Akshith bowls Kurnool to big win

Visakhapatnam: Pacer D Akshith Reddy finished with a match haul of 12 for 119 as Kurnool crushed Nellore by 239 runs in the ACA South zone U-19 tournament in Kadapa on Monday. Brief scores: Kurnool 395 & 146 in 38.3 overs (A Sai Surya Teja Reddy 63) bt Nellore 259 & 43 in 15.3 overs (D Akshith Reddy 6/22). Chittoor 279/9 decl & 241/4 in 77 overs (A Gowtham Krishna Teja Reddy 78, Zenik Dass 65, C Lohith Lakshmi Narayana 44) vs Kadapa 438 in 104.4 overs (B Pranav Reddy 78, R Praneel Reddy 74, R Rohit Varma 64, D.Ranadheer Reddy 54, T Sudharshan 45, N Guru Charan 44; D Balaji 4/92, A Brahma Reddy 4/102). Brief scores (men): Nellore 286/6 in 66.3 overs (K Revanth Reddy 109, P Subramanyam 86*) vs Kurnool. Kadapa 193 in 57.1 overs (Pattan Shariff 75) vs Chittoor 37/0 in 10 overs.Central zone (Mulapadu): Krishna 238 in 33.5 overs (A Susamkeerth 78, T Varun Satwik 41; V Venu 4/45) bt Prakasam 112 in 27.2 overs (A Lalith Mohan 4/16). Guntur 290 in 40 overs (K Maheep Kumar 93, PP Manohar 75, C Siddhartha 47) bt West Godavari 132 in 32 overs. Manikanta dominatesA Manikanta with four gold and a silver led the trainees of the Bharat Shooting Academy who performed well in the 23rd AP State pistol and rifle shooting championships in Hyderabad recently.Medallists: Gold: Manikanta (4), Vyshnavi Sryadri. Silver: Manikanta, Anangh Sarda (3), Lohit Siyadri (2), Vasupalli Susanth. Bronze: Anangh Sara, Lohit Siyadri, Arunitha Valluri.