Ajay Kumar Pal stars in MEG win
Ajay Kumar Pal scored a brace (28th, 35th) as MEG Boys ‘B’ blanked Flying HC 4-0 in the DS Murthy & V Karunakaran Memorial hockey tournament. Rakesh Roshan (37th) and Noel Dodray (41st) netted the other two goals for the Sappers.
Other result: Neveen HC: 1 bt Primrose HC: 0
Narrow win for Combined City
L Adarsh made a 98-ball 89 and K Vamshidhar captured three wickets as Combined City XI edged Bangalore City XI by nine runs in the KSCA under-15 inter-district tournament.
Brief scores: Combined City XI: 175/9 in 50 overs (K V Siddarth 31, L Adarsh 89; Yeshash 2-24) bt Bangalore City XI: 166 all out in 49 overs (R Samrath 44; K Vamshidhar 3-20, K V Siddarth 2-11).
Bangalore Zone: 196 all out in 37.2 overs (Sjirish Shetty 37, Aman Raj 47; Rishab K 2-24, N Dilip 2-39) lt to President's XI: 197/7 in 49.3 overs (K Navneeth 51, Nihal F Shilal 70; Ganesh 3-42, Sherwin Kuri 2-24)
Secretary"s XI: 148 all out in 48.2 overs (Shreyas Gopal 51, M Roshan 4-35, S Rahul 4-24) lt to Vice President's XI: 149/6 in 40.4 overs (S S Darshan 34, V Abhishek 24; Puneet 2-37, Sukruth 3-37).
Karun steers SBMJC home
Riding on half-centuries from Karun Nair and K Abbas, SBMJC PU College beat BHS First Grade College by 23 runs in the BHS FGC Invitational inter-collegiate cricket tournament.
Brief scores: SBMJC PU College: 220/8 in 25 overs (Karun Nair 53, K Abbas 50) bt BHS First Grade College: 197 all out in 24.2 overs.
Christ College: 118 all out in 21.3 overs (Hardik 3-8, Vikas 3-13) lt to SBMJC Degree College: 119/2 in 12.4 overs (Vinodh S 54 n.o)
Madhu beats Ashok Kumar
Madhu Chandra beat G L Ashok Kumar 4-2 in the qualifying round of the 38th senior State-ranking snooker tournament.
Results: Senior Snooker (III round): Michael Rebello bt Mundir Sherazi 72-14, 38-51, 64-45, 65-57; C Ravindranath bt Chandra Kumar 64-41, 88 (B-70)-00, 77-35; Deepak bt Md Ali 61-50, 61-38, 59-60, 67-56; Kushal Agarwal bt Md Arshad 11-62, 25-62, 51-11, 65-15, 62-30; Balaji Reddy bt Rajesh N 52-71, 28-72, 72-62, 70-37, 69-35
Qualifiers: Madhu Chandra bt G L Ashok Kumar 72-28, 42-54, 48-47, 36-65, 73-40, 81-53; KS Naveen Kumar bt Nadeem Azeez 49-43, 62-53, 52-46, 61-32; Pramod Jain bt Vadiraj 47-65, 65-37, 39-48, 47-57, 79-42, 66-37, 79-37; Ajay Bhushan bt Sunil Nagraik 64-19, 60-38, 68-59, 82-39
Junior Snooker (Semifinal league): Md Ali bt Manju Kiran 53-44, 78-46, 51-63, 25-53, 32-51, 70-62, 71-48; Balaji Reddy bt Amit Bhushan 61-34, 65-36, 57-51, 68-10.
Navaratna FC in goalless draw
Hindu Socials and Navaratna played out a goalless draw in the ‘C’ Division football league at the Malleswaram Corporation ground on Thursday.
State-ranking TT tourney
The Bangalore Rural District Table Tennis Assocciation wil conduct the 10th annual State-ranking tournament from October 27. Entries can be send to chief referee G Manoharan, C-1 RBI Colony, Asborn Road, Bangalore - 42. For further details, contact 9845240220.
