CHENNAI:
Rajwinder Singh
(8-35) shone with the ball as
India Pistons
bowled out AG's Office for 89 on the opening day of their TNCA Group A first-division league clash on Thursday. The left-arm spinner's bowling figures read 23-7-35-8. In reply, India Pistons were 91-9 as offie AC Prathiban (5-40) was the standout performer.
In another Group A match, right-arm pacer V Lakshman (6-28) wreaked havoc as Nelson bowled out UFCC (T Nagar) for 110. Lakshman was well-supported by teammate
Shahbaz Nadeem (3-22). In their first innings, Nelson were 165 for 2 with opener S Karthik (71, 9x4, 1x6) being the chief contributor.
Meanwhile, in their Group B clash against Globe Trotters, Vijay CC's KB
Arun Karthick (141 batting, 12x4, 1x6) led the show with the bat. Arun got handy support from R Rohith (68) and B Indrajith (37) as Vijay CC were 300-4 in 90 overs.
Brief scores:Group-A: Young Stars 188-6 in 77 overs (G Hanuma Vihari 48, S Swaminathan 47 batting, RS Jaganath Srinivas 4-45) vs Jolly Rovers; AG's Office 89 in 45.4 overs (Rajwinder Singh 8-35) vs India Pistons 91-9 in 48 overs (AC Prathiban 5-40, Vignesh Kannan 3-32); UFCC (T Nagar) 110 in 47.1 overs (V Lakshman 6-28) vs Nelson 165-2 in 38 overs (S Karthik 71, R Srinivasan 48 batting,
Robin Bist 27 batting)
Group-B: Vijay 300-4 in 90 overs (KB Arun Karthick 141 batting, R Rohith 68, B Indrajith 37; Ashwath Mukunthan 2-47, Sunil Sam 2-76) vs Globe Trotters; CromBest 179-4 in 61 overs (Varun Totadri 49,
Manan Vohra 40, Ankur Julka 32 batting; Kiran Akash 2-17) vs Alwarpet; TI Cycles 114-3 in 37 overs (Nilesh Subramanian 31, Dhruv Shorey 40 batting) vs Grand Slam