Aparajith hits ton for Vijay CC

CHENNAI: Baba Aparajith's first century of the season was the highlight of Vijay CC's innings on the final day of their Elite TNCA first division clash against India Pistons on Thursday. Aparajith scored 128 off 234 balls. His innings contained 16 fours and 3 sixes. Apart from Aparajith, J Kousik too contributed with a 155-ball 82. Vijay CC finished on 305 in reply to India Pistons' 417 in the drawn clash.For the bowling side, left-arm spinner Rajwinder Singh shone with figures of 6 for 56.
Globe Trotters comfortably bagged the first innings lead in their Elite encounter against Young Stars. For Trotters, Hari Nishaanth (123), S Radhakrishnan (132) and K Shrivasudevadas (109) contributed with the bat. The clash between Nelson and Grand Slam too ended in a draw.
In Plate league clash that saw fortunes swing from one team to another, CromBest scripted a three-wicket win over TI Cycles. Chasing 93 on the final day, CromBest - who started on 12 for 3 - were kept in the hunt thanks to S Kishan Kumar and skipper Ankur Julka who scored 24 each. TI Cycles stayed in the match thanks to Varun Sood who led the bowling charts with figures of 4 for 42.
Jolly Rovers drew their match against UFCC (T Nagar) but not before taking a first-innings lead. In reply to UFCC's first innings score of 266, Jolly Rovers made 373 thanks to contributions from S Lokeshwar (108) and M Kaushik Gandhi (88). In their second essay, UFCC were 161 for 3 before the match was called off.
Brief scores:
Elite: India Pistons 417. Vijay 305 in 117.5 overs (B Aparajith 128, J Kousik 82; Rajwinder Singh 6-56). Match drawn; Young Stars 316. Globe Trotters 493-8 declared in 141 overs (C Hari Nishaanth 123, S Radhakrishnan 132, K Shrivasudevadas 109). Match drawn; Nelson 462-8 decl. Grand Slam 413-8 in 111 overs (L Suryapprakash 96, N Jagadeesan 118). Match drawn;
Plate: UFCC (T Nagar) 266 & 161-3 in 55 overs (Aditya Barooah 44, V Maaruthi Raghav 58). Jolly Rovers 373 in 101.5 overs (S Lokeshwar 108, M Kaushik Gandhi 88) Match drawn; TI Cycles 114 & 162. CromBest 184 & 97-7 in 29.2 overs (S Kishan Kumar 24, Ankur Julka 24; Varun Sood 4-42). CromBest won by three wickets; Alwarpet 175 & 294-9 declared in 80.2 overs (Swapnil Gugale 119, Abhishek Tanwar 88; Lakshminarayanan 2-56, Francis Rokins 2-32). AG's Office 174 and 211-9 in 63 overs (S Dinesh 44, M Adithyan 51; Swapnil 4-27, M Siddharth 3-47)