Chennai: Abhinav Bali (111*) and K Syed Shahabuddin (104*) struck unbeaten centuries as DSS Club defeated ICF Sports Association by a mammoth 223 runs in the TNCA Second Division B league.
Batting first, Bali and Shahabuddin took the attack to the opposition and helped their side get past the 300-run mark. In the second innings, ICF was bowled out for a paltry 107. In another match, P Rakesh Kumar (111*) scored an unbeaten ton to guide Aruna Cricket Club to a seven-wicket win over Southern Railway Institute.
Brief scores:
II-DIVISION:
Swaraj CC 278 for 8 in 50 overs (A Aarif 114, Y Sunny Kumar Singh 46, S Gunaseelan 33, M Shajahan 30) lost to Parry\92s S & RC 279 for 4 in 48.4 overs (Aashish Srikrishnan 94*, Varun Narendar 83, S Siddharth 58)
Sir Theagaraya RC 219 for 8 in 50 overs (S Aravinthan 60, Rajesh Bishnoi 42, D Sudhan 35*) lost to AG\92s Office RC 220 for 3 in 26.1 overs (M Vijai Bharath Ram 78*, R Karthik 64*, S Dinesh 34)
SPIC RC 194 in 49.1 overs (M Manokaran 77, D Karthick 43) lost to Triplicane SC 195 for 6 in 34.2 overs (SP Nathan 47, Shaik Kamaruddin 3/32)
II-DIVISION B: Southern Railway Institute 234 for 9 in 50 overs (M Suresh 67, A Rakesh 52, H Khadar Basha 33*, P Elaya Raja 3/26) lost to Aruna CC 238 for 3 in 49.2 overs (P Rakesh Kumar 111*, A Sarathraj 65). DSS Club 330 for 3 in 50 overs (Abhinav Bali 111*, K Syed Shahabuddin 104*, S Senthil Nathan 59, S Thilak 46) beat ICF Sports Association 107 in 35.2 overs.
Indian Overseas Bank Staff Club 275 for 9 in 50 overs (D Pramod Doss 51, K Bharat Reddy 45, Andimani Ganga Pradeep 45*, ND Harishankar 3/47) lost to United Friends CC (T Nagar) 277 for 6 in 49.3 overs (T Shakthi Eshwar 75, Pranav Kumar 56*, MK Siva Kumar 49, CH Jitendra Kumar 32).