TAMIL NADU ROUND-UP
Aakanksha and Shainy celebrate their success.
Aakankssha Kadam and Shainy Sebastian surprised multiple World champion Rashmi Kumari and K. Nagajothi 21-25, 25-17, 25-17 in the women’s doubles nal of the sixth Asian carrom championships in Maldives.
The men’s doubles title was claimed by K. Srinivas and Mohd. Ghufran who beat the Maldivian duo of Ismail Azmeen and Hasssan Nazim 25-15, 25-16 in the nal.
In Open Swiss league, Prashant More won the title.
The results:
Men’s doubles: Final: K. Srinivas & Mohd. Ghufrran bt Ismail Azmeen & Hassan Nazim (Mdv) 25-15, 25-16.
Semifinals: Azmeen & Nazim bt Sandeep Dive & Jugal Kishor Dutta 10-25, 25-5, 25-22; Srinivas & Ghufran bt Anass Ahamed & Hasitha Anuruddha (Sri) 25-18, 22-25, 25-0.
Women’s doubles: Final: Aakanksha Kadam & Shainy Sebastian bt Rashmi Kumari & K Nagajothi 21-25, 25-17, 25-17. Semifinals: Aakanksha & Shainy bt Roshita Joseph & Tasmila Kavindi (Sri) 25-13, 25-5; Rashmi & Nagajothi bt Aminath Vidhadh & Aishath Nahufa (Mdv) 25-5, 25-8.
Swiss League: 1. Prashant More,
2. Mohamed Shaheed Hilmy (Sri),
3. Hafizur Rahman (Ban).
Super Kings Academy summer camp
Super Kings Academy by Chennai Super Kings will conduct a summer coaching camp across Tamil Nadu from May 1 to May 31 for boys and girls aged between six and 23 years.
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Ashik slams century
COIMBATORE: N. Mohammed Ashik (122) helped EAP Cricket Academy register a
67-run win over RKS Cricket Academy in the CDCA rst division league recently.
The scores:
I div.: EAP 233 in 50 overs (N. Mohammed Ashik 122, S. Sai Krishna 4/35) bt RKS 166 in 50 overs (R. Santhosh 37, T.K. Pranesh 39, B. Dinesh 4/31, C. Madhu 4/39).
V div.: Appasamy 253 in 47.4 overs (A. Vadivel 57, A. Prabhu 54, V. Sanjay Kumar 3/54, V. Sathyamoorthy 4/54) bt Fanatic Force 93 in 27.4 overs (K.T. Surya 3/16).
Youngstars in final
UDHAGAMANDALAM: Ayaan Mathews (90) shone as Youngstars defeated Blossoms by 56 runs and entered the nal of the NDCA rst division league recently.
The scores:
I div., semifinal: Youngstars 227/9 in 35 overs (Ayaan Mathews 90, M. Janarth 41) bt Blossoms 171 in 30.2 overs (K. Kanagaraj 41, S. Manoj Kumar 4/38).
III div.: Streejan 247/9 in 33 overs (R. Karthick 57, D. Reginald 47) bt Hills Queen 172 in 25.3 overs (A. Antony Raj 43, S. Anirudh Menon
N. Mohammed Ashik (EAP, 122), R. Mammath Nabi (777 CC, 100), K. Hariharan (MSD, 5/13).
3/19, M. Karthi 3/22).
Nabi scores 100
TIRUPATTUR: R. Mammoth Nabi’s 100 was instrumental in 777 CC’s 120-run win over Thanu CC in the Tirupattur District Cricket and
Sports Association rst-division league recently.
In the second division, K. Hariharan’s ve-wicket haul took MSD CC to a 29-run win over SSCC.
The scores:
I div.: ACA 206 in 42 overs (B. Ajay 60, R. Kumaravel 38) bt Thanu
153 in 35.5 overs (R. Thabraze 31, V. Sandeep Kumar 3/22, S. Muthamizhan 3/28).
777 CC 347/9 in 50 overs (R. Mammth Nabi 100, K. Santhosh 65, M. Aruljothi 60, M. Achuthan 47) bt Thanu 237 in 46.4 overs (R. Soundar Rajan 67, P. Saran Raj 38 n.o., M. Aruljothi 3/36).
II div.: Titan 155/7 in 25 overs (Thasthakeer Abdul Kareem 60, K. Kalaiyarasan 3/21) bt Kannan 119 in 22 overs (R. Jeevanantham 31 n.o., N. Cowsikan 4/16). 7 Wonders 83 in 21.5 overs (Alfaz Hussain 41 n.o.) lost to RSCC 85/4 in 10.4 overs (P. Subash 44 n.o., B. Hyder Ali 4/39).
7 Wonders 139 in 23 overs (B. Hyder Ali 46) lost to MSCC 140/5 in 14.4 overs (B. Thirumugam 75, B. Hyder Ali 4/29).
MSD 160 in 24 overs (L. Dinesh Kumar 35, E. Veeramani 32, B. Raju Baskar 3/22) bt SSCC 131 in 20.3 overs (M. Jeevanandham 54, K. Hariharan 5/13, L. Dinesh Kumar 4/21).
RSCC 141/7 in 25 overs (S. Prasanth 3/34) bt Maestro 140/9 in 25 overs (R. Gladson Jeev Rajan 61).
Ajith shines
SIVAKASI: K. Ajith (81) starred in Redrose’s 16-run win over JC Royals in the Virudhunagar DCA rst division league.
The scores:
Associated 210 in 37.1 overs (Yuvaramkumar 70,
Muneeswaran 32, B. Arun 3/33, Rajarathinam 3/47) bt Friends 188/9 in 30 overs (Rajadurai 48, Rajarathinam 35, M. Maheshwaran 31, Marudhupandian 3/37).
Redrose 249/9 in 40 overs (K. Ajith 81, Durgaiyandi 37 n.o., Lingarajan 36, S. Arjun 34, Baskar 3/53) bt JC Royals 233/8 in 40 overs (Thangamarimuthu 82 n.o., M.K. Prabhu 45); ANJA College
129 in 26.2 overs (S. Babu 3/21) lost to Jasmine 130/3 in 13.5 overs (S. Mahendra 60 n.o.).
Hat-trick by Loganad
DINDIGUL: Loganad’s hat-trick was the highlight of SSM FC’s 5-0 win over RNL FC in the DDFA third division football league The results:
II div.: Line Street 1 (Nagu) drew with Coronation 1 (Thirupathi); St. Mary’s 1 (Arockiaraj) bt Sundaram Memorial 0.
III div.: SSM 5 (Loganad 3, Rishikesh 2) bt RNL 0.
IV div.: Arasan 3 (Nisanth, Vasanth, Raj Kumar) bt GS Sports 2 (Today, Regan).