Devdutt, Abhirath hammer tons

Abhirath Reddy (Hyderabad, 110 n.o.).

Sijomon Joseph’s four-wicket haul helped Kerala post a 21-run win and hand Tamil Nadu its second defeat in as many games in the South Zone under-23 one-day tournament here on Monday. For Kerala, Rohan Kunnummal top-scored with 80.

Devdutt Padikkal (Karnataka, 112).

In another match, centuries from Abhirath Reddy and P.S. Chaitanya Reddy helped Hyderabad post an easy eight-wicket win over Goa.

The scores:

Kerala 241 for nine in 49 overs (Rohan Kunnummal 80, Fabid Ahmed 36, T. Ajith Kumar four for 53) bt Tamil Nadu 220 for nine in 49 overs (C. Hari Nishaanth 44, Pradosh Ranjan Paul 65, Sijomon Joseph four for 47). Points: Kerala 4 (8); Tamil Nadu 0 (0) .

Goa 253 in 49.4 overs (Suyash Prabhudessai 92, Vishambar Kahlon 60, Amulya Pandrekar 31, T. Ravi Teja three for 50) lost to Hyderabad 254 for two in 34.2 overs (Abhirath Reddy 110 n.o., P.S. Chaitanya Reddy 101). Hyderabad 4 (4); Goa 0 (0) .

Karnataka 324 for nine in 50 overs (D. Nischal 67, Devdutt Padikkal 112, K.N. Bharath 65, K.L. Shrijith 41, M. Harishankar Reddy three for 45, K.V. Sasikanth three for 83) lost to Andhra 325 for four in 44.5 overs (Ashwin Hebbar 137 n.o., Ricky Bhui 52, D. Naren Reddy 39, D.G.J. Chaitanya 61 n.o.). Andhra 4 (8); Karnataka 0 (4) .