CHENNAI: Amrita Vidyalayam (Nallampalayam, Coimbatore) and GK Shetty Vivekananda Vidyalaya (Ambattur) won the girls’ and boys’ titles of the CBSE Cluster VI kabaddi tournament, held in the former’s branch in the city. Jains Vidyashram and Vivekananda Vidyalaya (Vyasarpadi) were the runner-ups in the two categories. Fifty-one teams participated in the event.
The trophies and medals were given by Justice S Baskaran, Mr. M.Manoharan (CBSE observer) and Br. Vinayamrita Chaitanya (Amrita Vidyalayam (Chennai) correspondent).
Srinivas gets three-for
Medium pacer RS Jaganath Srinivas’s 3/27 and useful contributions by spinners S Kishan Kumar (2/40) and S Ajith Ram (2/52) helped Tamil Nadu bundle out Vidarbha for 193 and bag a lead of 93 runs on the second day of their Cooch Behar Trophy U-19 Group C League round at the IC–Guru Nanak College grounds. Earlier, S Lokeshwar’s century enabled TN to post a challenging total.
Brief scores: TN 286 in 94 ovs (S Lokeshwar 119; Parth Rekhade 3/95) & 33/4 in 16 ovs vs Vidarbha 193 in 78.4 ovs.
Grove CC secretary no more
TNCA president N Srinivasan and the organisation’s members expressed their grief on the passing away of R Mukund, senior club secretary of Grove Cricket Club and Grand Prix Cricket Club and former member of various selection committees of the TNCA.
Gokula Krishnan shines
An all-round display by K Gokula Krishnan (3/78 and 82 no) helped Venkat Cricket Club beat Dorairaj Memorial Cricket Club by two wickets and five balls to spare in their TNCA Fifth Division A Zone league match.
Brief scores (Fifth Division): A Zone: Amar Cricket Club 69 in 21.3 ovs (S Rizwan 6/22) lost to Gopalapuram Cricket Club 71/2 in 11.1 ovs; Dorairaj Memorial Cricket Club 283/8 in 50 ovs (Rajeel Rahman 147) lost to Venkat Cricket Club 287/8 in 49.1 ovs (K Gokula Krishnan 82 no).
E Zone: Unicorn Cricket Club 187 in 49.5 ovs (SM Beaulet Julin 6/55) bt Triplicane Recreation Club 170 in 42.1 ovs (Aashish Sharma 63; G Sathyamurthy 3/32); Varsity Occassionals 118 in 40.3 ovs (E Srinivasan 3/11) lost to Vigneswara Cricket Club 120/3 in 19.3 ovs; Perambur United Club 235 in 49.2 ovs (A Dharvesh 64; B Sudharsan 4/53) bt Air India Sports Club 105 in 31 ovs (J Panneer Selvam 5/21); Indian Oil Sports & Recreation Club 56 in 31 ovs (V Sakthivel 4/22) lost to Lusuraj Cricket Club 57/0 in 4 overs.
Lecture series
The Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (Sriperumbudur) organised a lecture titled “leading in times of Uncertainty” as a part of a monthly lecture series conducted by them called “Aakanksha Lecture Series”. The lecture was delivered by Shri Arun Krishnamurthy, founder of the Environmentalist Foundation of India.