It’s Vijay CC vs Jolly Rovers in final
Defending champions Vijay CC and Jolly Rovers advanced to the final of the TNCA first division league - Elite after winning their semi-final matches by virtue of first innings lead against AGORC and Grand Slam CC respectively here on Friday.
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This would be the fourth time the two teams are meeting in the final. While Jolly Rovers won in 2012-13 and 2013-14 Vijay CC won the 2014-15 edition.
AGORC, resuming from their overnight score of 145/9 in 64 overs added nine runs in 1.5 overs to be bundled out for 154, handing Vijay CC a 230-run first innings lead.
Left-arm spinner Rahil S Shah took his fifth five-wicket haul this season and tormented the AGORC batsmen to finish with figures of 5/38. Off-spinner B Aparajith supported Shah with a haul of 3/30.
Later, Aparajith became the lone batsman in the season to score 1000 runs during his knock of 33 as Vijay CC finished at 167/7 in 32 overs.
Aparajith was a stand-out performer with three centuries and four half-centuries in 16 innings with a best of 3306* against India Pistons in the season's opener.
Elsewhere, at IC-Guru Nanak, Grand Slam resumed from their overnight score of 52/3 in 15 overs to finish at 157/5 in 55 overs before play was called off at lunch.
Brief scores: Grand Slam CC 193 & 157/5 in 55 overs (M Shahrukh Khan 75* (157b, 7x4, 1x6), V Maaruthi Raghav 48, K Vignesh 2/15) drew with Jolly Rovers 270. (Jolly Rovers declared winners on first-innings lead). Vijay CC 384 & 167/7 in 32 overs (D Karthik 36, B Aparajith 33, R Lakshminarayanan 2/66, S Dinesh 2/6) drew with AG's Office 154 in 65.5 overs (N S Chaturved 6, M Vijai Bharath Ram 31, Rahil S Shah 5/38, B Aparajith 3/30).
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