CHENNAI: B Akshadh Rao’s unbeaten 109 helped Chengalpattu earn a facile 98-run win over Ranipet in Group H of the TNCA Inter Districts U-14 tournament.
Batting first, Chengalpattu scored 235 for three with Akshadh scoring 109 not out (123b, 10×4). He received good support from AI Ashwin who contributed 61. In reply, Ranipet was restricted to 137 for nine.
Elsewhere, off-spinner MS Prajwol Nath took five for 15 to bowl Kanyakumari to an eight-wicket victory over Nagapattinam.
Brief scores: Venue: Erode (Group ‘A’): Thiruvallur 176/9 in 50 overs (S Gautam Anand 45, GU Bazil Agamed 3/28) bt Erode 164 in 47.4 overs (V Nitheesh 35, S Kiran Raj Yadav 3/31, S Sri Vishnu 3/35); Nilgiris 152 in 48.5 overs (Ishaan 61, S Tapeshwar 3/21, SJ Girish 3/17) lost to Trichy 155/8 in 34.5 overs (R Ovish 42, Saketh Gulshan 3/38, Ishaan 4/34)
Venue: Dindigul (Group ‘C’): Tirunelveli 149 in 49.5 overs (Jerome Adam 36, Kavi Muthumani 3/26, Srinithish 3/32) lost to Virudhunagar 150/6 in 31 overs (D Niranjan Veer 54, Abubacker Sidique 3/29); Tenkasi 69 in 43 overs lost to Dindigul 73/4 in 16.4 overs
Venue: Pudukkottai (Group ‘E’): Nagapattinam 47 in 26.3 overs (MS Prajwol Nath 5/15, CG Shree Hari 3/7) lost to Kanyakumari 48/2 in 12.3 overs; Pudukottai 180/6 in 50 overs (K Haswinth 55*, P Anirudh Krishnan 38) bt Ramanathapuram 106/3 in 50 overs (V Sujith 39*)
Venue: Ariyalur (Group ‘G’): Cuddalore 256/6 in 50 overs (AM Darnesh 59, M Pandiyan 58) bt Ariyalur 81/9 in 50 overs (G Akash 4/8); Salem 230/9 in 50 overs (S Pugal 63, A Mohamed Arfaaz 30, M Mohamed Saafir 33) bt Karur 193/9 in 50 overs (S Lakshith 51, Y Krishna Nihad 34, S Deepan Priyan 40)
Venue: Tiruvannamalai (Group ‘H’): Chengalpattu 235/3 in 50 overs (R Rishi 34, B Akshadh Rao 109*, AI Ashwin 61) bt Ranipet 137/9 in 50 overs (P Pranav Debjit 35); Tiruvannamalai 261/3 in 50 overs (S Lohith 126, R John Peter 50) bt Kallakurichi 112 in 48 overs (G Vigneshwaran 3/9)