Hyderabad 2nd best at AG cricket

Accountant General’s office Hyderabad finished runners-up after being knocked by Tamil Nadu side in the South Zone Indian IA&AD cricket tourney

Accountant General (AG) Tamil Nadu defeated AG Hyderabad by four wickets in the finals to win the South Zone Indian Audit and Accounts Department (IA&AD) cricket tournament played at the Gymkhana grounds in Secunderabad.

Put in to bat, AG Hyderabad scored 226 for the fall of 7 wickets with the help of Naveen Kumar and Paramveer Singh who scored 66 and 45 respectively while R. D. Ashwin Kumar and S. Aswin Kumar snapped two wickets each.

Chasing, Tamil Nadu wrapped up the match in 34.4 overs. It was not an effortless win as Hyderabad gave a tough fight, Tamil Nadu lost six wickets to clinch the title. P. Francis Rakin scored 60 runs and was unbeaten. A. C. Prathibhan and Aswin Kumar contributed 38 and 33 runs respectively. Anwar and Paramveer Singh did their best for Hyderabad, picking two wickets each.

Final: AG Hyderabad 226/7 in 40 overs (Naveen Kumar L. 66, D. B. Ravi Teja 40, Paramveer Singh 45, R. D. Ashwin Kumar 2/52, S. Aswin Kumar 2/42) lost to AG Tamil Nadu 227/6 in 34.4 overs (N. S. Chaturved 30, A. C. Prathibhan 38, P. Fracis Rokin 60 n.o., S. Aswin Kumar 33, Anwar Ahmed Khan 2/44, Paramveer Singh 2/28).

Earlier matches: AG Kerala 179 in 37.5 overs (Sachin Mohan 48, Mohammed Shanu 27, Sachin Baby 25, A. V. Anjith 22, D. B. Prashanth Kumar 4/42, D. B. Ravi Teja 3/24) lost to AG Andhra Pradesh 180/4 in 35 overs (D. B. Ravi Teja 67 n.o., V. E. Sandeep Rajan 44, Paramveer Singh 35 n.o., Anthaf P. U. 2/47).

AG Karnataka 178/9 in 35 overs (Arjun H. 26, Ragahvendra D. 25, Viraj 41, Apurva Kale 33, Aswin Kumar 2/41, Lakshmi Narayana 2/31, P. Raj 2/33) lost to AG Tamil Nadu 179/6 in 34.1 overs (A. C. Prathajban 32, S. Dinesh 38, P. Francis Rokins 31, S. Aswin Kumar 38 n.o., M. R. Darshan 2/28).