Local League: Shahrukh Khan posts quick-fire century

Shahrukh Khan propelled India Cements to a decent score of 261 for nine in its 50 overs. The right hander made 101 runs, smashing 13 fours and a sole six. The winner restricted India Pistons to 255 in 49 overs, ensuring a closely-fought win. In other matches, Sanmar – Alwarpet and Nelson came up trumps against MCC and Kalpathi – CromBest respectively.  

Brief scores: India Cements – Vijay 261 for nine in 50 overs (KB Arun Karthick 26, N Jagadeesan 52, M Shahrukh Khan 101, S Harish Kumar 3/44, M Prabhu 2/49) beat India Pistons 255 in 49 overs (S Chandrasekar 55, GV Vignesh 45, A Venkatesh 28, Shikhar Hukku 31, M Mohammed 3/41, R Sai Kishore 3/44, Malolan Rangarajan 2/41)  

MCC 163 in 49.1 overs (R Nilesh Subramanian 55, P Sakthi 40, Sandeep Warrier 4/33, R Suthesh 3/22, R Sanjay Yadav 2/22) lost to Sanmar - Alwarpet 165 for five in 42.4 overs (K Vishal Vaidhya 34, R Kavin 52, K Gowtham Thamarai Kannan 2/43, M Ganesh Moorthi 2/27) 

Kalpathi – CromBest 172 for nine in 42 overs (Varun M Totadri 26, Kaushik U Ram 34, M Affan Khader 64, V Lakshman 3/41, W Antony Dhas 2/28, Manan Sharma 2/21) lost to Nelson 173 for seven in 34.3 overs (Manan Sharma 62, V Subramania Siva 50, Samruddh Bhat 2/14, Varun M Totadri 2/43)