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SCR wins Narsi Reddy Trophy

HYDERABAD : South Central Railway defeated Artillery Centre 57-44 to win the C. Narsi Reddy memorial prize money basketball tournament at Reddy Hostel here on Saturday. The winner trailed 28-29 at the break.

On resumption, Nihal (20), Murali (12) and Vinay (10) played well when it mattered most for Railwaymen while for the losers Velayudhan (13) and Ram Singh (10) put up a good show but failed to click as a team.

Nihal Yadav of SCR was adjudged `best player' of the event while Velayudhan of Artillery `best shooter.'

D.K. Aruna, Gadwal MLA and Ram Mohan Reddy, MLA and son of late Narsi Reddy on whose name the event is being organised, gave away the prizes.

Vamsi, Zeba win titles

Vamsi Krishna and Zeba Ashriya won the cadet boys and girls singles titles respectively in the sixth AWASA State-ranking table tennis tournament at Anand Nagar Welfare Association Academy (Khairtabad) here.

The results:

Cadets: Boys: Vamsi Krishna bt D. Sai Kumar 11-4, 11-5, 11-3. Girls: Zeba Ashriya bt M.Mrudula 10-12, 11-5, 11-4, 8-11, 12-10.

Sub-juniors: Boys: Ch.V.S.S. Ramana bt T. Sai Praneeth 11-6, 12-10, 11-7, 12-10. Girls: Nikhat Bhanu bt M. Mrudula 11-6, 11-8, 13-11, 11-7.

Junior boys: semifinals: M. Chandrasekhar bt J. Sravan 18-16, 15-13, 5-11, 11-6, 11-3; K. Vivek Vardhan bt Ashish Paul 11-7, 11-9, 11-4, 11-8; Ch. S.S.V. Ramana bt V.S.S. Kaushik 11-7, 11-5, 8-11, 11-9, 8-11, 13-11.

Youth boys: Pre-quarterfinals: A. Umesh Kumar bt V. Srinivas 11-7, 11-6, 12-10, 9-11, 11-4; N.N. Kishore bt Goutham Gampa 11-10, 11-2, 6-11, 11-6, 13-11; Karan Mutha bt Y.V.N. Karthik 11-3, 11-1, 11-4, 11-7.

Men's singles: 2nd round: P. Nagender Reddy bt M. Vijay Kumar 11-1, 11-4, 11-7, 13-11; P.K. Maru bt K. Goutham Reddy 11-7, 3-11, 11-13, 11-4, 11-9, 6-11, 11-9; Subham Sharma bt Rajan 11-5, 12-10, 11-7, 8-11, 11-6; N.N. Kishore bt Siddarth 11-6, 11-6, 11-8, 11-8; B. Manohar Kumar bt V.S.S. Kaushik 11-7, 11-9, 11-3, 11-8.

Junior girls: Pre-quarterfinals: Ch. Praneetha bt Spoorthy 11-8, 11-2, 11-7, 11-8; K. Bhavana bt Darshana 11-7, 6-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-4; R.L. Sravya bt Sairabhanu 11-8, 14-12, 12-10, 11-7; M. Mrudula bt P. Manasa 12-10, 14-12, 5-11, 11-5, 11-2; Nikhat Banu bt T. Sahiti 11-2, 11-3, 11-3, 11-4; S. Akshi bt Zeba Ashriya 11-4, 9-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-6, 12-14, 12-10; B. Ashritha bt M. Harshitha 11-2, 11-3, 8-11, 11-7, 11-9; Aisha Afzal bt T.L. Harshitha 7-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9, 12-10, 12-14, 11-8.

Big win for HPS Begumpet

HPS Begumpet recorded a 10-wicket win against Nalanda Junior College in the Parle Cup (under-17) cricket tournament here.

The scores:

Parle Cup: Nalanda Jr College 71 (Ayaz three for 18, Anurag Haridas three for 13) lost to HPS Begumpet 72 for no loss (Mohit Kumar 55 not out).

A-Division (one-day) knock-out: Indian Airlines 56 (Abbu four for 10) lost to Apex 57 for three.

Hyder XI 147 for nine (Ather-ul-Haque 41) lost to Postal 148 for nine (Narsing 40 not out).

C-Division league: ML Jaisimha XI 249 for four (Nagarjuna 103, Rajendra 56 not out, Revanth 41 not out) bt Picket 163 (Dinesh 45, T.Srinath Singh six for 40, Rajendra four for 45).

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