CHENNAI: Left-arm spinner Rajwinder Singh (4/39) and offie M Prabhu (4/73) helped India Pistons beat Globe Trotters by five wickets with a day to spare in a fifth round TNCA Elite Group Senior Division league match played at MRF-Pachaiyappa’s College grounds on Thursday.
From the overnight score of 12/1,Globe Trotters were all out for 121,with veteran Venugopal Rao making 39. India Pistons then chased down a target of 55 runs and bagged eight points.
Brief scores: Elite: Globe Trotters 112 and 121 in 43.1 ovs (Venugopal Rao 39; Rajwinder Singh 4/39,M Prabhu 4/73) lost to India Pistons 179 and 60/5 in 11.2 ovs; Jolly Rovers 550/9 in 176 ovs (R Sathish 134, Ankeet Bawane 140, Robin Bist 142 no; B Goutham 3/81, M Siddharth 3/166) vs Young Stars; Alwarpet 270 in 87.5 ovs (Manprit Singh 99, Malolan Rangarajan 8/102) vs Vijay 202/3 in 58 ovs (R Rohith 89 no, B Indrajith 74).
Nagaraj shines
G Nagaraj's 72 enabled YSCA to defeat Ashok Leyland by 77 runs in the GR Kuppuswamy Memorial league cum knockout tournament.
Brief scores: RR Donnelley 152/in 25.2 ovs (Manikandan 4/36, Nathan 3/16 lst to Apollo Tyres 153/5 in 24 ovs (Kubendran 70); YSCA 217/2 in 30 ovs (Nagaraj 72, Nirmal 56 no) bt Ashok Leyland 140/7 in 30 ovs (Ganesh 3/34, Manikantan 3/44).
IOB bag title
IOB defeated Income Tax 82-72 in the men's final to bag the 52nd Nachimuthu Gounder Trophy at the All-India basketball tournament.
Among women's, South Central Railway beat Chhattisgarh 83-57 and secured the 16th CRI Pumps Trophy.
Ball badminton tourney
The 9th St Joseph's All-India ball badminton invitation tournament for men will be held from June 10 to 12 at Sports Village, St Joseph's College of Engineering.
The matches will be played under knockout cum league basis. The total prize money is `1.25 lakh.Teams: Southern Railway; ICF, Chennai; Western Railway, Mumbai; East Coast Railway; South Central Railway, Secunderabad; South Central Railway, Vijayawada; South Eastern Railway,Kolkata; Bharat Dynamics Ltd, Hyderabad; PSNA,Dindugal; Canara Bank, Bengaluru; V.N.Club,Karnataka; Kerala.
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