Chennai: City II and City IV posted victories courtesy first innings lead in the TNCA Under-16 round-robin matches here on Thursday. While City II got the better of City I at the TI Murugappa Cricket Ground, City III fell at the hands of City IV at the Scope Ground.
Rahul Ayyappan Harish (98) guided City II to 286 for six on day two, seven more than the total City I (279) had posted on the first day. Advaith Prahalad (74) contributed a half-century as City IV (213) outscored City III (200).
Brief scores:
City I 279 in 84.3 overs (Yovani Gabriel 45, Siddarth Prakash 37, Akash Dev Kumar 57, S Mohamed Ali 85, R Bharat Srinivas 3/74, V Adharsh Gurudev 5/71) vs City II 286 for 6 in 90 overs (Rahul Ayyappan Harish 98, KOM Nitin 71, CV Achyuth 4/59).
City III 200 in 73.3 overs (Vishaakh E Menon 41, A Badrinath 76, Pranav Venkatesh 3/34, R Seshanth 3/35, Karthick Manikandan 3/28) vs City IV 213 in 70.4 overs (SR Athish 34, Advaith Prahalad 74, R Seshanth 47*, SG Adithyaa 3/33).