Karnataka assured of South Zone U-25 trophy
January 23rd, 2012 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 23 (IANS) An unbeaten 79 by Kunal Kapoor powered Karnataka to a comfortable seven-wicket win against Hyderabad and assured them of the title in the South Zone Under-25 tournament for the PS Ram Mohan Trophy here Monday.
With a tally of 18 points from four consecutive victories, Karnataka, who are to play Andhra in their concluding fixture Wednesday, enjoy a healthy advantage that should help them win the trophy.
After restricting Hyderabad to 241 for eight in 50 overs, Karnataka made light of the target as Kapoor and Karun Nair (57) added 104 runs for the third wicket off 124 balls as they cruised home in the 45th over.
Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu finally opened their account by defeating Kerala by 95 runs for their first win while Goa overcame Andhra by 62 runs in the other matches.
After four rounds, Goa are placed second behind Karnataka with nine points, followed by Hyderabad (7), Kerala (7), Tamil Nadu (4) and Andhra (3).
Brief Scores:
Hyderabad 241 for eight in 50 overs, (J Anshul 50,V Sandeep 67, VE Sandeep Rajan 45, HS Sharath 3 for 38, K Gautam 2 for 34, Anirudh Joshi 2 for 42) lost to Karnataka 242 for 3 in 44.4 overs (Samarth 32, Mayank Agarwal 39, Kunal Kapoor 79 not out, Karun Nair 57, KC Avinash 29 not out, Syed Ali 2 for 42). Points: Karnataka 4 (total 18) Hyderabad 0 (7).
Goa 241 in 49.3 overs (Snehal Kavatankar 73, Tejas Wagle 43, Tushar Narvekat 29, Darshan Misal 26, M Ajaykumar 3 for 44, Sk. Naushad 4 for 50, SKM Basha 2 for 26) beat Andhra 179 in 44.1 overs (Jyothi Saikrishna 73, M Ajaykumar 39, Lakshy Garg 4 for 26, Darshan Misal 2 for 26, Ninad Pawaskar 2 for 34). Points: Goa 5 (9), Andhra minus 1 (3).
Tamil Nadu 268 in 49.4 overs (R Rohith 51, M Lakshminarayanan 63, V MaaruthiRaghav 92, Suraj 3 for 41, PM Anfal 2 for 42) beat Kerala 173 in 39.1 overs (Sachin Mohan26, PM Jineesh 45, PM Anfal 30, K MartinSanjeev 2 for 28, Prashant K Varma 2 for 35, V Maaruthi Raghav 2 for 15, R Aashish Kumar 2 for 9). Points: Tamil Nadu 5 (4), Kerala minus 1 (7).
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