Bangalore: Karnataka lads entered the semifinals of the Col C.K. Nayudu Trophy U-25 tournament by virtue of their first innings lead over Himachal Pradesh with the four-day encounter ending in a draw on Wednesday.
Having piled up 602 for nine declared, Karnataka, who had reduced HP to 265 for five packed off the remaining batsmen as the hosts were bowled out for 317, an addition of 52 with David Mathias returning a five-wicket haul while Aditya B Sagar picked up four wickets.
In their second essay, Mayank Agarwal (118) helped himself to a century as Karnataka rattled up 239 for four in 57 overs.
Brief scores: Karnataka (I innings): 602 for 9 decl. in 189 overs & 2nd Innings: 239 for 4 in 57 overs (Mayank Agarwal 118, Liyan Khan 52, J Suchith 50 n.o., AK Rana 2-49) drew with Himachal Pradesh: 317 all out in 94.5 overs (SL Verma 136, AK Kaushik 52, Aditya B Sagar 4-61, David Mathias 5-78)
Astha stars in Cotton victory
Riding on a 10-point effort from Astha, Bishop Cotton Girls High School scored a 33-24 win over Stella Maris Girls School in the BFI IMG-Reliance inter-school basketball championship on Wednesday.
Results: Boys: DPS, South 40 (Mukul 13) bt St. Joseph IHS 10. HT 17-5; Bishop Cotton Boys School 23(Bushan 10) bt Mallya Aditi International School 17. HT 10-10;
New Horizon 21(Shankar 8) bt NPS Rajajinagar 19(Vishnu 11) HT 10-6.
Girls: Mallya Aditi International School 25(Mahika 10) bt NPS Rajajinagar 9. HT 12-5; Bishop Cotton Girls’ High School 33 (Astha 10) bt Stella Maris 24 (Monisha 13) HT 14-8; Kumarans Children’s Home 38(Avanthi 19) bt N R H S 24(Chandana 10) HT 19-11; Mary Immaculate School 19 (Dhatri 9) bt PPEC 7. HT 13-3.
MEG Boys sail past Belgaum
In a completely one-sided match MEG Boys swamped Belgaum District HA 11-0 in the KSHA ‘A’ Division Hockey League Championship on Wednesday. MEG’s Ajay, Ajith, Ravindra and Shashi struck twice each while Vishal, Pullaiah and Nadeem, scored once to fashion their runaway victory.
Result: MEG Boys 11 (Ajay .S 6, 25, Ajith Singh 8, 55, Vishal Yadav 11, Ravindra 21, 43, Shashi Dung Dung 22, 32, Pullaiah 38, Nadeem 51) bt Belgaum District Hockey Association 0
International girls have it easy
International School’s Kreshasewabi found the net twice to outclass Government School 3-0 in the KSHA D.S. Murthy Inter School Girls Hockey tournament on Wednesday. Kreshasewabi was joined on the scoreboard by Anya Vacha who struck in the 33rd minute to seal their win.
Results: The International School 3 (Kreshasewabi 23, 30, Anya Vacha 33) bt Govt. School, Vidyanagara 0; Chinmayi Vidyalaya 4 (Aishwini 4, Yuktha 6, Monisha 34, Afsana 38) bt BEL High School 0
U-16 tennis from Jan. 13
The Karnataka Tennis Players Parents Association will conduct the AITA U-16 National Series tennis tournament for boys and girls at the KSLTA Stadium and Mahila Seva Samaja courts from January 13-18. For further detals visit katppa.wordpress.com or contact Ranjani Krishamurthy (9916-490-307).
Volleyball tourney from Jan. 30
The Janma Bhoomi Vedike a sports and cultural association of Srinivasapura Taluk, Kolar district, under the banner of Karnataka Volleyball Association, will conduct a state-level invitation men’s volleyball tournament at the High school grounds from January 30. All KVA affiliated clubs are eligible to participate in this tournament.
