Chennai: HK Simha hit an unbeaten 89 to help TKRIMS (Hyderabad) defeat DRBCC Hindu in the men’s category of the fifth edition of the Pavit Singh Nayar Memorial All India Inter- Collegiate T20 Cricket Tournament, held here at the Guru Nanak College on Thursday.
Riding on Simha’s half-century, who was also ably supported by S Pragna Reddy’s 72, TKRIMS scored 238 in its 20 overs. Chasing the huge target, DRBCC Hindu was dismissed for a paltry 48 to hand TKRIMS a huge victory. The tournament was inaugurated by India medium pacer, Mohit Sharma.
Brief Scores
Men
Guru Nanak Stars 131 for five in 20 overs (B. Nishaanth 30, S. Ganesh 31) beat ANJAC (Sivakasi) 120 for five in 20 overs (A Yogesh Raja 51 (49b, 5×4, 1×6), K. Karuppusamy 3, DV Pranaush two for 31)
RKM Vivekananda 107 for three in 8 overs (RS Mokit Hariharan 52 not out (6x4s, 3×6), U Mukilesh 31, S M Saran two for 12) beat Mar Gregorious 41 for six in 8 overs (GS Samuel Raj three for none)
New 32 for five in 5 overs (Faiyaz Ali 22, P.Arumugam three for two) lost to Pachaiyappa’s 34 for one 4 overs (A Vignesh 22 not out)
MCC 107 for eight in 20 overs (P Mariyappan two for 18, GM Ezhilvanan two for 27, S Krishnan two for 21) beat Bishop Heber (Trichy) 72 in 13.5 overs (B Tamilselvan two for 19, AM Karthikeyan two for 16, J Kathiravan two for three)
TKRIMS (Hyderabad) 238 for four in 20 overs (S Pragnay Reddy 72 (45b, 8×4, 2×6), HK Simha 89 not out (43b, 8×4, 5×6), Samhith Reddy 33 not out, T Kaviarasan two for 28, R Sanjay Kumar two for 41) beat DRBCC Hindu 48 in 19.2 overs (Sreecharan two for 10, Samhith Reddy two for 3, Prateek Reddy two for 2)
Women
JABAS 48 for one in 5 overs (S Subhasree 21 not out) beat Chellammal 24 for three in 5 overs (H Madhina Kounaiz two for 2)
SDNB Vaishnav 51 for three in 10 overs lost to WCC 52 no loss in 4.5 overs (Aswathi Shankar 31 not out)