da esport bet： Mercifully the weather improved, the players heaved a sigh ofrelief and Sunday’s schedule in the South Zone inter universitycricket tournament in Chennai went on unhindered and easy victorieswere the order of the day
Partab Ramchand27-Dec-1999Mercifully the weather improved, the players heaved a sigh ofrelief and Sunday’s schedule in the South Zone inter universitycricket tournament in Chennai went on unhindered and easy victorieswere the order of the day.Calicut for example wasted no time in racing to a ten wicketvictory over PS Telungu at the Pachaiyappa’s college ground.Batting first, PS Telungu were skittled out for 31 runs in19.5 overs. They lost their first six wickets for eight runswith the top five batsmen failing to score. All of them wereout to Hisham. Naveen Babu with 13 was the only batsman toreach double digits. Hisham finished with five for 11 from fiveovers. The Calicut openers hit off the requisite runs in just6.5 overs.At the University Union ground, Alagappa defeated Universityof Agricultural Sciences by 98 runs. Winning the toss, Alagappascored 212 for nine in 49 overs with opener S Vijayakumar topscoring with 93. He hit seven fours. In reply University of Agricultural Sciences made a shocking start losing half the sidefor 18 runs. They never really recovered and were all out for114 runs in 39 overs. Opening bowlers Alagesan and Raja Manikandanwho did the early damage finished with three wickets each. Theformer had the excellent figures of 9-4-7-3.Karnataka cruised to an eight wicket victory over JawaharlalNehru Technological University (JNTU) at the Sree RamachandraMedical college grounds in Porur. Batting first, JNTU were shotout for 60 in 20.1 overs. Opener Vishnuvardhan Babu with 18 wasthe only batsman to reach double figures, extras being the nextbest with 14. Karnataka raced to victory in just 11.3 overs.Anna scored an emphatic 138-run win over Cochin at the AnnaUniversity grounds. Batting first, Anna hit up an imposing 285for seven in 50 overs with opener Vijay Sai Suri leading the waywith a strokefilled 97. Valuable knocks by Rajkumar (30) andPraveesh Kumar (47 not out) and the large number of extras (53)pushed the score along. In reply, Cochin were dismissed for 147in 39 overs, the total being boosted by as many as 37 extras.