Sai Kishore spins Grand Slam to lead

Sai Kishore’s spell helped his team take a lead of 151 runs and in the second essay, Grand Slam declared its innings at 137 for four. 

Group A: India Pistons 190 & 163/4 in 46 overs (Saurabh Pradeep 49, Rahul Tripathi 57*) drew with Young Stars 279 in 108.4 overs (Jalaj Saxena 110, Tushar Raheja 67, S Harish Kumar 3/44, R Karthikeyan 3/63). Points: Stars 5 (29); Pistons 2 (20). UFCC (T Nagar) 245 & 92/4 in 37 overs (M Abhinav 52*) drew with AG’s Office 332 in 112.5 overs (NS Chaturved 116, P Francis Rokins 53, EM Jose Midhun 41, M Abhinav 4/118, S Ashwin Ram 3/68). AG 5 (7); UFCC 2 (6). Jolly Rovers 233/5 decl. in 62 overs (B Anirudh Sita Ram 89*) drew with Nelson 145/2 in 43 overs (S Karthik 50*, Robin Bist 52*). Nelson 3 (27); Rovers 3 (19).  

Group B: TI Cycles 171 & 125 in 41.1 overs (Rahil S Shah 5/32) lost to Vijay 251 & 46/3 in 12.5 overs. Vijay 8 (26); TI 0 (16). Alwarpet 401 drew with Globe Trotters 337 in 132.3 overs (K Shrivasudeva Das 55, C Hari Nishaanth 108, M Siddharth 5/107). Alwarpet 5 (12); Trotters 2 (22). Grand Slam 314 & 137/4 decl. in 38 overs (Pradosh Ranjan Paul 77*) drew with CromBest 163 in 73 overs (R Ananth 53, R Sai Kishore 7/40). Grand Slam 5 (26); CromBest 2 (7).