangarajan 3/50) and 183/2 in 57 ovs (L Suryapprakash 64 n.o, Abhimanyu Easwaran 48). Points: Vijay 5; Grand Slam 2. At MRF-Pachaiyappa’s: India Pistons 188 and 200/3 in 68 ovs (S Guru Raghavendran 104 n.o, A Venkatesh 57 n.o) drew with Globe Trotters 365 for 8 decl. in 112.5 ovs (K Mukunth 138, Washington Sundar 182 n.o, M Prabhu 6/94).
Points: Trotters 5; Pistons 2 At SSN: Young Stars 274 and 182/7 decl. in 48 ovs (Tushar Raheja 39, Ganesh Satish 68, V Lakshman 3/39) lost to Nelson 152 and 306/5 in 67.4 ovs (KH Gopinath 100, Daryl S Ferrario 65, W Antony Dhas 50, S Mohan Prasath 4/98). Points: Nelson 8; Young Stars 0. Plate Group: At IITChemplast: Alwarpet 343 and 41/1 in 12 ovs drew with Jolly Rovers 380 in 99.2 ovs (Jiwan Jot Singh 63, M Vijay 105, S Suresh Kumar 40, M Siddharth 4/118) Points: Rovers 5; Alwarpet 2. At TI-
Murugappa: TI Cycles 144 and 312 for 6 decl. bt AG’s Office 136 and 244 in 69 ovs (P Francis Rokins 44, RD Ashwin Kumar 73, R Sanjay Yadav 4/87, Varun Sood 3/57). Points: TI Cycles 8; AGORC 0. At MAC: UFCC (T Nagar) 244 drew with CromBest 341/5 in 122 ovs (R Ananth 143, Vignesh S Iyer 66). Points: CromBest 5; UFCC 2. Big win for CFC U-18s Chennaiyin FC’s U-18 team defeated Raman Vijayan Soccer Schools (RVSS) 14-5 in an U-18 Youth League encounter at the SSN College Ground on Wednesday. B Rohmingthanga turned in a five-goal performance for CFC while Lingeswaran M scored a hat-trick. Skipper Zonunmawia, Syed Suhail Pasha and Lalliansanga Renthlei scored two apiece.