Abhinav hits another ton

Visakhapatnam: Prakasam batter M Abhinav followed his first innings ton with 159 against West Godavari in a drawn league match of the ACA Central Zone U-19 tournament in Guntur on Monday. Brief scores: North zone (Vizianagaram): Visakhapatnam 350 & 213/6 decl. in 59.2 overs (KAS Prasad 69) drew East Godavari 226 & 149/4 in 40 overs (TV Sai Sravan 64). Vizianagaram 259 & 168 in 59.1 overs (DVS Sriram 7/56) drew Srikakulam 238 & 170/8 in 38 overs (N Susanth 64). Central zone (Guntur): Prakasam 437/9 decl & 395 in 69.4 overs (M Abhinav 159, K Anand Josiah 88, N Akhil 73) vs West Godavari 302 & 8/2 in 3 overs.Khanish’s 7-wkt haul puts Kurnool on topLeft-arm spinner P Khanish took seven wickets to bowl Kurnool into a strong position against Kadapa in the ACA South Zone multi-day tournament.Brief scores: North zone (Vizianagaram): Srikakulam 257 & 260/9 in 70.5 overs (M Pranith 82, T Vijay 52) drew with East Godavari 144 & 262/6 in 73 overs (SV Rahul 100 no, Satyanarayana Raju 61). Visakhapatnam 195 & 230 in 71.3 overs (K Dheeraj Lakshman 100) drew with Vizinagaram 344 in 104.3 overs (GSP Teja 86, Gulfaam Saleh 82) & 8/0 in 2 overs. Bad light stopped play. South zone (Anantapur): Kurnool 420 & 96/0 in 23 overs vs Kadapa 231 in 51.1 overs (M Madan Kumar 66; P Khanish 7/71). Nellore 374 in 116.5 overs (P Subramanyam 111, K Revanth Reddy 97) vs Anantapur 181/4 in 57 overs (B Yogananda 61). Central zone (Mulapadu): West Godavari 205 & 224/8 drew Prakasam 145. Guntur 202 & 262/2 drew Krishna 208.Ruthvik, Sri Vidya win M Venkata Ruthvik and P Satya Sri Vidya won the Open and women’s titles respectively in the district chess selection tournament.Top 5 (Open): 1 Ruthvik (6 pts), 2 Sri Akhil Prasad (0) 3 Akshil BVS (6). Women: 1 Sri Vidya (5), 2 Yamuna M (4), 3 Shriya Roy (4).