Aditya’s five-fer helps Tamil Nadu win

By Express News Service

CHENNAI:  B Aditya’s 5 for 104 came in handy for Tamil Nadu to beat Himachal Pradesh by an innings and 101 runs in the Cooch Behar trophy (Under-19) played at Surat.

Brief scores: Himachal Pradesh 170 and 309 in 79.5 ovs (A Sharma 29,  A Thakur 28, R Angra 64, V Kalta 65, D Narayan 40, A Jaiswal 37 n.o., B Aaditya 5/104) lost to TN 580/2 decl.

Harmeet bags title

Harmeet Desai beat Manush Shah 4-1 to win the men’s singles title in the UTT National Ranking south zone table tennis championships in Puducherry.

Results: (finals): Men: H Desai (Guj) bt M Shah (Guj) 11-9, 12-10, 6-11, 13-11, 11-7; Women: S Akula (RBI) bt S Ghosh (AAI) 5-11, 11-7, 7-11, 17-19, 11-4, 11-6, 12-10; Youth: (U-19): Boys: P Jain (Del) bt Y Malik (Del) 12-10, 11-7, 11-7, 11-5; Girls: Y Ghorphade (Kar) bt P Vartikar (Mah) 10-12, 11-9, 13-11, 12-10, 11-4.

Loyola, MOP Vaishnav bag overall titles

Loyola college with 10 gold, 9 silver and 6 bronze won the overall men’s title at the Dr. Sir AL Mudaliar golden jubilee commemoration athletic meet. In the women’s segment, MOP Vaishnav college won the overall crown. 

Results: (winners only): Men: Half-marathon: Pragatheswaran (Loyola) 1:12:48.0 (NMR); 110m hurdles: G Nishanth (DG V) 14:4; Long Jump: J Jeswin (MCC) 7.60; 200m: N Shanmuga (MCC) 21.1; Discus Throw: Alex PT (MCC) 51.12. 1500m: B Gauray (MCC) 4:05.0; High jump: D Karthik (Loyola) 2.10; Women: Half-marathon: J Jagadeeswari (CTTE) 1:52:20.6; 200m: K Roshini (MOP V) 24.9; Long jump: Sherin A (MOP V) 6.39m (NMR); 1500m: R Punitha (MOP V) 5:12.7.

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