Aditya’s century helps Mugappair win

Batting first, centurion Aditya did bulk of the scoring for Mugappair, which posted 214 for eight on the board in its regulation overs. Left-handed batter Aditya’s 98-ball innings was laced with 11 fours and one maximum. The victor was on the top of its game with the ball, skittling out MAS for 164 in 39.4 overs.

In a Second Division match, right-arm medium pacer A Barath (6/42) bagged a six-wicket haul but his effort wasn’t enough as Thiruthani Cricket Club went down to Ebenezer CA by two wickets. Another bowler who scalped six wickets was J Divakar (6/40), whose side IEC Recreation Club defeated SRF Recreation Club by 70 runs in Fourth Division.

Brief scores: I Division: Mugappair CC 214 for 8 in 45 overs (Aditya Venkatesh 101*, V Yuvaraj 4/65) beat MAS CC 164 all-out in 39.4 overs (G Vignesh 36, Shubhan Krishnan Sridhar 33, Roshan Kishore Singh 3/27, D Vignesh Yadav 4/34);

II Division: Thiruthani CC 168 all-out in 30 overs (G Naresh Kumar 42, K Sampath Kumar 37, TK Poovarasan 28, P Suresh Kumar 4/36) lost to Ebenezer CA 169 for 8 in 28.5 overs (K Kumaresh 63, G Bala Pratap 32*, A Barath 6/42);

III Division: Aththis CC 139 for 6 in 30 overs (S Sachin 32, S Vinod 27*, S Risha Rajas 4/34) beat SSCA 112 all-out in 28 overs (V Tharunkumar 3/34);

WABCO India RC 92 all-out in 27.6 overs (AS Suryaprakash 32, R Praveen 4/30, B Magesh 3/9) lost to United CC 96 for 4 in 20.5 overs (N Hari 26);

IV Division: IEC RC 211 for 3 in 30 overs (C Chandra Kumar 54*, BK Kaushik Keifer Minh 48*, L Thulasi Ram 50) beat SRF RC 141 all-out in 24.2 overs (Atul Kumar Dwivedi 70, J Divakar 6/40);

DRBCCC Hindu College 158 all-out in 29.3 overs (S Dinesh Kumar 25, K Nagaraj 4/14) beat Universal CC 133 for 7 in 30 Overs (J Ayyappan 47*, R Veeramani 36, M Lingan 4/28).

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V Murli Dharan, a Class 8 student of Velammal Main School (Mogappair campus), emerged victorious in the singles category of the Republic Day Table Tennis Tournament 2020 held in the city recently. The age category – Under-15 – event, which saw 24 schools participate in it, was held at the Tejesh Sports Academy at Madipakkam.