Karnataka U-23 beat TN by five wickets

CHENNAI: An unbeaten 86 from Devdutt Padikkal powered Karnataka to a five-wicket win against Tamil Nadu in the BCCI U-23 south zone one-dayers tournament held at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Thursday.
Opting to bat, Tamil Nadu were bowled out for 204 in 49.5 overs with southpaw B Anirudh Sitaram, who smashed a century last match, scoring 45. Wicket-keeper batsman S Lokeshwar scored 35, while Pradosh Ranjan Paul scored 30.
KN Bharath claimed three wickets for 37 runs for Karnataka, with Padikkal (2/25) too chipping in with the ball.
In reply, Padikkal guided the team home with his 135-ball effort. Skipper D Nischal (41) and KL Shrijith (48) made useful contributions to take their team closer to TN's total.
TN leggie M Abhinav took three wickets conceding 37 runs, while left-arm spinner S Mohan Prasath claimed two wickets giving away 30 runs.
Meanwhile, Hyderabad defeated Andhra by five wickets at the SSN College and Kerala beat Goa by 133 runs at the CPT-IP Ground. Hyderabad skipper Tanay Thyagarajan came up with a splendid allround show (4/27 & 56 no) to help Hyderabad win.
Brief scores: Tamil Nadu 204 in 49.5 overs (B Anirudh Sitaram 45, KN Bharath 3/37) lost to Karnataka 205/5 in 47.1 overs (Devdutt Padikkal 86 no, D Nishcal 41, KL Shrijith 48, M Abhinav 3/37). Kerala 281/6 in 50 overs (R Kunnummal 79, D Ferrario 46) bt Goa 148 in 37.2 overs (V Govekar 42, NP Basil 3/20, S Midhun 3/31). Andhra 184/9 in 37 overs (P Girinath Reddy 46 no, Tanay Thyagarajan 4/27) lost to Hyderabad 186/5 in 32.5 overs (T Thyagarajan 56 no, Chandan Sahani 48 no).