Chennai: Ankeet Bawane (146) and Rajagopal Sathish (133) smashed centuries as Jolly Rovers posted 538 for seven declared against Globe Trotters in the TNCA First Division League match at the IIT-M Chemplast Ground here on Tuesday.
Bawane and Sathish had remained not out on 73 and 31 respectively at the end of day one. The pair added 228 runs for the fourth wicket in 59.4 overs. While Bawane smashed 14 boundaries, Sathish’s knock included 13 fours and a solitary six. In reply to Rovers’ huge total of 538, Trotters was 54 for two at close of play.
Brief scores: MRC ‘A’ 118 and 135 for 2 in 66 overs (NS Chaturved 73) vs Nelson 240 in 59 overs (KH Gopinath 48, Robin Bist 69, Manan Sharma 41, M Silambarasan 3/72, Arpit Vasavada 3/5)
Grand Slam 442 in 136.4 overs (V Ganga Sridhar Raju 104, R Rohith 121, V Maaruthi Raghav 99, K Gowtham Thamarai Kannan 5/74) vs MCC 123 for 6 in 40 overs (M Abhinav 5/28). Vijay 407 in 140.2 overs (N Jagadeesan 130, R Sai Kishore 74, Malolan Rangarajan 104, SS Jasvanth 5/134) vs TI Cycles 97 for 3 in 37 overs
Alwarpet 354 in 110.4 overs (K Vishal Vaidhya 125, U Mukilesh 70, Rajwinder Singh 4/104, Maan K Bafna 4/90) vs India Pistons 199 in 51.4 overs (S Harish Kumar 89, R Sanjay Yadav 6/56) and (following on) 45 for 1 in 15.1 overs
CromBest 171 and 30 for no loss in 11 overs vs Young Stars 227 in 92.4 overs (Tushar Raheja 44, U Vishal 40, Adithya Ganesh 48, R Alexandar 4/68, Wilkins Victor 4/34)
Jolly Rovers 538 for 7 decl. in 146 overs (M Kaushik Gandhi 116, B Aparajith 68, Ankeet Bawane 146, Rajagopal Sathish 133, S Radhakrishnan 4/92) vs Globe Trotters 54 for 2 in 33 overs.