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Goalline clearances and sharp goalkeeper saves were the order of the day, as Bengaluru FC (BFC) and Odisha FC kept clean sheets in their ISL match at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium here on Saturday.
BFC (22 points) is sixth on the points table, while OFC is third. The result handed a jolt to Odisha’s hopes of clinching the League Winners Shield, as the side is now five points behind leader Mumbai City FC (41 points).
The backline scrambles began early, when Odisha defender Mourtada Fall cleared Oliver Drost’s shot off the line.
BFC goalkeeper Gurpreet Sandhu was then called into action, sticking his leg out to parry Jerry Lalrinzuala’s firm strike.
Odisha’s Roy Krishna had the best chance of the game when he found himself in a oneonone battle with Sandhu. Krishna got past Sandhu, but Shankar Sampingiraj sprinted back to make a desperate last ditch block.
The result: BFC 0 drew with Odisha FC 0.
The Laidlaw Memorial School, the NDCA U-13 inter-school champion.
Vignesh’s five-for the highlight of Vasantham’s win
COIMBATORE: M. Vignesh picked up five for 38 in Vasantham’s 118run win over Origin Regional in the CDCA sixth division league on Saturday.
The scores: V div.: Devil Strokers 220 in 49.3 overs (R. Prakash 36, M. Sakthivel 46, J. Subashankar 44) bt CIT 108 in 33.2 overs (M. Janakaran 38, D. Srinivasan 3/33). Rathinam College 97 in 30.4 overs (M. Navaneethakrishnan 3/18, S. Manoj 3/21) lost to RB Groups 98/9 in 28.3 overs (P.
Balakrishnan 37, P. Ayyappan 4/32, K. Praveen 3/25).
VI div.: Vasantham CC 216/9 in 50 overs (G. Gopinath 76, R. Gokulakannan 32) bt Origin Regional 98 in 26 overs (M. Vignesh 5/38).
Easy for Blossoms
UDHAGAMANDALAM: Blossoms registered a 39run win over Rising
Star in the NDCA first division league recently. The scores: Blossoms 212 in 29.5 overs (S. Prakash 45, N. Ashraf 32, A. Rahaman 4/27) bt Rising Star 173 in 27 overs (U. Sarath Kumar
44, T. Lokesh 42, B. Vyshak 38, N. Ashraf 3/16, B. Gokul 3/27).
No sweat for Groove Valley
In the NDCA league entry tournament, Groove Valley got the better of S.R.S CC by 86 runs recently.
The scores: Groove Valley 246/7 in 35 overs (R. Rajiv 87, N. Manush Goutham 36, B. Deepak 31,
Melvin Ramesh 4/46) bt S.R.S 160 in 29 overs (S. Manikandan 30, R. Rajiv 3/20).
The Laidlaw Memorial is champion
In the NDCA under13 interschool tournament for the Selma / Selai Memorial Rolling Trophy, The Laidlaw Memorial School defeated Crescent Castle Public School by 28 runs for the title.
The scores: The Laidlaw Memorial 127/8 in 30 overs bt Crescent Castle PS 99/9 in 30 overs (G. Pranav 3/16).
Best batter: M. Tharun Pranav (The Laidlaw Memorial); best bowler: G. Pranav (The Laidlaw Memorial).
Best all-rounder: R. Ishaan (Crescent Castle PS).
Balakrishna scalps six
THOOTUKUDI: Y. Balakrishna (6/36) bowled Youngstar to a 122run win over Classic in the Thoothukudi DCA second division league recently. The scores: I div:
Ramesh (Ajay CC, 5/24).