Chennai: Pace bowler Abhishek Tanwar’s six-wicket haul and S Lokeshwar’s unbeaten century helped India Cements -Grand Slam to register a victory against AG’s Office in the 15th VA Parthasarathy Memorial Trophy at TI Murugappa Ground, here, Tuesday.
Batting first, riding on S Lokeshwar’s unbeaten knock of 108 that included eight fours and a six, India Cements Grand Slam put up a total of 305 for the loss of five wickets in 50 overs.
Lokeshwar was ably supported by Bhargav Merai and veteran batsman Ambati Rayudu, both of them scoring fifties.
Chasing 306, AG’s office was bundled out for 167 all out with Abhishek Tanwar registering a six-wicket haul.
Results:
Group A: Sanmar Jolly Rovers 232 in 48.5 overs (B. Aparajith 47, B. Anirudh Sitaram 64 (88b, 5×4), Rahil S Shah six for 39) beat India Cements Vijay 191 for nine in 42.3 overs (KB Arun Karthick 45, N Jagadeesan 42, Abhinav Mukund 32, B Aparajith four for 24)
Points: JR 4 (4) ; Vijay 0 (8)
Take Solutions MRC âAâ 240 in 50 Overs (NS Chaturved 37, R Srinivasan 80 (107b, 7×4), S Swaminathan 37, R Karthikeyan three for 50, M Suresh Babu three for 40) beat India Pistons 173 in 43.5 overs (GV Vignesh 34, S Harish Kumar 28, R Karthikeyan 38 J. Kaushik two for 24,
India Cements Grand Slam 305 for five in 50 overs (S. Lokeshwar 108 (117b, 8×4, 1×6), Bhargav Merai 57, Ambati Rayudu 52 not out, AC Prathiban two for 41) beat AGâs Office 167 in 44.3 overs (S Parameswaran 87, Abhishek Tanwar six for 23)
Points: Grand Slam 4 (12) ; AG 0 (4)
Group B: Kalpathi Young Stars 260 for five in 50 overs (M Kamalesh 62 (76b, 9×4), Ganesh Satish 42, R Sathyanarayan 57 (92b, 2×4, 1×6), S. Radhakrishnan two for 39) beat MRF Globe Trotters 233 in 47.1 overs (M.S. Washington Sundar 47, S Radhakrishnan 73 (95b, 7×4), U Vishal three for 52,
Points: Young Stars 4 (10) ; GT 0 (12)
Nelson 272 for eight in 50 overs (P Praveen Kumar 47, Adhithya Giridhar 40, Anand Subramanian 88 (85, 3×4, 3×6), K. Gowtham Thamarai Kannan five for 50, beat MCC 219 in 44.5 overs
(S Suresh Kumar 74 (86b, 3×4, 3×6), J. Syed Mohammed 30, P. Murugesh three for 3 )
Points : : Nelson 4 (6) ; MCC 0 (4)