Local League: Bharath Shankar sizzles with century

Set to chase a target of 228, Grand Slam chased it down with nearly 20 overs to spare as Bharath Shankar clobbered 21 fours and sis sixes. Earlier, M Abhinav starred with the ball taking four for 29.

Brief scores: Vijay CC 188 in 49.2 overs (L Suryapprakash 69, Manan Sharma 3/31) bt Nelson 178 in 46.4 overs (KH Gopinath 30, R Sai Kishore 3/33, Malolan Rangarajan 3/32). Points: Vijay 4 (26); Nelson 0 (20). TI Cycles 195 in 49.2 overs (R Aashish Kumar 56, S Harish Kumar 4/39, S Sharun Kumar 2/33) lost to India Pistons 199/9 in 46.1 overs (Ganapathi Chandrasekar 43, Maan K Bafna 41*, S Aravind 2/30, V Yuvaraj 2/39). IP 4 (18); TI 0 (4). Alwarpet 227 in 50 overs (K Vishal Vaidhya 53, R Kavin 58, M Abhinav 4/29) lost to Grand Slam 228/4 in 30.3 overs (K Bharath Shankar 148*). Grand Slam 4 (22); Alwarpet 0 (16). MRC ‘A’ 157 in 45.2 overs (R Srinivasan 44, M Ashwin 67, S Swaminathan 4/29, S Mohan Prasath 3/25) lost to Young Stars 159/7 in 44.2 overs (Adithya Ganesh 51*, R Venkatesh 2/37, M Ashwin 2/30). Young Stars 4 (18); MRC 0 (18)