K Thirunavukkarasu took a five wicket haul, helping his team Villupuram notch up a comfortable win against Nagapattinam in the TNCA U-23 Inter-Districts T20 tournament.
Playing at Salem, batting first, Villupuram scored 181 for the loss of eight wickets with A Kamaleshwaran scoring an unbeaten 78. Chasing the huge target, Nagapattinam were dismissed for a paltry 102 in 17.34 overs thanks to Thirunavukkarasu’s five wickets, who conceded just 16 runs.
Brief Scores:
At Coimbatore
Erode 144 for 6 in 20 overs (R. Karventhan 61) beat Theni 121 for 9 in 20 overs; Dindigul 99 in 20 overs lost to Coimbatore 100 for 4 in 18.2 overs (Mohana Prasanth Shanmugam 39); Tiruvarur 137 for 8 in 20 overs (A.V.R. Rathnam 3 for 17) beat Thanjavur 130 in 20 overs
(G. Kishore 78, G. Gowthaman 4 for 25); Ramanathapuram 124 in 19 overs (M. Ismail 6 for 15) lost to Nilgiris 125 for 4 in 18.3 overs (W. Prince Praveen 36 not out, Nitin Shekar 44);
At Tiruchirapalli
Tiruchirapalli 132 for 6 in 20 overs (P. Naveen 45, F. Edwin Richard 37, P. Santhaguru 3 for 16) beat Sivagangai 114 for 7 in 20 overs (V. Hanoosh Vijayan 3 for 24); Madurai 125 for 7 in 20 overs (T. Ramesh Thangaraj 54, S. Santhosh Kumar 3 for 23) lost to Perambalur 126 for 2 in 19 overs (N. Niranjan 76); Namakkal 150 for 5 in 20 overs (P. Ezhil Raj 46, S. Sanjay Shrinivas 48) beat Virudhunagar 108 for 8 in 20 overs (A. Yougesh Rajan 43, S. Mohan Kumar 4 for 23); Cuddalore 129 in 18.3 overs (A. Mohammed Rafeek 31, B. Sriban 38, C. Poovarasu 4 for 17) lost to Dharmapuri 133 for 8 in 18.3 overs (R. Aravind 32, P.S. Mohan 3 for 30)
At Salem
Tiruvannamalai 137 for 5 in 20 overs (S. Surya 32. S. Murali 71 not out) beat Kancheepuram 135 in 19.4 overs (V. Bharath Hariharan 31, S. Krishna Kumar 4 for 21);
Pondicherry 147 for 6 in 20 overs (P. Raja 50, Mohamed Azarudeen 38 not out) lost to Karur 148 for 5 in 18.5 overs (K. Meganathan 62, K. Vinoth 32); Villupuram 148 for 7 in 20 overs (A. Kamaleeshwaran 78, A. Abinash 3 for 18) beat Nagapattinam 102 in 17.3 overs (K. Thirunavukkarasu 5 for 16); Thiruvallur 125 in 19.3 overs (Sujith Govindaraju 3 for 23) lost
to Salem 129 for 3 in 19.3 overs (S. Sharun Kumar 50, N. Rikesh Kumar Sharma 42 not out).