S. Harish Kumar slammed an unbeaten 100 (64b, 4x4, 7x6) to power India Pistons to a 125-run win over Nelson in the VAP Memorial Trophy on Monday.
Harish and skipper M. Prabhu (71, 76b, 6x4, 2x6) added 136 in 18.1 overs for the seventh wicket.
At SSN, R. Ananth’s 91 and K. Sambasiva Sarma’s all-round performance (70 & four for 40) helped UFCC (T Nagar) pip Young Stars by fours runs.
At MRF-Pachaiyappa’s, Globe Trotters scored a four-wicket win over Alwarpet in a low-scoring encounter to register its second win and qualify for the quarterfinals.
The scores:
India Pistons 298 for seven in 50 overs (S. Harish Kumar 100 n.o., M. Prabhu 71, Anand Subramanian 50) bt Nelson 173 in 42.3 overs (R. Srinivasan 40, S. Aravinthan 34, R. Nilesh Subramanian 32, Rajwinder Singh four for 33, R. Karthikeyan three for 29). Points: Pistons 4 (4), Nelson 0 (4) .
UFCC (T. Nagar) 268 for eight in 50 overs (R. Ananth 93, K. Sambasiva Sarma 70, Adithya Ganesh 42) bt Young Stars 264 in 49.5 overs (Wilkins Victor 65, V. Subramania Siva 43, S.I. Vasudevan 31, K. Sambasiva Sarma four for 40). UFCC 4 (0), Young Stars 0 (0) .
Alwarpet 89 in 36.4 overs (Ashwath Mukunthan three for 18) lost to Globe Trotters 90 for six in 17.5 overs (S. Aniruda 31). Trotters 4 (8), Alwarpet (0) .
IOB 258 for eight in 50 overs (A.G. Pradeep 86 n.o., Abhishek Hegde 43, J. Joel Joseph 32, Amit Pathak 31) bt ICF 178 in 44.1 overs (A. Ganesh Kumar 31, S. Omesh 31). IOB 4 (4), ICF 0 (2) .
