Aparajith, Bawane help Rovers take lead

Aparajith hit his second ton of the season 181 (177b, 14x4, 10x6), and added 266 runs in 321 balls with fellow centurion Bawane for the third wicket. Bawane remained unbeaten on 137 (188b, 14x4, 3x6) as Rovers took five points to increase its tally to 35. Meanwhile, Vijay CC bowled out India Pistons for 193 to take a huge lead of 256 runs.

Brief scores: MRC ‘A’ 400/9 drew with Jolly Rovers 404/3 in 84.1 overs (B Aparajith 181, Ankeet Bawane 137*). Points: Rovers 5 (35); MRC 1 (15). AG’s Office 170 & 99/2 in 27 overs drew with Grand Slam 218/5 decl. in 80 overs (V Ganga Sridhar Raju 43, V Yo Mahesh 46, Nidhish S Rajagopal 56, Vignesh Kannan 4/70). Grand Slam 5 (19); AG 1 (11). MCC 339/9 in 100 overs drew with Nelson 132 in 57.3 overs (P Praveen Kumar 43, K Gowtham Kannan 5/20). MCC 5 (19); Nelson 1 (12). Swaraj 275/9 drew with Young Stars 276/5 in 67.4 overs (Ganesh Satish 146*, Adithya Ganesh 65). Stars 5 (27); Swaraj 1 (22). Globe Trotters 424/7 drew with Alwarpet 341 in 91 overs (R Kavin 88, U Mukilesh 56, Monish Satish 4/89). Trotters 5 (31); Alwarpet 1 (11). Vijay CC 449/4 drew with India Pistons 193 in 58.2 overs (R Karthikeyan 41, Rahil Shah 4/72, Sandeep Warrier 3/27). Vijay 5 (31); Pistons 1 (15)