Chennai: Skipper Malolan Rangarajan (5/75) scalped five wickets as Vijay CC picked up five points against India Pistons in the TNCA First Division league opening round match at the CPT-IP (Turf) Ground here Tuesday. Vijay got five points as it had a superior score in the first innings. Off-spinner Malolan, who picked up two wickets on day 2, added another three on the final day.
Scores: Vijay 498 for 7 decl. and 30 for no loss decl. in 3 overs drew with India Pistons 246 in 81.5 overs (S Guru Raghavendran 43, Rajat Paliwal 77, A Venkatesh 44 no, Malolan Rangarajan 5/75, R Sai Kishore 3/84).
Points: Vijay 5; Pistons 2
Jolly Rovers 210 and 232 for 6 in 68 overs (M Kaushik Gandhi 61, B Aparajith 110*, M Abhinav 4/103) drew with Grand Slam 307.
Points: Grand Slam 5; Rovers 2
Alwarpet 401 for 8 decl. drew with MCC 208 for 5 in 126 overs (Akshay V Srinivasan 64, J Syed Mohammed 36*, U Sasi Dev 50).
Points: MCC 3; Alwarpet 3
MRC ‘A’ 217 and 173 for 6 decl. in 51.3 overs (B Rahul 38, K Srikar Bharat 72) drew with Young Stars 234 in 93.4 overs (R Sathyanarayan 33, S Swaminathan 65, R Ashwin 6/49) and 84 for 3 in 32 overs (Tushar Raheja 34, U Vishal 41*, J Kaushik 2/14).
Points: Young Stars 5; MRC ‘A’ 2
Nelson 425 drew with CromBest 478 for 7 decl. in 127 overs (Vignesh S Iyer 36, Kaushik U Ram 35, Ankur Julka 139, Wilkins Victor 166, S Ganesh 58).
Points: CromBest 5; Nelson 2
Globe Trotters 411 for 8 decl. drew with TI Cycles 317 in 115.2 overs (R Ananth 51, M U B Sriram 33, Kunal Chandela 119, L Sathiyannaarayan 4/61).
Points: Trotters 5; TI Cycles 2