Mallikarjuna shines as Andhra hold Haryana

Visakhapatnam: Andhra left-arm spinner G Mallikarjuna finished with a match haul of 10 for 104, while GPS Teja narrowly missed a century as hosts drew their Cooch-Behar trophy group C league match with Haryana at the ACA complex, Mulapadu Mulapadu on Tuesday.
Brief scores: Andhra 290 & 391 in 136.4 overs (K Revanth Reddy 174, GSP Teja 95; Rahul Rathee 5/81) drew with Haryana 270 & 181/7 79 overs (G Mallikarjuna 4/43).
Chittoor defeat Kurnool
Chittoor went for an outright win and beat Kurnool by 265 runs and topped the table in the final round of the ACA South Zone U-25 match in Kadapa.
Brief scores: Anantapur 303 & 133/5 in 22 overs drew with Kadapa 222 in 68.1 overs (Shaik Zaheer Abbas 62). Chittoor 481/2 decl. & 21/2 decl. in 4.4 overs bt Kurnool 108 & 129 in 22.3 overs (V Yegneshwar 51).
Vignesh upsets Laxman
IM NR Vignesh of Southern Railway scored a shock win over GM and former National blitz champion RR Laxman, representing ICF, in the third round of the 34th all-India Railways chess championship.
Results (Rd 3): Southern bt ICF 2.5-1.5, Northern lost to Eastern 0-4, Metro (Kolkota) lost to South Central 1.5-2.5, East Coast lost to Eastern 0-4, South Eastern bt North Western 3.5-1.5, SECR lost to South Western 0-4, RWF lost to West Central 1.5-2.5.
ACA U-15 inter-dist tourney
Andhra Cricket Association’s U-15 South, Central and North zones’ inter-district matches commence at Anantapur, Mangalagiri and Vizianagaram respectively on Wednesday.
Teams, Anantapur: B Neha, K Gowthami, R Shanvitha, P Tej Deepika, B Amulya, VC Divya, S Deepika, Hemalatha, B Kavya, C Swarnalatha, B Rishika Reddy, P Hema Keerthana, S Afrin, B Nadhini and S Shamsiya Naz. Coaches: P Sharmas Vali and Bhindu Madhavi.Krishna: Md Mehak (capt.), K Keerthi, B Chaitra, B Tanisi Sai, N Laakshanya Sruthi, P Lakshmi Aparna, R Eshikamaye, N. Nikhitha, T Prenvitha, R. Rohini, T Naga Chandrika, Syed Uzma, P Humera, T Vijaya Lakshmi and T Meghana. Coach & manager: P Bapiraju.
IIPE sports meet
Third year batch won the overall championship in the second annual sports meet of the Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy here. The third year batch won the kabaddi, basketball and volleyball titles while the fourth, second and first year batches won football, table tennis and chess events respectively.