Local League: Kaushik’s ton helps jolly Rovers win

Earlier, Arpit Vasavada’s 126 not out enabled MRC ‘A’ to post 260 for eight. Rovers’ left-arm paceman, T Natarajan took three for 40. During the chase, Kaushik found an able ally in southpaw B Anirudh Sitaram who made an unbeaten 94 (91b, 6x4, 5x6) as the duo added 174 runs in 180 balls.

Brief scores: MRC ‘A’ 260/8 in 50 overs (S Arun 48, Arpit Vasavada 126*, T Natarajan 3/40) lost to Jolly Rovers 264/2 in 44.5 overs (M Kaushik Gandhi 102*, B Anirudh Sitaram 94*). Points: Jolly Rovers 4 (24); MRC 0 (18) . Grand Slam 131 in 23 overs (S Sharun Kumar 4/41) bt India Pistons 105/9 in 23 overs (R Aushik Srinivas 3/27, PS Raghul 3/16). Grand Slam 4 (16); India Pistons 0 (14). Nelson 261/7 in 50 overs (S Karthik 73, Manan Sharma 57, D Rahul 3/62) bt TI Cycles 175 in 46.1 overs (S Santosh Shiv 57, R Aashish Kumar 46, M Suresh Babu 4/29). Nelson 4 (16); TI Cycles 0 (4)

Brief scores: City I 337/7 in 90 overs (B Sai Sudharsan 76, V Abishek 50, S Rithik Easwaran 67, M Vishal 58, T Nrupesh Puvvada 4/63) vs City III. City II 136/7 in 78 overs (HI Waseem Ahmed 66*) vs City IV