CHENNAI: Chennai Customs defeated STC Pollachi 25-19, 25-17 in a men’s match on the first day of the 65th senior state volleyball championship held at Udhagamandalam on Tuesday.
Results: Men: Chennai Customs bt STC 25-19, 25-17; IOB bt Indian Bank 25-18, 25-14; SRM University bt Chennai Spikers 15-23, 25-21, 25-23; Income Tax bt TN Police 25-15, 25-23; Sports Hostel Ex Popes bt DJ Kanchi 25-19, 25-19; St Joseph’s Engg bt Kulikarai 25-13, 25-10; TNEB bt MMT 25-23, 25-23.
Punjab Thrash TN
Shubman Gill’s unbeaten double century (263 not out) paved the way for Punjab to beat Tamil Nadu by an innings and 368 runs in the Cooch Behar Trophy (U-19) Group B match at Patiala.
Brief scores: Punjab 536/9 decl in 144 ovs (Shubman Gill 263 no, Ikjot Singh Thind 78, Mayank Markande 138; RS Jaganath Sinivas 5-79) bt Tamil Nadu 71 in 45.1 ovs (Akul Pratap Pandove 5-22) & 97 in 59.2 ovs (Jasinder Singh 3-11).
Shrikrishna Champ
S Shrikrishna of MYC defeated Vijay Nichani of Coimbatore 6-0 in the final of the state-ranking snooker tournament at Erode.
Result (final): S Shrikrishna (MYC) bt Vijay Nichani (CDBSA) 55-42, 74-15, 66-63, 90-8, 78-34, 64-28.