Beating SSN College by two runs, SRM University claimed the Sairam Trophy State-level inter-collegiate cricket Tournament organized by Sri Sairam Engineering College here recently. In the final, SRM won the toss and batted first, racking up 138 for eight in the stipulated 20 overs, courtesy Aashish Kumar’s unbeaten 55.
Chasing the modest target, SSN regularly lost wickets, and despite a resolute 49 by Nilesh Subramaniyan, SRM scampered home by two runs. Bharat Shankar snared four wickets for 22 runs.
Aashish Kumar was adjudged man of the match while Jerusalem College’s Varun Kumar was deemed man of the series.
Brief scores (group matches): SRM University 151 for 4 in 17 Overs (Bharath Shankar 52, R Ananth 31) bt Vel Hi Tech, Avadi 42 All out in 18.4 Overs (Rohit Srinivasan 6/10, Arun Khanna 2/1); SRM University 178 for 3 in 20 Overs (R Karthik 69, Ramkumar 66 not out) bt Sairam institute of Technology 55 All out in 15.2 Overs (Mohamed Imran 3/11); Quarters: SRM University 169 for 7 in 20 Overs (R Karthik 43, S Karthik 33 ) bt BS Abdul Rahman University 118 in 19.2 Overs (Rohit 2/8, Anand 2/16); Semis: Sairam Engineering College 124 for 8 in 20 Overs (Arun khanna 2/20, Rohit Srinivasan 2/28) lost to SRM University 125 for 5 in 18.3 Overs (R Karthik 30, P Kumar 43, Arun Khanna 26 not out).
Final: SRM University 138 for 8 in 20 Overs (Aashish Kumar 55 not out) bt SSN College of Engineering 136 for 9 in 20 Overs (Nilesh Subramaniyan 49, Bharath Shankar 4/22 Arun Khanna 2/30).