Manoj hits ton and takes five wickets

Visakhapatnam: J Manoj Kumar Reddy slammed 161 runs (119b, 4x29) and took five wickets for Tadipatri in the under-15 league and Gooty’s G Karthik picked up seven wickets after scoring 49 runs in the seniors section of the Ananta Premier League on Thursday. S Rehan with an all-round show and Manoj Kumar with a five-for impressed for the losers.
Brief scores (Under-15 league): Tadipatri 333/9 in 50 overs (J Manoj Kumar Reddy 161, U Varun 73; S Rehan 4/71, S Azaan 3/45) bt Guntakal 226 in 46.4 overs (M Shahid 72, S Rehan 49; J Manoj Kumar Reddy 5/67).Seniors league: Gooty 267/9 in 47 overs (N Mouli 72, G Karthik 49, Manoj Kumar 5/57, Vinay 3/61) bt Guntakal Mandal 253 in 46.4 overs (Laxmi Pavan 65, Kumar 46; G Karthik 7/49).
District hockey trials
The district team for the Hockey Andhra Pradesh junior men’s inter-district hockey championship will be selected during trials to be held at the Yelamanchili hockey ground from 10 a.m. on Sunday. Players born on or after January 1, 2003 are eligible and interested may report at the venue at 9.30 a.m. on Sunday and produce date of birth certificate, district hockey association secretary K Bhavani Sankara Rao informed. For details contact organising secretaries KV Anjaneya Rao (9885199535) or K Vijayananda Kumar (9848821267). The state junior championship will be held at Yelamanchili from January 23 to 26.
KDCA league suspended
The ‘B’ division league (T20s) matches of the Krishna District Cricket Association (KDCA), suspended in the past due to Covid 19, will resume on Friday at the KL University ground. Two matches are scheduled for the day till January 17.
Zonal RD Cup tennis
The zonal level Republic Day Cup tennis league tournament will be held at the GVMC Tennis Complex, near III Town Police Station here on January 18 and 19, in under-10,12,14 and 16 boys and girls and men and women categories. Interested may contact SAAP tennis convenor Durga Kumar on 9177997766. Players can register themselves for the tournament on the website www.andhdratennis.in or ATL app, informed chief coach of Visakhapatnam District Sports Authority N Surya Rao.