Pranith, Sandeep and Naveen shine

Visakhapatnam: Srikakulam opener M Pranith hit a century while Krishna captain and off-spinner Y Sandeep claimed seven Guntur wickets and Prakasam leg-spinner P Naveen had a six-wicket haul on the first day of the league matches in the ACA zone level men’s inter-district tournament on Saturday. Brief scores: North zone (Visakhapatnam): Visakhapatnam 195 in 57.3 overs (M Hemanth Reddy 99, G Manish 54; Y Vasu 4/39) vs Vizianagaram 119/1 in 28 overs (Gulfaam Saleh 80 batting). At Chintalavalsa: Srikakulam 247 in 65.5 overs (M Pranith 138; Satyanarayana Raju 4/48) vs East Godavari 3/1 in 5 overs. Central zone (Mulapadu): West Godavari 205 in 60 overs (K John Richards 85; P Naveen 6/59) vs Prakasam 77/4 in 29 overs. Guntur 202 in 63.3 overs (K Maheep Kumar 78, PP Manohar 47; M.Vamsi Krishna 38 Y Sandeep 7/67) vs Krishna 80/2 in 24 overs.Arjun, Lohith, Abhinav, Akhil hit centuries Opener P Arjun Tendulkar of Anantapur scored his second century of the match against Kadapa, Chittoor opener C.Lohith Lakshmi Narayana hit a century and helped his team gain first innings lead over Kurnool while M. Abhinav and N Akhil helped themselves to centuries and added 188 runs for the sixth wicket for Prakasam in the ACA zonal level inter-district multi-day matches tournaments on Saturday.Brief scores: North zone: Visakhapatnam 334/9 in 90 overs (Abdul Sameer 95 batting, B Paramveer Singh 57) vs East Godavari. Vizianagaram 236/7 in 92 overs (M Yuvaraju 66 batting). Central zone: Krishna 259 in 77.1 overs (K Manohar 4/45, K Mukhesh Nagendra Babu 4/53) vs Guntur 11/3 in 10.2 overs. Prakasam 437/9 in 91 overs (M Abhinav 132, N Akhil 105, P Durga Balaji 58) vs West Godavari. South zone: Anantapur 397 & 320/3 in 65 overs (P Arjun Tendulkar 101, A Jayanth Krishna 96 batting, Prasanth 85 batting) vs Kadapa 148 in 42.4 overs (MK Lohith Sai Kishore 4/31). Kurnool 284 vs Chittoor 313/9 in 93 overs (C Lohith Lakshmi Narayana 118; M Dinesh Kumar 4/88).