Three in a row for Thiruvallur

Thiruvallur won the TNCA Inter-Districts Under-19 Tournament for a third time in a row by defeating Kancheepuram in the 2019-20 final held at the Magna – Puratham Cricket Ground here recently.

Update: 2020-02-15 20:49 GMT
The victorious Thiruvallur team that won the TNCA Inter-Districts Under-19 tourney

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Thiruvallur, which had also finished first in 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons, beat Kancheepuram by 80 runs in the summit clash, which was a three-day affair. R Raja Guru (106) and R Raja Giri (5/42) were the chief contributors in the second innings for victor Thiruvallur, which had a deficit of 50 runs after the opening exchanges.


Vignesh S Iyer (218) smashed a double-century in the first innings for Kancheepuram that suffered a batting collapse, in the final innings, on the last day.


Brief scores: Thiruvallur (1st innings) 343 for8 in 90 overs (R Vivek 123, R Raja Guru 86, Sai Kiran Ramesh Babu 46); Kancheepuram (1st innings) 393 all-out in 89.5 Overs (Vignesh S Iyer 218, R Yash 48, Adittya Varadharajan 48); Thiruvallur (2nd innings) 263 for 6 in 40 Overs (R Raja Guru 106, S Sourav 63*); Kancheepuram (2nd innings) 133 all-out in 33.2 Overs (R Raja Giri 5/42).

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