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Purushothaman triumphs

VIJAYAWADA: Guntur’s T. Purushothaman won the 47th AP State National ‘B’ selection tournament garnering eight points out of nine rounds at Nellore, according to information reaching here on Sunday.

Hyderabad’s C.R.G. Krishna (8 points) and Vijayawada’s Matta Vinay Kumar (7.5 points) finished second and third respectively.

Vijayawada’ Ravi Teja (7.5) along with above three players will represent Andhra Pradesh in the National ‘B’ chess championship to be held at Kolkata from August 12 to 24.

Top ten players: T. Purushothaman (8), C.R.G. Krishna (8), M. Vinay Kumar 7.5, S. Ravi Teja (7.5), S. Meher Chinna Reddy (7), Raj Kumar (7), S. Rishipal Singh (7), J.K. Raju (7), V. Sandeep Naidu (7), Prathusha (7).

Age group winners: U-19: M. Gopinath (6).

U-17: V. Srilakshmi (6).

U-15: Shanaz Bano (5.5).

U-13: Hemachandra Mouli (5.5).

U-11: V. Pranavanmanda.

U-9: S.L. Mukesh (5.5).

Best unrated player: S.S Chandrasekhar (6.5).

Venugopala Rao, Shahabuddin back

Andhra cricketers Y. Venugopala Rao, who played for Rajasthan in the last season and K.S. Shahabuddin, who played in the Indian Cricket League (ICL), were admitted back into Andhra Cricket Association.

In the annual general meeting held here on Sunday, the committee accepted their request to play for the Andhra Ranji team for the season 2009-2010.

Siva, Vikram hit centuries

Centuries by Sivacharan Singh (137) and Vikram Surya Teja (104) for Kurnool against Nellore in the ACA South Zone u-16 inter-District tournament were the highlights of the first day’s play at Anantapur, according to information reaching here on Sunday,.

The scores: Kurnool 356 in 85.4 overs (Sivacharan Singh 137, Vikram Surya Teja 104, Venkatesh five for 89, Kiran Yadav four for 59) vs. Chittoor eight for no loss in two overs.

Anantapur 180 in 64 overs (Vinil Kumar 47, Anil Kumar 42, Manoj three for 38, Ashwin Hebbar three for 29) vs. Nellore 97 for five in 26 overs (Irfan Basha four for 37).

Anantapur u-22 team

The following players will represent Anantapur u-22 team in the ACA South Zone inter-District tournament for Gokaraju Ranga Raju memorial trophy at Venkatagiri from July 28 to August 6.

The team:

B. Kiran Kumar Reddy (captain), D.B. Prashanth Kumar, Khaja Fariruddin, N. Sardar, K. Nagesh Kumar, N. Ramaji Naik, B. Kiran Kumar, S. Sirajuddin Basha, V. Nagabhushan, Shobib Md. Khan, V. Brahmachari, M. Sudheer Reddy, V. Chandrasekhara Reddy, T. Narayana Swamy, Y. Kishore Kumar Yadav.

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