CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu won the overall title in the 49th Central Revenue South Zone sports meet held in Chennai. Tamil Nadu took 292 points, while AP-Telangana finished second with 157 points.
Vimal cracks half-ton
R Vimal Khumar’s unbeaten 75 helped Santhome overcome Vidya Mandir A (Mylapore) by seven wickets in the quarterfinals of the TNCA city schools U-14 tournament for the B Somasundaram Trophy. Brief scores: SBOA 138/9 in 50 ovs (Deepak Kumar 52; Rahul Azariah 3/15) lost to St Bede’s A (Mylapore) 141/1 in 29.4 ovs (Manav Parakh 86 n.o). St Patrick’s (Adyar) 39 (P Bharadwaj 3/10) lost to Don Bosco (Egmore) 40/1 in 11.2 ovs. Vidya Mandir A (Mylapore) 160 in 44.3 ovs (John George 90; Sanjeev Kumar 3/22) lost to Santhome 161/3 in 33.1 ovs (R Vimal Khumar 75 n.o). PSBB A (KK Nagar) 134 in 46.1 ovs (M Madhavan 3/19) bt Nellai Nadar A 117 in 47.1 ovs (TV Chaithanya 3/21).
Mohan, Dinesh shine
S Mohan Prasath’s 3/36 and S Dinesh Kumar’s 3/18 helped Coimbatore DCA beat Villupuran DCA by 29 runs in the second round of the TNCA inter- district T20 tournament for the SS Rajan Trophy. Brief scores: Kanyakumari 105 in 18.5 ovs lost to Tiruvannamalai 109/2 in 15.2 ovs. Madurai 130/7 in 20 ovs lost to Thiruvallur DCA 131/3 in 16 ovs (R Nandagopal 40 n.o). Tiruchirapalli 137/7 in 20 ovs bt Salem 29 in 11 ovs. Coimbatore 163/7 in 20 ovs (S Sujay 41; V Sakthivel 3/29) bt Villupuram 134 in 19.2 ovs (V Sakthivel 65; S Mohan Prasath 3/36, S Dinesh Kumar 3/18).