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Arun Karthick, Suresh Kumar crack centuries

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CHENNAI: K.B. Arun Karthick and S. Suresh Kumar struck centuries — two of five scored on the second day of the ninth round in the TNCA first division cricket league — as Grand Slam dominated IOB at the ICL-Guru Nanak college ground.

Arun Karthick (141, 213b, 7x4) and S. Suresh Kumar (140 n.o., 192b, 15x4) put on 213 for the second wicket to help Grand Slam build a first-innings lead of 150 on Thursday.

IOB was earlier dismissed for 172. Seamers P. Amarnath and M. Raja split eight wickets.

At IIT-Chemplast, R. Ashwin’s unbeaten 196-ball 109 (9x4) enabled Jolly Rovers pass the Parry’s first-innings score of 235. Ashwin, who batted at three, added 125 with Petson Mathews for the third wicket. Rovers left-arm seamer R. Suthesh had earlier cleaned up the Parry’s tail to finish with three wickets.

Aruna off-spinner P. Sakthi continued his wicket-taking form, scalping five to help dismiss Eagle for 224 at Murugappa. M. Santhosh Gopi, who resumed on 46, fell three short of a hundred.

E. Arun Kumar made 122 (259b, 18x4) at CPT-IP as India Pistons scored 253 for seven on a rain-affected day. V. Yomahesh took four wickets for Globe Trotters.

R. Prasanna hit six sixes in his 111 (185b, 11x4) after Vijay was inserted by Alwarpet at SRMC. Left-hander K. Shri Vasudevadas remained unbeaten on 65 as Vijay ended on 326 for six. J. Kaushik took three for 61.

Only 12 overs were possible when the match between Indian Bank and Young Stars got underway on day two at RKM-Vivekananda. Bank made 28 without loss.

The scores: Parry’s 235 in 92.1 overs (N.S. Kumaraguru 44, N. Raghavendran 64) vs. Jolly Rovers 236 for six in 74 overs (R. Ashwin 109 batting, Petson Mathews 51), at IIT-Chemplast.

IOB 172 in 91.4 overs (R.M. Karthik 57, P. Amarnath four for 34, M. Raja four for 27) vs. Grand Slam 322 for three in 83 overs (K.B. Arun Karthick 141, S. Suresh Kumar 140 batting), at ICL-Guru Nanak.

Eagle 224 in 70.4 overs (M. Santhosh Gopi 97, P. Sakthi five for 76) vs. Aruna 27 for no loss in 8.1 overs, at Murugappa.

India Pistons 253 for seven in 89.3 overs (E. Arun Kumar 122, V. Yomahesh four for 70) vs. Globe Trotters, at CPT-IP.

Vijay 326 for six in 88 overs (R. Prasanna 111, K. Shri Vasudevadas 65 batting) vs. Alwarpet, at SRMC.

Indian Bank 28 for no loss in 12 overs vs. Young Stars, at RKM-Vivekananda.

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