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David and Jishnu do it for Karunya

Coimbatore: Right-arm medium pacer J. David King (four for 1, including a hat-trick) and left-arm spinner P. Jishnu (four for 5) made merry as Karunya University opened its campaign with a eight-wicket win over PPG Engineering College in the CDCA second inter-collegiate cricket tournament at the SNR Sons College grounds here on Wednesday.

After bowling out the opposition for 26, Karunya scored the required runs in a shade less than five overs.

The scores: PPG EC 26 in 14.2 overs (J. David King four for 1, incl. hat-trick, P. Jishnu four for 5) lost to Karunya University 27 for two in 4.4 overs; Park EC 141 in 26 overs (Niranjan 47, Prabhakaran 41, Rajasekar three for 25, Mahendran three for 32) lost to KG ASC 142 for eight in 28.3 overs (Rajasekar 37, Prabhakar 30 not out, Niranjan three for 36).

Krishna CAS 119 in 23.2 overs (Mohammed Rafiq three for 5) lost to Sri Jayendra CAS 121 for four in 23.2 overs (Mohammed Rafiq 41, Rahul three for 6).

Big win for Karunya

Karunya University blanked KRV Memorial Football Club 5-0 in the CDFA third division league at the PSG Medical College grounds on Wednesday.

The results: Karunya University 5 (G. John 2, Prasanth 2, Noble Anthony) bt KRV MFC 0; Kattoor RC 2 (Manoj, Siva) bt Heroes FC 0 .

Mani, KV post wins

Mani Higher Secondary School and Kendriya Vidyalaya chalked out comfortable wins on the opening day of the eighth Rao Bahadur Sri Gopal Naidu Memorial Trophy football tournament for junior boys at the Gopal Naidu grounds on Wednesday.

The results: Mani HSS 3 (S. Suminath 3) bt GRD HSS 1 (Anirath); Kendriya Vidyalaya 3 (J. Jerome, P. Prajith, R. Rahul) bt Isha Home School 1 (Varun); Vidhya Niketan 2 (Sri Hari, Narendran) bt CMS MHSS 0 .

Chess tournament

Vishy Anand Chess Academy, affiliated to the Coimbatore District Chess Association, will conduct its first N.A. Sarojini Devi Memorial district level tournament at the Keshav Vidhya Mandir MHSS on Palakkad Main Road, on Jan. 23.

The tournament features the under-7, 9, 11, 13, 17 boys and girls and open category. For details, contact K. Ravichandran, National Arbiter, at 98946 22286, 94435 13116 or 90039 32286 on or before January 22.

CENTIES meet

The Engineering Colleges Physical Educationist Club, in association with Nehru Institute of Engineering and Technology, will conduct the second edition of the CENTIES (Coimbatore, Erode, Nilgiris and Tirupur Inter Engineering Sports) from February 5 to 7.

Basketball, badminton, table tennis and volleyball are the events that will be held for both men and women. Last date for entries is Jan. 24. Contact S. Senthil Kumar (90039 36359) or S. Marimuthu Kumar (97510 36083). — Principal Correspondent

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