Malolan Rangarajan’s 4 for 76 and Rahil Shah’s 3 for 48 helped Vijay CC defeat Grand Slam by an innings and 46 runs on the final day of a fifth round match of the TNCA Senior Division League at Guru Nanak College ground.
In another match at Murugappa grounds, K Bharath Reddy’s unbeaten century (102 no) and Sridhar Raj’s half-century (53 no) helped IOB gain the all important lead of two runs over TI Cycles and also five points.
BRIEF SCORES: At IC Guru Nanak: Grand Slam 159 & 191 (V Maaruthi Raghav 62, B Indrajith 55; Malolan Rangarajan 4/76, Rahil Shah 3/48) lost to Vijay CC 396/ 2 decl. Points: Vijay 8 (29); Grand Slam 0 (17).
At MRF Pachaiyappas: AG’s Office RC 206 & 234/6 (NS Chaturved 67, P Francis Rokins 50; S Thilak 4/55) drew with Globe Trotters 305/9 decl. Points: Trotters 5 (17); AG’s 2 (14).
At CPT-IP: India Pistons 209 & 141/5 (R Srinivasan 52 no; P Shijit Chandran 3/72) drew with Alwarpet 293 (S Karthik 61, G Chiranjeevi 56, P Shijit Chandran 56; M Ashwin 6/88). Points: Alwarpet 5 (22); Pistons 2 (17).
At SRMC: UFCC (T Nagar) 233 & 144/1 (V Ganga Sridhar Raju 55 no) drew with Young Stars 255 (Petson Matthews 56; K Vignesh 3/62, A Aswin Crist 3/54). Points: Young Stars 5 (22); UFCC 2 (14).
At Murugappa: TI Cycles 377 drew with IOB 379/7 (Abhishek Hegde 86, K Bharat Reddy 102 no, M Sridhar Raj 53 no; R Karthikeyan 4/143). Points: IOB 5 (17); TI Cycles 2 (14).