Hyderabad crowned Buchi Babu champion

Resuming from its overnight score of 76 for one, the visitor lost Tanmay Agarwal to run out after making 35 runs. That brought Rohit to the crease and along with Sumanth 77 not out (115b, 11x4, 1x6) the duo went about chasing the modest score of 200 in 56.4 overs. Rohit remained unbeaten on 47 that consisted of seven hits to the fence. V Lakshman took one wicket for the host as the rest of the bowlers struggled to make an impact. Sumanth was named the player of the tournament.

Brief scores: Tamil Nadu President’s XI 200 lost to Hyderabad 201/2 in 56.4 overs (K Sumanth 77*, K Rohit Rayudu 47*, Tanmay Agarwal 35). Player of the tournament: K Sumanth.

Tamil Nadu asserted its supremacy in the All_india Postal Kabaddi Championship when it beat Karnataka 36-18 in the final and won the tournament at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Perimet on Friday. Andhra Pradesh defeated Maharashtra 46-36 in the match for the third place. 

Bengaluru drivers Deepak Paul Chinnappa of Race Concepts and schoolboy Yash Aradhya grabbed pole positions in their respective categories while Hyderabad’s Anindith Reddy was overall quickest in the MRF F1600 practice session in the fifth and final round of the MRF MMSC fmsci Indian National Racing Championship at the MMRT track at Sriperumbudur on Friday. Behind the leaders was local challenger Chetan Korada who showed improvement with every lap, clocking a best of 01:40.815 and then going even quicker in the second session when he did a 01:40.350. 

Championship contenders Anindith Reddy and Sandeep Kumar (Chennai) set the early pace in the two practice sessions. Anindith was overall quickest, albeit by a mere three-hundredth of a second with a best of one minute, 40.130 seconds to Sandeep Kumar’s 01:40.164, but the real battle lies over the weekend when three races are scheduled after Saturday’s qualifying session.