Local league: Bharath Rajan guides Prithvi home

Prithvi restricted Ranji to 103 in 26.1 overs courtesy Bharath Rajan’s eight-wicket haul. The winner made light work of the target as it chased it down in 14.3 overs. S Ravichandran and C Ashok Kumar bagged five wickets each to propel Minerva Cricket Club and Bharath Petroleum Corporate Club respectively to wins. 

Brief scores: IV-DIVISION ‘C’: Venkateswara CC 199 in 39.2 overs (C Karthick 49, K Vignesh 43, B Jaffer Salim Sadiq 3/37, C Velmurugan 3 for 39) lost to BSNL Chennai Telephones RC 200 for 9 in 46.2 overs (SG Thilak Desingh 49, V Sudhan 37, R Prabhuram 3/28, Sajjad Hussain 5/56); Tiger CC 162 in 50 overs (H Sathish Babu 48, R Abinandh 41*, P Manikandan 4/45) lost to Krishnaraj Memorial CC 164 for 7 in 46.3 overs (D Jai Shankar 49*, S Prabhu 30, CS Santosh 4/21)

Bharathi SC 167 in 48.1 overs (S Sai Sabareesha 32, S Ravichandran 5/38) lost to Minerva CC 168 for 8 in 43.4 overs (B Aravind 45*, N Ashok 3/27, Akarsh Praveen Kumar 3/30); Ranji CC 103 in 26.1 overs (R Ramesh 40*, R Bharath Rajan 8/40) lost to Prithvi CC 106 for 3 in 14.3 overs (M Naveen Ganeshan 32, Ajay Singh Adhikari 30*) Chatnath RC 173 in 47.2 overs (S Sachin 39, C Ashok Kumar 5/33) lost to Bharath Petoleum Corporation Club 174 for 6 in 35.4 overs (C Ashok Kumar 36*)