Local League: Punit Bisht’s double ton helps Parry’s win

Punit Bisht’s 204 not out helped Parry’s post a mammoth 374 for six. In a third division ‘A’ match, R Sunil Kumar scalped six wickets as Bhimannapet RC beat Falcon CC by 49 runs. 

BRIEF SCORES: II-PLATE CHAMPIONSHIP: Parry’s S & RC 374 for 6 in 50 overs (Punit Singh Bisht 204*, S Santosh Shiv 90, Yogesh Nagar 38) beat ICF SA 238 for 5 in 50 overs (S Omesh 119*, Ryan Jebaraj 42*, S Vignesh 33) 

III-DIVISION ‘A’: Bhimannapet RC 222 for 9 in 50 overs (SV Praveen 64, K Kabin Sanjay 62, R Ganesh 4/67) beat Falcon CC 173 in 42.3 overs (R Ravi Kumar 67, R Sunil Kumar 6/31) Mambalam Mosquitos 101 in 35.5 overs (D Harshavardan 32, S Vigneshwaran 5/24, N Selva Kumaran 4/28) lost to SPIC RC 102 for 3 in 21.2 overs (L Saravanan 35) Young Men’s Association 154 in 44.5 overs (S Akesh 39, K Ashok Kumar 38, K Kiran Kasshyap 4/30, M Lakshminarayanan 3/35, B Prabhu 3/31) beat Reserve Bank RC 134 in 40.5 overs (S Murali 42, S Akesh 4/37, S Shikapdeen 3/39) Indian Bank S & RC 166 in 42 overs (V Ajay Kumar 38, P Satish 30*, U Murali Shambavi Girinath 30, C Karthick Kumar 4/46, R Vineeth 3/53) lost to Sea Hawks CC 167 for 8 in 40.5 overs (R Nandagopal 64, M Suresh 3/44) Perambur Club 240 for 9 in 50 overs (S Dhruva Kumar Reddy 54, S Prabu 45, S Praveen Kumar 42, R Adithya 4/66, Sunil Oasis 3/49) lost to Twentieth Century Club 241 for 8 in 46.3 overs (M Gopala Krishnan 98, GR Sadashiv Iyer 59) 

The 49th edition of the All India YSCA Trophy Cricket Tournament will be held from May 1.

Mumbai teams BPCL, IOC and Indian Navy, Vijaya Bank, Kerala State Cricket Association are among the outstation teams participating in the tournament. “We have made provision for five more outstation teams,” said Gurumurthy, the organiser of the tournament. In all, there will be 56 entries for the tournament. Chennai Customs, Nelson SC, AGs Office, Loyola College, Guru Nanak College, SRM, RKM Vivekananda College, St Bedes, Santhome HSS and St Patricks are some of the prominent city teams in the fray. It will be ä knockout tournament up to the quarterfinal. The final will be played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on June 24. IOC is the defending Champion and BPCL the runner-up. There will be ä super league at the quarter-final stage.