Local League: Kabaddi mats for KBD Juniors

These mats will be used in a yet to be built multi-speciality indoor stadium to encourage the sport among youngsters in the city. 

The boys from Jeppiar School had earlier participated in the Chennai leg of ‘KBD Juniors’, conducted by Pro Kabaddi League. They made it to the final of the event and eventually lost out to Sonepat, Haryana. 

Former Asian Games gold medallist coach Kasinathan Baskaran, Tamil Thalaivas player C Arun and Anupam Goswami, Lead Commissioner, Pro Kabaddi League participated in the presentation ceremony.

The matches between City I and Districts II and City II and Districts I in the TNCA Round Robin Under-14 tournament were called off due to incessant rain on Thursday. As the matches ended without a result, the points were shared among the teams. City I and Districts I remained at their overnight scores of 223 for two and 158 for seven respectively.

Brief scores: City I 223 for 2 in 78 overs (Badrinath Annadurai 102, Siddarth Prakash 50, SR Athish 59) vs Districts II; Districts I 158 for 7 in 80 overs (K Vikram 39, VP AkkiShravanth 43, P Vignesh 3/37) vs City II

Incessant rain thwarted play on Thursday in the match between Tamil Nadu and Hyderabad in the CK Nayudu Trophy Cricket Tournament at NPR College Ground in Dindigul. Tamil Nadu remained at its overnight score of three without loss after one over. Earlier, Hyderabad had won the toss and elected to field.

Brief scores: Tamil Nadu 3 for no loss (in one over) vs Hyderabad.