Nirmal's burst propels SSN to easy win over Surana

Nirmal Kumar grabbed a five-for as SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, scored a 34-run win over Surana College, Bangalore, in the cricket competition of the VIE 2013 14th All-India Sports Extravaganza, hosted by Jain University, here on Thursday.

Batting first, SSN College rode on useful contributions from Nilesh (39), Varadharajan (39) and Anirudha (45) to post a challenging 220/7 in their allotted 25 overs.
Nirmal then starred with the ball for SSN, his five for 33 playing a key role in restricting Surana College to 186/9 in their 25 overs.

Results: 

Men:

Cricket: SSN College of Engineering, Chennai: 220/7 in 25 overs (Nilesh 39, Varadharajan 39, Anirudha 45; Kunal S 3-42, Yatish 2-40) bt Surana College, Bangalore: 186/9 in 25 overs (Arjun Hoysal 32, Pradeep T 27; Nirmal Kumar 5-33).

Anna University, Trichy: 142/7 in 25 overs (Nagendra 35; Surya 3-19) bt Christ University, Bangalore: 127/9 in 25 overs (Athiqulla Khan 32; Dinesh 4-7, Edwin 2-17, Raju 2-32).
AM Jain College, Chennai: 169/7 in 25 overs (Vasanth 30; Piyush 3-22, Abhishek 2-30, Rudrajeet 2-39) bt Jain University, CMS: 101/8 in 25 overs (Abhishek 36 n.o.; Vasanth 3-18, Chiranjeevi 2-17).

Pachaiyappa’s College, Chennai: 199/6 in 25 overs (Siranjeevi 45, Harish Kumar 52, Sirajuddin 27; Sam Sundar 3-34) bt Madras Christian College, Tambaram: 116 all out in 22 overs (Nepolion 3-15, Sirajuddin 2-24).

Basketball: Christ King, Sri Lanka: 67 (Himal 14, Harin 11) bt Indus International: 32 (Aashish 10, Kunal 9). HT: 27-18; Anna University, Trichy: 35 (Shankar Ganesh 11, Robin 6) bt Bangalore Medical College: 18 (Rajeev 5, Tilak 4). HT: 15-7.

Volleyball: Hindustan University, Chennai bt Vijaya College, Bangalore 25-14, 25-17; DB Jain College, Chennai bt Christ University, Bangalore: 26-16, 25-12; Al Ameen College, Bangalore bt Kristu Jayanthi, Bangalore: 25-15, 25-17.