Parikshit Somani, making a comeback after a successful stint with the Indian Under-14 team in Europe, managed to overcome a mid-match slump to beat Saurav Kalkala 6-2, 6-7 (5/7), 6-0 in the second round of the Adidas-TTT National sub-junior clay court tennis championships.
RESULTS (Second round): U-14: Boys: Sumit Pal Singh bt Srivatsa Ratakoda 6-0, 4-6, 6-2; Kabir Manrai bt Yavin Yogesh Solomon 6-2, 6-0; Yugal Bansal bt Srijan Singh 6-1, 6-1; Dhruv Sunish bt Naithaolin Calvin G 6-2, 7-5; Megh Bhargav Patel bt Adil Kalyanpur 7-6 (7/5) 6-0; Utkarsh Bharadwaj bt Gurjot Singh 6-3, 6-3; Abhimanyu Vennemreddy bt Arnav Bharadwaj 6-7 (2/7), 6-3, 7-5; Parikshith Somani bt Saurav Kalkal 6-2, 6-7 (5/7), 6-0.
Girls: Snehal Mane bt Shivani Amineni 6-1, 6-1; Simran Varun Kejriwal bt Muskaan Ranjan 6-1, 6-3; Sabhyata Nihalani bt Aastha Dargude 6-2, 6-2; R Sai Avanthika bt Humera Shaikh 7-5, 6-2; Harsha Sai Challa bt Swathishi Suresh 6-4, 7-6 (7/2); Sai Deedeepya bt Pratyusha R 6-2, 6-3; Sathwika Sama bt Sarah Dev 6-3, 6-0; Aarja Chakraborthy bt Sivanajua Peddada 6-2, 6-2; Ramya Natrajan bt Anu Verma 6-4, 6-0.
Sachin Slams Ton
R Audi Sachin’s century (126; 234b, 22x4) helped City IV post 260 against City I on the first day of the TNCA Round Robin U-14 tournament.
BRIEF SCORES: At University Union: City IV 260 in 87.2 overs (R Audi Sachin 126, Abhishek Santhanam 33; Prabhav Bala 3/29) vs City I.
At Gandhi Nagar: City II 222 in 73.5 overs (Aswath Sajith 30, CSD Srirangan 29, R Keshav 29, Y Smeet 27; S Kishan Kumar 4/46) vs City III 31/1 in 19 overs.
Anirudh Scalps Six
PB Anirudh’s 6/18 helped City I bag a lead of 97 runs against City IV in a drawn match of the TNCA Round Robin U-16 match at VB Nest. City I were declared winners by virtue of their first innings lead.
BRIEF SCORES: At Marina: City II 200/7 in 90 overs drew with City III 205/6 in 90 overs (G Hemanth Kumar 27, AH Mohamed Suhail 44, Adhithya Raghuraman 61 no; G Nicul Anand 3/26). City III won on first innings lead.
At VB Nest: City I 189 in 79.4 overs and 49 in 23 overs (S Lokeshwar 32; M Anton Andrew Subikshan 4/14, Arjun Basu 3/6) drew with City IV 92 in 58 overs (PB Anirudh 6/18, YAK Sharath Sreekanth 3/28) and 73/7 in 15 overs (P Ajith Kumar 28; R Mihir 4/12).
Mohan Shines
Mohan Ram’s unbeaten 53 was the feature of Omega International School’s three-wicket win over Vales International School in the SJPS invitation inter-school U-14 cricket tournament.
BRIEF SCORES: Vales International School, Injambakkam 125 in 20 overs (RS Thilak 30) lost to Lalaji Memorial Omega International School, Kolapakkam 126/7 in 20 overs (Mohan Ram 53 no, Surya Narayanan 30).
Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Anna Nagar 125/4 in 20 overs (Hariharan 38) bt SDAV, Adambakkam 45 in 16.4 overs (Sudharsham 4/13).