Local League: Aravinth bowls Karur to a facile win

Set to chase 176, Perambalur stumbled on its way as Aravinth didn’t let it off the hook. He received good support from CK Virat Harish who took three for 18. Virat Harish was also the top-scorer for Karur with a fine 73. 

At Dindigul: Tiruchirapalli 158/7 in 20 overs (C. Sarath Kumar 87, S. Chinna Maruthu 3/25) bt Ramanathapuram 108/9 in 20 overs (S. Mansoor Ali 37, B. Pradeep 3/14); Madurai 119 in 20 overs (E. Sivakumar 4/20) lost to Tiruvarur 122/5 in 19.1 overs (M. Vikneshwaran 40, V. Barathwaj 42*, D. Joe Mathew 3/18); Dindigul 122/6 in 20 overs (N. Sushil Kumar 44, M. Mohammed 48) bt Sivagangai 83 in 18.2 overs (K. Kabin Sanjay 36, T. Ayyanar Moorthi 6/15, S. Manikandan 3/10). At Villupuram: Kancheepuram 140/8 in 20 overs bt Villupuram 138 in 20 overs (G. Srirangan 39, S. Aravind 3/30); Pondicherry 134/9 in 20 overs (S. Kalaivanan 41, P. Muthu 4/22) bt Dharmapuri 124 in 19.4 overs (M. Ravi Kumar 31, S. Kalaivanan 3/18, S. Dhinesh 3/8). 

At Tirunelveli: Virudhunagar 138/6 in 20 overs (U. Muthukumar 48, K. Karuppasamy 38*) bt Namakkal 124/6 in 20 overs (V. Gopinath 40, V. Suresh Kumar 36*, S. Baburaj 3/7); Thoothukudi 134/9 in 20 overs (S.P. Nathan 39, R. Kalidoss 3/23) bt Nagapattinam 117/9 in 20 overs (R. Maria Irudhya James Raj 3/32). 

At Tirupur: Tirupur 94/9 in 20 overs (S. Dinesh Kumar 3/11, R. Mari Muthu 3/18) lost to Coimbatore 95/3 in 9.4 overs (P. Sugendhiran 62); Karur 175/5 in 20 overs (C.K. Virat Harish 73, M. Naveen Kumar 36, M. Sakthivel 3/38) bt Perambalur 119 in 19.2 overs (R. Vasudevan 51, T. Aravinth 5/22, C.K. Virat Harish 3/18). 

At Salem: Tiruvannamalai 95 in 16.5 overs (P. Hariharasudhan 63, C. Vignesh 3/11, N. Arun Raj 3/9) lost to Kanyakumari 96/4 in 18.1 overs (P. Hariharasudhan 3/12); Thanjavur 116/7 in 20 overs (P. Sakthi 57*, P. Sivakumar 3/14) lost to Salem 120/5 in 17.4 overs (S.I. Vasudevan 36*). At Theni: Theni 95/7 in 20 overs (S. Prabhakaran 44, R. Rohith Ram 3/15) lost to Thiruvallur 97/3 in 12.5 overs (S. Aravinthan 32, P. Nangagopal 30*); Krishnagiri 137/4 in 20 overs (M. Sakthivel 30*, M. Venkataraju 38) bt Pudukottai 74 in 14.2 overs (P. Ramajayam 3/8, S. Jagan 5/15).

Nelson SC replied strongly to reach 193 for two after Vijay CC posted a formidable 456 on day two of the Elite division of the TNCA First Division League here on Friday. 

Vijay CC’s G Rahul Singh, who was unbeaten on 95 overnight, reached his maiden ton in only his second match but got out soon after at 101 (153b, 9x4, 1x5, 1x6). Another overnight batsman, KB Arun Karthick fell six runs short of a century. But the day undoubtedly belonged to off-spinner Shoaib Md. Khan who ended with an impressive haul of nine for 124. Shoaib took the last five wickets in the space of 27 balls. Nelson’s S Karthik scored 87 (157b, 13x4) to lead his team to a confident start. In another Elite match, India Pistons reached within sight of taking lead over Young Stars on the second day of their match. After bowling out Young Stars for 249, Pistons finished the day at 210 for four, trailing by 39 runs. Teenage opener Nidhish S Rajagopal batted diligently to notch up his maiden century 125 batting (216b, 17x4) in first division.

Elite: Vijay 456 in 112.5 overs (B. Aparajith 76, D. Anchit 43, Himmat Singh 41, G. Rahul Singh 101, K. B. Arun Karthick 94, Shoaib Md. Khan 9/124) versus Nelson 193/2 in 65 overs (S. Karthik 87, Priyank Panchal 49, R. Srinivasan 44*). Young Stars 249 in 105.2 overs (Wilkins Victor 126, M. Prabhu 4/41) vs India Pistons 210/4 in 71 overs (Nidhish S Rajagopal 125*). Plate: AG’s Office 527/5 decl. in 144 overs (N S Chaturved 75, S. Dinesh 51, Arpit Vasavada 101, P. Francis Rokins 151*, R. Karthik Adithya 104*) vs Jolly Rovers 95/1 in 34 overs (V. Ganga Sridhar Raju 42*).