Chennai: L Ramnath of Vidya Mandir scored an unbeaten century to help his team defeat Nellai Nadar comprehensively in the Junior Super Kings tournament match, held here at the Guru Nanak College Ground, Thursday.
Batting first, L Ramnath scored an unbeaten 113 in just 69 balls, thereby becoming the first batsman of the season to score a ton. His knoock helped his team score 210 in 20 overs. Chasing the huge total, Nellai Nadar managed just 123 runs for the loss of six wickets.
Scores
Vidya Mandir, Mylapore 210 for three in 20 overs (L Ramnath 113 not out (69b, 12×4, 4x6s), H. Rahul Ayyappan 62 (29b, 6x4s, 3×6), A. Gangadharan two for 26) beat Nellai Nadar MHSS 123 for six in 20 overs (AP Ananda Kumar 32 (22b, 3×4, 1×6), C Saffin 30 (35b, 2×6), R Bharat Srinivas two for 27)
Don Bosco MHSS, Egmore 127 for seven in 20 overs (S.R. Athish 58 (58b, 2×4, 3×6), V Arunachalam two for 27) beat AVM Rajeswari MHSS 103 in 18.1 overs (T. Shikeeshwar 29, H.S. Delwyn three for twelve, V. Sathyanarayanan two for 18, B.K. Kaushik Keifer Minh two for 20)
Trichy Semi-final
Champion AIHSS, Trichy 147 in 19.4 overs (S.N. Lulith Purnesh 24, F. Joy Harran 25, J. Josy Alan 31 (27b, 3×4, 1×6), C. Kisore two for 23, S.B. Navan Moni four for 22) beat Alpha CBSE 136 for six in 20 overs (S.G. Balaji 46 (47b, 8×4), K.M. Akash 33 not out (24b, 4×4))
Kamala Niketan 120 for nine in 20 overs (C. Sakthi Santhosh 57 (55b, 6x4s), R. Bhoopathi four for sixteen) lost to Govt. Boys HSS, Srirangam 121 for five in 19.1 overs (S.J. Abu Shajith 36 (46b, 4×4), A. Ekambaram 42 (37b, 4×4, 2×6), C. Sakthi Santhosh three for 18)