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Tamil Nadu CM’s grand gesture

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi has announced a cash award of Rs. 10 lakh for World carrom champion Ilavazhagi.

Prabhu bowls well

Prabhu Balachandiran (five for 22) helped Reserve Bank beat Falcon by three wickets in the TNCA third division ‘A’ cricket league here.

The scores:

III div. ‘A’: Falcon 123 in 33.3 overs (Prabhu Balachandiran five for 22) lost to Reserve Bank 124 for seven in 27 overs (M. Lokesh 67).

IV div. ‘A’: GTUC 312 in 49.5 overs (I. John Baptist 130, S. Karthikeyan 47) bt PTRC 177 in 35.5 overs (R. Vignesh 71, R. Madhu five for 37, R. Hemanth four for 15).

Youngsters 230 in 50 overs (Anbarasan 90, J. Raj Kumar five for 61) lost to Prasad 232 for five in 44.4 overs (T. Marimuthu 94 n.o., R. Rangarajan 42).

YMCA (Royapettah) 121 in 29 overs (A.P. Suresh Kumar five for 40) lost to Nelson 122 for one in 16 overs (Vidhyanand 58, Chandramouli 43 n.o.).

Ashok Leyland 162 in 37.1 overs (B. Lokesh 51) lost to Sea Hawks 166 for two in 27 overs (S. Mayurnath 75, C. Prarkuvan 49).

MUC 149 in 46.3 overs (Senthil 47) lost to CUC 150 for six in 42 overs (R. Shiva Kumar 51).

V div. ‘B’: Purasawalkam 218 in 45.5 overs (Ravindra John 46, Kalyan Sridhar 40, Y. Balaji five for 49) lost to TCC 221 for eight in 49.3 overs (B. Ilaya Murugan 75).

Chennai Corpn OA 164 in 34.2 overs (K.P. Ramesh 42) lost to Eccentrics 165 for six in 26.2 overs (R. Vijaya Kumar 44 n.o.).

Companions 124 in 27.1 overs (R. Raghavendra Prasad four for 52, A. Lawrance Ignatius four for 60) lost to Prem 126 for three in 26.1 overs (S. Naresh 53).

Kamyuth 110 in 27.2 overs (Swaminathan 61, Manikanda Raja five for 24) lost to TUC 114 for three in 20.4 overs (Saravanan 40).

Kevin scalps six

Kevin Sukumar’s six-wicket haul helped Adambakkam CC secure an eight-wicket win in a KDCA first division league cricket match.

The scores:

First div.: Gurunanak Combines 127 in 26.1 overs (K.C. Ramasubramanian 44, Kevin Sukumar six for 36) lost to Adambakkam CC 129 for two in 20.5 overs (S. Vignesh 63 n.o., A.C. Parthiban 47).

Second div.: Palavanthangal CC 156 for seven in 20 overs bt Asian Sports Club 149 for five in 20 overs (Ajay 61, Prasanna Narayanan 44, Muthu four for 60).

Venugopal CC 101 for six in 20 overs bt Central Bank of India RC 92 in 20 overs (Senthil four for 40).

Palavanthangal CC 142 for five in 20 overs (N. Satheesh 46, S. Sathish 46) lost to Blue Bird CC 146 for six in 20 overs.

Sponsorship rights

Bharatstudent.com, a youth community platform with over three million registered users, has acquired the sponsorship rights for the Hyderabad Heroes team in the Indian Cricket League (ICL).

The site is organising an interactive contest, which will allow a few lucky members to play in a one-on-one cricket match with the Hyderabad Heroes.

MCC-A posts win

MCC-A beat Besant Nagar-A 2-1 in the SANMAR-TNTA tennis ‘A’ zone league here.

Other results:

A zone:

Gandhinagar-A w/o NTC-A; NTC-A bt MCC-B 2-1; Besant Nagar A bt Gandhinagar-A 2-1.

B zone:

NTC-B bt Besant Nagar-B 3-0; RANSA-A bt Presidency-A 2-1; Cosmo-A bt Indira Nagar-A 2-1.

SRM triumphs

SRM University won the SVCE rolling trophy inter-collegiate basketball tournament, beating Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering ‘A’ by 52 points to 41.

In the semifinals, SRM beat SVEC ‘B’ 48-22.

Praveen Kumar of SRM was declared the best player of the tournament.

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