Sachin Rathi helps Rovers take big lead against Pistons

CHENNAI: Riding on a sensational effort from Sachin Rathi who took six for 73, Jolly Rovers took a huge first innings lead of 253 runs against India Pistons in the TNCA First Division League here on Tuesday.

After declaring its innings at 467 for eight, Rovers dismissed Pistons for 214 and enforced the follow-on. In its second innings, Pistons reached 149 for 5. By virtue of its first innings lead, Rovers collected five points.

Brief scores: MRC ‘A’ 221 & 261/5 in 69 overs (K Mukunth 85, NS Chaturved 49, M Affan Khader 64*, NS Harish 3/47) drew with Alwarpet 329 in 91.5 overs (Himmat Singh 112, S Rithik Easwaran 89, Sunny Sandhu 4/60, Omkar Nath Singh 3/52).

Points: Alwarpet 5; MRC ‘A’ 1. Globe Trotters 552/7 decl. drew with Vijay 211 in 70.1 overs (KB Arun Karthick 79, M Shahrukh Khan 47, S Ajith Ram 4/45, S Mohamed Ali 3/31) & 66/1 in 32 overs. Trotters 5; Vijay 1. Swaraj 444 drew with Grand Slam 326/9 in 112 overs (L Suryapprakash 72, S Lokeshwar 72, Manav Parakh 51*, M Siddharth 52, P Vidyuth 7/119. Swaraj 1; Grand Slam 1. Jolly Rovers 467/8 decl. drew with India Pistons 214 in 92 overs (M Mithul Raj 55, M Monish Raj 40*, Sachin Rathi 6/73) & 149/5 in 58 overs (ST Natarajan 46, Anand Subramanian 47*). Rovers 5; Pistons 1. Sea Hawks 291 & 89 for two in 17 overs (Ayush Badoni 52) drew with UFCC (T Nagar) 363 in 149.1 overs (B Sachin 166, V Maaruthi Raghav 42, M Abhinav 48, R Karthikeyan 3/51). UFCC 5; Sea Hawks 1. MCC 323 in 111.3 overs (Tanmay Agarwal 116, DT Chandrasekar 4/65) vs Nelson 185/4 in 60 overs (Shivam Singh 67 batting, Robin Bist 63 batting)