Tamil Nadu to meet Karnataka in final

TN will meet Karnataka in the final on Friday. Karnataka beat Maharashtra 37-33 in the second semi-final.

Results: Karnataka defeated Andhra Pradesh, score - 07/30 (Group - ‘B’). Gujarat defeated West Bengal, score - 36/11 (Group - ‘A’). Kerala defeated Telangana, score - 23/22 (Group - ‘B’). Tamil Nadu defeated Gujarat, score - 51/18 (Group - ‘A’). Kerala defeated Punjab, score - 39/16 (Group - ‘B’) Maharastra defeated Uttar Pradesh, score - 23/17 (Group - ‘A’).

DB Jain College of Arts and Science and Bharath University scrapped to narrow victories in the Reliance Foundation Youth Sports football tournament in Chennai on Thursday. DB Jain beat SSN Engineering 1-0 while Bharath University had to dig deep to overcome a spirited fight by the Louis Institute for the Deaf 2-1. DB Jain cantered home through a 6th minute goal by Christiana Elwin. Ratham put Bharath University in the lead in the 19th minute. The Louis Boys equalised early in the second half, in the 32nd minute but missed a couple of chances to squander a good opportunity. Rather eventually found the winner in the 52nd min. In another match, JNN Institute of Engineering tamed Mar Gregorios College of Arts and Science 2-0. R Ganesh (21st) and Jawahar (7) were the goal-scorers for the winners. 

Results: D.B.Jain College Of Arts And Science Bt SSN College of Engineering 1-0; Bharath University Bt St Louis Institute For The Deaf  2-1; J.N.N Institute Of Engineering Bt Mar Gregorios College of Arts and Science 2-0; Nazareth College  Bt Sir Theagaraya College 4-1 (penalties) 

The state selection committee of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association comprising S Sharath (chairman), D Girish and P Subbiah selected the following players as the probables for the state team to participate in the Ranji Trophy championship for the season 2017-18.

The squad: Abhinav Mukund, M Vijay, V Ganga Sridhar Raju, L Suryapprakash, K Mukunth, M Kaushik Gandhi, B Aparajith, B Indrajith, Vijay Shankar, MS Washington Sundar, K Dinesh Karthik, N Jagadeesan, S Lokeshwar, B Anirudh Sita Ram, S Radhakrishnan, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, J Kousik, Rahil S Shah, R Sai Kishore, Malolan Rangarajan, K Vignesh, T Natarajan, L Vignesh, R Rohit, M Mohammed, V Lakshman, K Vishal Vaidya. Support staff: Coach: Hrishikesh Kanitkar. Assistant coach/bowling coach: L Balaji. Fielding coach: R Prasanna. Trainer: Ramji Srinivasan. Physio: Thulasiram Yuvaraj. Video Analyst: Hari Prasad.