CHENNAI: Medium pacer Ashwath Mukunthan’s 5/26 enabled Tamil Nadu to bag a lead of 116 runs against Kerala on the first day of the Col CK Nayudu Trophy U-23 tournament played at Krishnagiri Stadium, Wayanad. Ashwath’s tally of five wickets also includes a hat-trick as Kerala were all out for 42. Tamil Nadu captain J Kousik was in his element picking up four wickets for just 10 runs.
Wicketkeeper S Lokeshwar was sharp and agile as he took four catches. Five Kerala batsmen were out for nought. Tamil Nadu were 24/0 in their second essay at stumps. Earlier in the afternoon, Tamil Nadu were all out for 158 in 51 overs in their first innings with Anirudh Sita Ram and R Kavin making 48 each.
For Kerala, Anand Joseph was the most successful bowler bagging five wickets for 55 runs. Brief scores: Tamil Nadu 158 in 51 ovs (B Anirudh Sitaram 48, R Kavin 48; Anand Joseph 5/55, F Fanoos 4/62) & 24/0 in 9 ovs vs Kerala 42 in 16.4 ovs (Ashwath Mukunthan 5/26, J Kousik 4/10)
Ashish, Imran shine
P Ashish Jain of Q Lounge beat top-seed Vijay Nichani of CBE 67-7, 62-50, 83-12 in a Group D match of the Indian Oil-Tamil Nadu state ranking snooker championship on Saturday. Imran Ganj (MRC) defeated R Loganathan (SIAA) 3-0 with a break of 58 in the first frame. Results: Group A: Naveen bt Damu Menon 56-55, 0-72, 28-49, 67-59, 66-53; S Shrikrishna bt Mustaq 63-29, 77-71, 57-46. Group B: Imran Ganj bt R Loganathan 62 (58)-16, 65-41, 59-49; Loganathan R bt Prem Prakash 67-36, 70-1, 49-92, 107 (82)-0.
Group C: Pranit bt Kaavya Bharath 66-38, 48-22, 37-70, 57-36; Monish Arya bt Rakesh K 14-57, 57-9, 73-34, 67-19; Rakesh K bt Thirumurugan 43-40, 57-30, 72-59. Group D: Ashish Jain bt Vijay Nichani 67-7, 62-50, 83-12. Group E: Vadivel bt Premkumar 87-73, 54-33, 50-65, 72-54. Group F: Ashwin bt S Surendran 64-19, 66-39, 47-52, 76-67; Ashwin bt Saranraj 12-55, 27-76, 70-21,13-54, 71-40; Prabhu bt Hariprabhu 33-84, 43-29, 80-9, 52-57, 70-14; Hariprabhu bt S Surendran 62-30, 31-16, 58-14, 56-2. Group G: Sasi Kumar bt Prabhu 59-64, 68-9, 74-39, 53-46; Senthil Loganathan bt Sasikumar 28-58, 61-41,15-62, 60-20, 59-44. Group H: Saleem bt Hariharan 62-13, 72-42, 72-32; Parthiban R bt Sri Deepadharshan 53-78, 88-43, 28-66, 58-45, 59-4; Parthiban R bt Hariharan 52-53, 77-26, 68-28, 66-47.