Vishal misses double century

Visakhapatnam: V Vishal missed a double ton (196, 244b, 4x29,6x2), G Chanti scored a century (172, 276b, 4x22) and the pair was involved in a 355-run partnership for the third wicket in Krishna’s total of 541 for eight declared against Prakasam in the Central Zone men’s multi-day inter-district tournament at Mulapadu on Wednesday. Anantapur’s late order batter P Girinath Reddy, M Pranith of Srikakulam and Vizianagaram’s Dheeraj Kumar scored centuries while P Surya Charan of Chittoor claimed six wickets, S.Akhil of Guntur, East Godavari’s Satyanarayana Raju and Ravikiran of Vizianagaram recorded five-fors.
Brief scores: South zone (Anantapur): Anantapur 359/9 in 83 overs (P Girinath Reddy 121, BS Vinay Kumar 77, Shoaib Md Khan 44, Sunny 36, MD Datta Reddy 31; M Chenna Reddy 3/88) vs. Kadapa 10 for no loss in four overs. Kurnool 102 in 46.1 overs (P Surya Charan 6/39) vs Chittoor 87/4 in 24 overs. Central zone (Mulapadu): Guntur 190 in 48.1 overs (K Maheep Kumar 40; KSN Raju 3/30, V Lohith 3/35, B Munish Varma 3/55) and 81/3 in 18 overs (Maheep Kumar 41 no) vs West Godavari 136 in 43.3 overs (KSN Raju 56; S Akhil 5/43). Krishna 541/8 decl in 126 overs (V Vishal 196, G Chanti 172, A Brahma Teja 50 no; V Venu 3/89) vs Prakasam 3/1 in 10.1 overs.North zone (Visakhapatnam): Visakhapatnam 253 in 57.3 overs (G Shyam Sundar 78, K Ajay Kumar 49; Satyanarayana Raju 5/67, I Karthik Raman 3/71) vs East Godavari 152/3 in 55 overs (P Panduranga Raju 61, SV Rahul 52 no). At Chintalavalsa: Srikakulam 219 in 58 overs (M Pranith 111; Ravikiran 5/51) vs Vizianagaram 324/6 in 53 overs (M Dheeraj Kumar 107, Gulfaam Saleh 66, Ch. Sai Sandeep 42; B Jayachandra Yadav 3/101).
Yeswanth scalps five
Medium pacer R. Yeswanth recorded a five-for and L Chinni took four wickets for Krishna against West Godavari while Vizianagaram and Prakasam are going steady in their bid to overtake their respective rivals Visakhapatnam and Guntur in the ACA under-19 multi-day zonal level inter-district matches.
Brief scores: North zone (Vizianagaram): Visakhapatnam 369/9 decl vs Vizianagaram 152/4 in 55 overs (B Manu Darshan 77, GJS Pruthvi Raju 41; T Atchuth Hemanth Kumar 3/23). Srikakulam 419/8 decl in 132.2 overs (N Susanth 116, DVS Sriram 79, M Rohith 48; ANV Lohith 5/110) vs East Godavari 25 for no loss in six overs.Central zone (Guntur district): Guntur 329 in 84.4 overs (G Akash 61, K Mukesh Nagendra Babu 55, D Harsha Vardhan 53, Sk Md Toufieq 46, M. Chetan Krishna 45; Sathwik 3/78) vs Prakasam 187/5 in 44 overs (M Abhinav 70; P Adithya Reddy 3/36). West Godavari 164 in 52.3 overs (V Jaswin 62; R Yeswanth 5/61, L Chinna 4/39) vs Krishna 236/6 in 81 overs (T Varun Satwik 95, KSN Sri Nischay 72; G Charan Sai Teja Yadav 3/55).