Sudhakaran; (R) V Naveen Kumar 
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Naveen stars in YSCA win

Skipper V Naveen Kumar’s unbeaten 67 off 58 balls helped YSCA to an emphatic eight-wicket win over Accenture in the GR Kuppuswamy memorial league cum knockout tournament.

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The win also took YSCA into the final where it will take on Apollo Tyres, which got the better of IBM in the other semi-final.

Set to chase 165 for a place in the final, Naveen Kumar and G Nagarajan 66 not out (76b, 5x4) added an unbroken 126 runs for the third wicket to guide their team home. In the second semi-final, Apollo Tyres scored 208 in its stipulated 30 overs with C Kubendran scoring 91. In reply, IBM was bowled out for 162. 

Brief scores: Accenture 164 in 29.4 overs (Sachin Sudhakaran 40, Venkatesh 46) lost to YSCA 168/2 in 28.1 overs (G. Nagarajan 66*, V. Naveen Kumar 67*). Apollo Tyres 208/5 in 30 overs (C Kubendran 91, Prakash 48) bt IBM 162 in 29.4 overs (Sudhakar 72, Madan 3/33)

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