Riding on half-centuries by KB Arun Karthick (82), Abhinav Mukund (50), S Badrinath (67) and B Indrajith (91), TNCA President's XI posted a mammoth 371 for 7 in 100 overs on the first day of the second round of the Kalpathi-All-India Buchi Babu invitation cricket tournament at the IIT-Chemplast grounds.
TNCA President's top order clicked today as they played as a unit and sent the Kerala bowlers on a leather hunt. The Kerala bowlers lacked penetration and were highly inconsistent. Arun Karthick and Abhinav added 122 runs in 38.5 overs for the first wicket while Badrinath and Indrajith raised 103 runs in 30 overs for the third wicket.
Brief scores: Group ‘A’: At RKM–Vivekananda: Andhra 207 for 3 in 52.1 overs (KS Bharat 45, DB Prashanth 79, K Bharat Reddy 42 batting, G Pradeep 27 batting, Amir Goni 3-67) vs Bengal.
Group ‘B’: At IC–Guru Nanak: Tripura 221 in 69.2 overs (Nirupam Sen Chowdhury 82, Manisankar Murasingh 49, Rahil S Shah 3-34, AC Prathiban 3-57, R Ashwin 2-44) vs TNCA XI 66 for 4 in 30 overs, Bharath Shankar 29 batting, Rahil S Shah 2 batting, Viki Saha 2-22).
Group ‘C’: At SRMC: NCA Combined Districts 132 in 80.4 overs (S Suresh Kumar 55, J Kousik 32, Amol Shinde 3-21, CV Milind 2-21, B Sandeep 2-14) vs Hyderabad 36 for 1 in 16 overs (P Akshath Reddy 15 batting, H Vihari 9 batting, S Suresh Kumar 1-10).
Group ‘D’: At MAC: Assam 224 in 86.5 overs (Awijeet Roy 54, Tarjinder Singh 56, J Syed Mohammed 41, Gokul Sharma 29, Lukman Meriwala 3-31, Aditya Vasava 2-53, Jyot Chhaya 2-26) vs Baroda 14 for no loss in 11 overs.
Group ‘D’: At IIT-Chemplast: TNCA President’s XI 371 for 7 in 100 overs (KB Arun Karthick 82, Abhinav Mukund 50, S Badrinath 67, B Indrajith 91, M Shahrukh Khan 41, KR Sreejith 3-141) vs Kerala.