K.B. Arun Karthik made an unbeaten 90 to lead India Cements to a 65-run win over Vijaya Bank in the all-India YSCA Trophy played here. In other matches, Young Stars CC and BPCL (Mumbai) beat SBT (Thiruvananthapuram) and SBM (Bangalore) respectively, while the match between Rail Wheel Factory and IOC (Mumbai) was abandoned owing to overnight rain.
The scores:
India Cements 190 for five in 25 overs (K.B. Arun Karthik 90 n.o, S. Suresh Kumar 60, B. N. Bharath three for 21) bt Vijaya Bank 125 for seven in 25 overs (C. M. Gautham 56, V. Arunkumar three for 32).
SBM (Bangalore) 164 for seven in 21 overs (Chetan William 34, Anirudh Joshi 33, Karun Nair 31, Abhishek Nair three for 29) lost to BPCL (Mumbai) 166 for eight in 20.5 overs (Surya Kumar Yadhav 48, Onkar Kanvikar 39 n.o).
Young Stars CC 212 for eight in 30 overs (N. Suraj 48, Thabarak Baik 47) bt SBT (Thiruvananthapuram) 140 for eight in 20 overs (Jagdees 45, Anfal 41).
Good knock by Uday
Uday Krishna’s knock of 84 helped Don Bosco MHSS ‘A’ beat Nellai Nadar HSS by 61 runs in the Friends inter-school cricket tournament played here.
The scores:
Don Bosco MHSS “A” 171 for three in 20 overs (Uday Krishna 84, Vigneshwar 54) bt Nellai Nadar HSS 110 for seven in 20 overs (Anton Andrew three for 17, Kiran Akash three for 12).
St. John’s School 87 in 19.3 overs (Naveen Kumar 30, Vignesh three for 16, Rahul three for 18) lost to Sankara Vidyalaya SSS 88 for two in 14.2 overs (Swaminathan 38).
St. John’s School “B” 84 in 18.3 overs (S. Kishore 45, Sai Kishore three for 11, Karthick three for 15, Ajith Kumar three for 18) lost to Vyasa Vidyalaya SSS 85 for no loss in 13.2 overs (S. Shankar 50 n.o, R. Gokul 30 n.o).
Keywords: YSCA Trophy, domestic cricket
