Chennai: M Vigneshwaran struck an unbeaten 81 as Srirangam Boys Higher Secondary School defeated Alpha Group of Schools by five wickets in the Tiruchy final of the Muthoot Group Junior Super Kings Inter-School T20 Championship. With the victory, Srirangam qualified for the second phase of the tournament.
In the first innings, Alpha scored at a brisk pace and ended with 183 for five in its 20 overs. But, Srirangam was never in a spot of bother as Vigneshwaran notched up a half-century. G Madhan Kumar (55) also played a crucial role in the win.
Brief scores:
In Tiruchy: Final: Alpha Group of Schools 183 for 5 in 20 overs (SR Arumuga Vignesh 64, Sujan Maharaj 30, A Chavinth Nadiesh 66, R Boopathi 2/31) lost to Srirangam Boys HSS 187 for 5 in
19.4 overs (K Pragadeeswaran 20, G Madhan Kumar 55, M Vigneshwaran 81*, K Sibiraj 2/27)
In Chennai: Quarter-finals: St Bede’s AIHSS 214 for 2 in 20 overs (Shubang Mishra 117*, M Mithul Raj 95, V Satyanarayanan 2/22) beat PSBB (KK Nagar) 78 all-out in 19.4 overs (I Vetrivel
2/3, YS Saie Sharan 3/12, Manav Parakh 2/10)
Don Bosco MHSS 129 for 9 in 20 overs (S Ajay Kumar 26, S Sanjay 28) beat PSBB Millennium School 60 all-out in 16.6 overs (S Adithya Geethan 3/14, Anish Upadhayaya 3/5)
Nellai Nadar 147 for 5 in 20 overs (S Harish 60*) beat Velammal International School 93 for 7 in 20 overs (P Saravanan 37*, S Harish 2/15)
Santhome HSS 141 for 7 in 20 overs (R Vimal Khumar 51, J Ajay Chetan 54, R Srihai Srinivas 3/19) beat AVM Rajeswari 89 for 9 in 20 overs (Harsh D Davey 2/18, J Nepolean Bonapart 2 for
24, T Udhayanithi 2/14)