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Central in semifinals

Bangalore: Central’s better batting display as evident in Ankit Lamba’s 91 and Manoj Singh’s 70 along with inclement weather spoilt South’s hopes of qualifying for the semifinal of the Raj Singh Dungarpur Trophy NCA inter-academy under-19 tournament in progress at the IAF Ground here on Thursday.

Central notched its second consecutive victory to top Group A and enter the semifinal while South made its exit after suffering two losses.

Central won on the basis of better run-rate after rains played spoilsport during South’s chase. Central scored 247 for five in 45 overs and South had scored 122 for five in 28 overs when rain stopped play. Subsequently Central, with a run-rate of 5.48, was declared as the winner while South (4.35) failed to make the cut.

In the semifinals here on Friday, Central will play against North while West will take on East.

The scores: Central 247 for six in 45 overs (Ankit Lamba 91, Manoj Singh 70, Regan Pinto three for 47) bt South 122 for five in 28 overs (Akshath Reddy 47, Vijay Shankar 27).

NCA U-16 camp

A month-long under-16 camp will commence at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) here on Monday. The camp will feature 30 trainees who will train under the NCA resource panel led by its director Dav Whatmore.

The trainees: S. Kishore (Andhra), Kartik Kakde (Baroda), Vivek Singh (Bengal), Pratik Kaushik, Nitin Basoya, Shelly Shaurya (all Delhi), Darshan Misal (Goa), Hanuman Vihari (Hyderabad), Vishal Singh, Sharwan Kumar, Pappu Kumar Singh (all Jharkhand SCA), Sanju Samson (Kerala), Shreyas Gopal (Karnataka), Vijay Zol, Mohsin Sayyed, Nikhil Naik (all Maharashtra), Aditya Shrivastava (Madhya Pradesh), Aakarshit Gomel, Akhil Herwadkar, John Abraham (all Mumbai), Asmit Raut (Orissa), Vinay Choudhary, Mohit Handa (both Punjab), Akhil Lamba (Rajasthan), B. Aparjit (Tamil Nadu), Saurav Das (Tripura), Almas Shavkat, Rakhshan Faraz, Mohammad Javed and Kuldeep Yadav (all Uttar Pradesh).

Sherazi triumphs

Mundir Sherazi stamped his authority in the 33rd State ranking junior billiards championship with a 799-611 defeat of strong contender Amit Bhushan in the final played at the KSBA hall here on Thursday. Both, however, qualified to represent the State in the forthcoming Nationals to be held at Agra.

The results: Junior billiards (semifinal league): For title: Mundir Sherazi bt Amit Bhushan 799-611. For third place: Clawin bt Nehul Jain 659-478.

Senior snooker: Qualifying round: N. Shekar bt Shams Tabrez Khan 33-72, 66-23, 56-26, 28-41, 62-23; Chandra Shekar bt Syed Ahmed 54-44, 52-19, 27-48, 54-51; Duncan Mackenzie bt Anil Kumar 55-48, 63-28, 66-06; C. Ravindranath bt Vybhav Joshi 62-22, 69-12, 75-51; Aditya Navalkar bt Satish Venkat 42-64, 48-23, 81-34, 51-60, 56-31; B.S. Harish bt Prasana Kumar 56-46, 56-23, 54-23; Madhu Chandra bt Lionel D. Nazareth 65-11, 55-44, 69-39; Sohail Jairaj bt B.S. Madhu 54-15, 56-10, 69-47; K.S. Naveen bt Chaitanya 63-27, 66-13, 41-63, 74-25; Dawood bt Shijo 27-83, 50-39, 62-45, 16-53, 65-46; Kartik. R bt Kunal Kishore 67-42, 64-13, 55-30; Md.Arshad bt Wayne Davis 37-61, 16-60, 64-02, 59-25, 51-43; Jasim Tawin bt Rishi 54-12, 68-21, 59-20; R. Santosh bt Sufyan 67-48, 52-46, 70-18.

Chetan, Gautam shine

Chetan William’s 113 and a match haul of 10 wickets along with C.M. Gautam’s 154 helped Jawans CC defeat Jolly Cricketers by an innings and 97 runs in a KSCA Group I, first division league match here recently.

The scores: Jawans CC 410 for four decl. in 72.5 overs (C.M. Gautam 154, Chetan Willam 113, Ganesh Satish 61, Amit Verma 53 n.o., Naresh Reddy three for 87) bt Jolly Cricketers 94 in 31.2 overs (Chetan William five for 30, Rajesh Singh three for 35) and 219 in 59.4 overs (Pavan Deshpande 125, Chetan William five for 24).

Malleswaram Gymkhana 150 in 47.3 overs and 184 in 55.3 overs (Arjun Muntha 63, Malik 27, B. Akhil five for 54) lost to FUCC (1) 324 for six decl. in 44 overs (Shyam Ponappa 100, Sunil Raju 100, Vinay Uthappa 49, B. Akhil 30) and 12 for no loss in 0.5 overs.

Chess tournament

The third Karnataka Bank all-India open Fide-rated chess tournament will be conducted at Mangalore from July 20 to 27. July 10 is the last date for receipt of entries without late fee and July 19 with late fee.

Entries may be sent to the Association at No. 3, Radhakrishna Temple Building, G.T. Road, Mangalore. Contact South Kanara District Chess Association President M.S. Gururaj for further details, ph: 98450 32598.

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