CHENNAI: Santa Singh’s strike in the 65th minute enabled Punjab & Sind Bank to pull off a stunning 1-0 win over BPCL squad on the second day of the 91st All India MCC Murugappa Gold Cup Hockey tournament at the Mayor Radhakrishnan stadium here. Results: Indian Railways 6 (Ajmer Singh 4th, Raju Paul 32nd, Ranjan Aiyappa 49th, Manpreet Singh 56, Kunjan Topno 59th) bt Bengaluru Hockey 2 (VR Raghunath 18th, Nilesh 68th). ONGC 7 (Diwaker 7th, 9th, 60th); Machaiah 38th, Nilam 56th, Jagwant 69th) bt Hockey Odisha 1 (Cyril 4th). Punjab & Sind Bank 1 (Santa Singh 65th) bt BPCL 0.
Athish sparkles
SR Athish’s unbeaten 97 (79b, 8X4, 1X6) helped Don Bosco MHSS to beat St Bede’s Academy by 52 runs in the TNCA City schools U-14 tournament. Brief scores: Don Bosco MHSS 198 for 5 in 30 overs (SR Athish 97 no, Nayef Ahmed 54) bt St Bede’s Academy 146/3 in 30 ovs (B Sai Karthik 56); DAV Boys Sr Sec School 103/3 in 15 ovs (PL Harshavardhan Sai 45) bt Modern Sr Sec School 49/6 in 15 ovs; Devi Academy Sr Sec School 60 in 30 ovs (Aman Bhatnagar 4/4, R Prahmodh 4/8) lost to Bhavan’s Rajaji Vidyashram 61/1 in 11.2 ovs; Everwin MHSS 41/16.2 ovs
(G Shailender 5/6, MM Vivek Anand 3/6) lost to Pon Vidyashram 42/5 in 12 ovs (G Matheen 3/6); St Patrick’s AIHSS ‘A’ 126/8 in 30 ovs (M Rushil Kumar 55) bt Sri Sankara Sr Sec School 61/8 in 30 ovs (C Akshath Pradeep 3/6); Nellai Nadar MHSS ‘B’ 59/9 in 30 ovs (V Aniruth 3/6) lost to Chettinad Vidyashram ‘B’ 60/7 in 23.3 ovs; St Bede’s AIHSS ‘B’ 64/27 ovs (RK Deepak Kumar 5/9) lost to SBOA School & Jr College 65/1 in 9.1 ovs (JM Varun Kumar 36 no); Sri Ahobila Math Oriental HSS 76/25.4 ovs (NC Sreevatts 3/7) lost to Vidya Mandir SSS ‘B’ 77/3 in 9.3 ovs; MCC Hr Sec School 118/8 in 30 ovs bt National Public School 103/22.3 ovs (Sahil 42 no, P Neeraj 3/26); PSBBSSS ‘B’, KK Nagar 114/28.1 ovs (Anirudh Krishnan 3/19) lost to GT Aloha Vidhya Mandir 117/2 in 19.5 ovs (Anirudh Krishnan 87 no).
Nithesh cracks
79 B Nithesh’s 79 was the highlight of St Thomas group of schools (Manali) 98-run win over St Joseph MHSS in the Ramavatar Kanodia Memorial inter-school T20 tournament.