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Aravind and Yogesh shine

CHENNAI: S. Aravind 88 (85b) and Yogesh V. Narayanan 87 (53b) powered Kedar to a 107-run win over JS Rao in the Prahlad Cricket Academy tournament being played here.

The scores: Kedar CA 214 for five in 28 overs (S. Aravind 88, Yogesh V. Narayanan 87) bt JS Rao CA 107 for six in 28 overs (B. Vishal 49 n.o.); FSCA 204 for four in 29 overs (V. Srivatsan 62 n.o., S. Krishna 34, Suryaprakash 33) bt Kanniah CA 92 in 25.2 overs (Badri Vishal four for 11); Prahlad CA ‘A’ 159 for nine in 30 overs (M. Sairam 35) bt AJCA 113 in 26.4 overs (S.A. Nitesh Aravind three for 30 ,V. Sreeraman three for 18, S. Prasannavenkatesh three for eight); JS Rao CA 42 in 22 overs (M.V. Vishal Sundar four for 12, R. Ashwin three for 11, K. Sadagopan three for 14) lost to CSSF 45 for no loss in 11 overs (S. Lokeshwar 34 n.o.); VBCA 157 for two in 30 overs (K. Vishal 79 n.o., Akash Sivam 38) bt Kedar CA 120 for four in 30 overs; Prahlad CA ‘B’ 88 for nine in 30 overs (S. Sriram 40 n.o., Raghavendra three for six) lost to CSSF 89 for no loss in 9.3 overs (P. Shivaprakash 42 n.o., S. Logeshwar 37 n.o.)

Samuel shines

An all-round display by leg-spinner Samuel (58 and four for 38) was the highlight of the 87-run victory of YSCA over Mumbai CC in an exhibition match.

The scores: YSCA 187 in 38 overs (R.D. Ashwin Kumar 45, Samuel 58, Mohik four for 42, Sandeep four for 38) bt Mumbai CC 100 in 39.2 overs (Sandeep 51, Samuel four for 39).

JK Tyre races

The final rounds of the JK Tyre Junior Cup will be held at Irungattukottai Race Track on Saturday and Sunday. Each round (Round 3 on Saturday and Round 4 on Sunday) will consist of three races on single-seater 800cc Formula cars.

At the end of the first two rounds, Chennai youngster Gokul Krishna of Team Wallace Sports leads the championship with 66 points, followed by Team Rams Racing’s K. Prashanth on 46. In third place is B. Paragjyoti from Guwahati.

Basketball team

The following will represent Tamil Nadu in the National basketball championship to be held at Surat (Gujarat) from December 31 to January 7.

The team:

K. Sathish Kumar, C. Mohan Raj, S. Aravindh, S. John de Platto, M. Puvaneshwaran, Mihir Pandey, R. Chandrasekaran, V. Suresh Kumar, Vineeth Revi Mathew, Abhilek Paul, S. Robinson, C.V. Dinesh. Coach: S. Baskar.

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