TN beat Andhra, Hyd down Rlys

Visakhapatnam: Captain Rahul Singh Gahlaut (74) and pacer Bhuvanagiri Punniah helped Hyderabad beat Railways by 24 runs and Andhra captain Sk Rasheed’s unbeaten 95 went in vain as the team lost to Tamil Nadu by five wickets on the first day of the double-leg league of a quadrangular T20 tournament on Sunday.Brief scores: Hyderabad 155/7 in 20 overs (Rahul Singh Gahlaut 76) bt Railways 131 in 19.1 overs (Akash Pandey 46; B Punnaiah 4/30). Andhra 171/3 in 20 overs (Sk Rasheed 95 no, Rickey Bhui 41 no; Sandeep Warrier 3/21) lost to Tamil Nadu 175/5 in 18.3 overs (C H Nishaanth 60). Nellore beat Rest of SZ Nellore beat Rest of South Zone by two wickets with a ball to spare and Rest of North Zone beat Vizianagaram by five wickets on the first day of the ACA U-23 one-dayers inter-zone tournament in Kadapa. Brief scores: At KORM EC ground: Vizianagaram 136/9 in 28 overs (J. Durga Kumar 40) lost to Rest of North Zone 137/5 in 27 overs (AVV Vijay 52, SV Rahul 40; S Durga Prasanth 3/35). Rest of South Zone 216/8 in 40 overs (E Dharani Kumar Naidu 62; S Akhil Salunke 3/16, Saketh Ram 3/46) lost to Nellore 218/8 in 39.5 overs (P Subramanyam 60, K. Nikhileshwar Reddy 42, P. Roshan Pavan Kumar 40; B Santosh Kumar 4/34). Rest of Central Zone vs. Krishna, match abandoned due to night rain and wet outfield.Double for Jashmita J Jashmita Sri won two gold medals in the 50m butterfly and breaststroke events in the fourth DRM cup swimming competition at the Railway swimming pool here on Sunday. Hemanth Kumar Yadav and Ch Sekhar won the breaststroke and butterfly open events. DRM Saurabh Prasad gave away the prizes.Other results: 50m butterfly: Boys group I: S Jishitesh, group II: K Karthik, group III: G Jaswant Raj, group IV: PVS Vibhav. Girls group II: J Sashmita Sri, group III: B Vidya Sri, group IV: K Mokshitha. 50M breaststroke: Boys group I: G Saketh, group II: M Sreeyash, group III: G Priyesh Naidu, group IV: M Lakshit Narayana. Girls group II: J Jashmitha Sri, group III: Manavi Singh, group IV: Kumari Prerana. N Lakshmi on SAI governing bodyArjuan award winner and president of the AP Weightlifting Association Neelamsetti Lakshmi was appointed as a member of the SAI governing body. Vice-president of the association and international referee Badeti Venkatramiah congratulated her.