Chennai: Nresh Gahlot’s sensational spell of six for 57 paved the way for Royapettah Cricket Club to earn a 78-run win over Prem CC in the TNCA lower division league.
Set to chase 230, Prem CC was bowled out for 151 unable to withstand the onslaught of Gahlot. Elsewhere, S Vivek Athinam scalped five for 28 to bowl Krishnaraj Memorial Club to a huge 123-run win over Minerva CC.
Brief Scores:
III-DIVISION ‘A’:
Bhimannapet Recreation Club 198/6 in 33 overs (Huzefa M Patel 65, M Santhosh Gopi 64, U Aswin 31, Prabhu Balachandiran 5/35) bt Reserve Bank Recreation Club 182/5 in 33 overs (N Lokesh 72*, M Lakshminarayanan 54).
III-DIVISION ‘B’:
Southern Railway Sports Association 277/8 in 50 overs (S Senthil 89, S Rohan Jebaraj 82, S Selva 36) bt Perunglathur Cricket Club 178 in 46.3 overs (D Harshavardhan Naidu 81, M Thiyagarajan 4/55, M Sabari Prabhu 3/49); Royapettah Cricket Club 229/6 in 43 overs (M Sadiqulameen 60, G Babu 57, E Selva kumar 44*) bt Prem Cricket Club 151 in 37.5 overs (B Mathan Khumar 50, J Prabhu 30, Naresh Gahlot 6/57).
IV-DIVISION ‘C’:
Ranji Cricket Club 279 in 49.5 overs (D Surendar Doss 93, S Padmanaban 57, R Kaleeswaran 3/64, J Manivannan 3/56) bt Chatnath Recreation Club 229 in 46.5 overs (M Vasisht 81, S Chinna Maruthu 80, Prabhu Velan 6/62, R Elango 3/32); Bharath Petroleum Corporation Club 204/9 in 50 overs (R Senthil Kumar 57*, R Mithun 44, M Shiva Ram 32, Mukamadu Abdul Kather Jayalani 4/51) bt Bharathi Sports Club 183 in 48 overs (Krish Jain 72, M Ved Prakash Raja 43, C Ashok Kumar 4/45, R Mithun 3/39); Prithvi Cricket Club 174 in 48.5 overs (N Gokul Raj 47, R Sathish Kumar 33, S Shravan 3/45) lost to BSNL Chennai Telephones Recreation Club 175/8 in 47.3 overs (R Dayakar 63*, R Bharath Rajan 4/42).
V-DIVISION ‘C’:
United Friends Cricket Club (Chengalpet) 182 in 47.1 overs (Y Jebaselvin 56, S Mathan Kumar 41, B Manikandan 3/14) lost to Sir Ashley Biggs Institute 183/5 in 34.3 overs (K Sudhakar 60, R Varun 44*). V-DIVISION ‘E’: Young Men’s Cricket Club 215/7 (Declare) in 41.2 overs (A Arjun 73, J Syed Haseeb Pasha 50, C Karthick 30) bt Ashok Leyland Athletic Association 201/8 in 43 overs (S Gopal 67, D Krishna Kumar 55, U Gunaseelan 39, V Srinivasan 4/37, N Rajesh 3/51).
VI-DIVISION ‘A’:
Singaravelar Memorial Cricket Club 183 in 29.5 overs (S Mohana Prasanth 39, J Senthil Suderson 35, P Surya 32*, P Gopalkrishnan 4/53, MV Ganesh Kumar 3/38) bt Madras Indians Cricket Club 149/9 in 30 overs (MV Ganesh Kumar 55, P Girish Prabhu 34, W Jayakumar 4/39, S Mohana Prasanth 3/31); Varsity Occasionals 108/9 in 30 overs (T Jayvelu 5/19) lost to South Indian Athletic Association 110/5 in 21.2 overs (SS Srinath 45); Madras Fertilisers Ltd Recreation Club 86 in 25.2 overs (T Adithya 31, R Gowthaman 3/15, P Saravanan 3/21) lost to Egmore Club 88/2 in 13.3 overs (A Deivaguru 47*).
VI-DIVISION ‘B’:
Bank of India Sports and Recreation Club 68 in 18.1 overs (R Elavarasan 38) lost to Universal Recreation Club 72/1 in 5.5 overs (E Arun Kumar 55*); Presidency College Athletic Association 119 in 26.3 overs (V Boopathi 4/34, R Dilli Babu 4/45) lost to Free Lancers Cricket Club 120/8 in 29.1 overs (KS Rajasegar 33, S Ramachandran 4/37); YMCA (Royapettah) Cricket Club 140/9 in 30 overs (R Loganathan 36*, KS Harikrishnan 3/40) lost to Indian Oil Sports and Recreation Club 143/4 in 24.4 overs (K Om Nitin 44)