Abhishek Hegde’s unbeaten century (114 batting; 274b, 10x4) and AG Pradeep’s unbeaten 77 enabled IOB to post a comfortable 250 for 3 in 90 movers against India Pistons on the opening day of the first round of the Senior Division league of the TNCA at CPT-IP grounds.
Hegde first added 112 runs for the third wicket with Robert (44) in 45 overs.
Later he was involved with Pradeep in the unbroken 133-runs stand for the fourth wicket in 41 overs.
In another match at Murugappa grounds debutant offie J Vignesh’s 5 for 84 paved the way for AG’s Office to bundle out TI Cycles for 204. In reply AG’s Office were 28 for 1 at stumps.
Brief scores: At SRMC (Turf): Young Stars 228 for 5 in 90 overs (K Martin Sanjeev 86 batting, Wilkins Victor 54, Petson Matthews 37, P Amarnath 2-31) vs Grand Slam; At Murugappa: TI Cycles 204 in 70 overs (Athiraj Shandilya 52, K Mani Bharathy 32, J Vignesh 5-84, R Alexandar 4-40) vs AG’s Office RC 28 for one in 21 overs. At IC Guru Nanak:TSC 129 in 64.3 overs (Shoaib Md.Khan 31, V Vasudevan 26, Malolan Rangarajan 4-40, Vijay Shankar 2-5, L Vignesh 2-39) vs Vijay CC 80 for three in 25 overs (Abhinav Mukund 44); At IIT Chemplast: Jolly Rovers 270 for six in 90 overs (K Bharath Shankar 63,Anand Subramanian 76, Ashwin Venkataraman 36, J Syed Mohammed 41 batting) vs Alwarpet; At MRF Pachaiyappas ‘A’: UFCC (T Nagar) 229 for eight in 89 overs (M Kamalesh 53, S Sharath 74, MK Sivakumar 31 batting, Sunil Sam 3-51, RD Ashwinkumar 2-52, W Antony Dhas 2-38) vs Globe Trotters; At CPT-IP: IOB 250 for 3 in 90 overs (Abhishek Hegde 114 batting, Robert Fernandez 44, AG Pradeep 77 batting, K Vignesh 2-49) vs India Pistons.