CHENNAI: Left-arm spinner Rahil S. Shah’s six-wicket haul paved the way for Vijay CC’s first innings lead over Jolly Rovers in their drawn second-round elite group TNCA first division cricket league match at IIT-Chemplast here on Thursday.
Despite M. Shahrukh Khan’s 105 (145b, 15x4, 3x6), S. Suresh Kumar’s 144 (, 251b, 13x4, 3x6), and a crucial 80 runs studded with six fours and a six by R. Sathish, Jolly Rovers, resuming on 176 for three on the third day finished with 419, well short of Vijay’s 548.
In another elite contest, Alwarpet defeated India Pistons by an innings and 217 runs to top the table with 16 points.
In the plate contest at Murugappa, IOB’s off-spinner M. Shanmughan took two more wickets to take his tally to seven for 98 even as Triplicane (overnight at 267) finished on 331. At close, IOB was 142 for six.
The scores: Elite (round two, day three): At SSN: Globe Trotters 328 & 205 for five decl. in 30 overs (M.S. Washington Sundar 65, Y. Gnaneswara Rao 45, S. Aniruda 43) drew with Young Stars 210 & 181 for seven in 60 overs (R. Nilesh Subramanian 64, K. Vishal Vaidhya 58, R. Rohit 30 n.o., Washington Sundar three for 45). Points: Trotters 5 (5); Stars 2 (4) .
At CPT-IP: Alwarpet 408 bt India Pistons 115 & 76 in 32 overs (V. Ganga Sridhar Raju 35, P. Sakthi five for 13). Alwarpet 8 (16); Pistons 0 (2) .
IIT-Chemplast: Vijay 548 drew with Jolly Rovers 419 in 129.3 overs (M. Shahrukh Khan 105, S. Suresh Kumar 144, R. Sathish 80, Rahil S. Shah six for 136). Vijay 5 (10) ; Rovers 2 (7) .
Plate (round one, day two): At Murugappa: Triplicane SC 331 in 120.5 overs (D. Rohit 60, G. Chiranjeevi 75, T. Selva Ganapathy 84 n.o., M. Shanmugham seven for 98) vs IOB 142 for six in 60 overs (A.G. Pradeep 43 batting, Abhishek M. Hegde 35, Saurabh Kumar three for 60).
At VB Nest: Grand Slam 405 for six decl. in 111 overs (N. Jagadeesan 113, Pradosh Ranjan Paul 146, R. Alexander three for 108) vs CromBest 159 for three in 70 overs (R. Kavin 74 batting, U. Vishal 34, Wilkins Victor 32).
At MAC: AG’s Office 224 vs UFCC (T’Nagar) 315 for eight in 96 overs (Aditya Barooah 37, C. Hari Nishanth 80, Akshay V. Srinivasan 60, V. Arun Kumar 52, Adithya Ganesh 50 batting).
