Minerva was skittled out for 224 courtesy Velmurugan’s six-wicket haul. BSNL won with five balls to spare. In another match, J Manivannan’s stunning spell of six wickets for 69 runs was not enough as Chatnath Recreation Club lost to Tiger Cricket Club by two wickets in a close contest. 

Brief scores: IV DIVISION ‘C’: Venkateswara CC 272 for 8 in 50 overs (T Bharath 53*, C Karthick 51, S Srinath 30, S Muthu Kumar 3/87) beat Krishnaraj Memorial Club 110 in 29.2 overs (S Navaladi Muthukumar 5/37)

Minerva CC 224 in 49.5 overs (P Arun Kumar 61, E Malcolm Thiyagaraj 55, J Vijay Anand 51*, C Velmurugan 6/85, S Shravan 3/42) lost to BSNL Chennai Telephones RC 226 for 8 in 49.1 overs (T Manojkumar 73, B Jaffer Salim Sadiq 30*, S Sunil 4/56)

Bharathi SC 206 for 7 in 50 overs (S Shyam Sundar 44, Krish Jain 39, Joel Jacob Job 35, S Sai Sabareesha 33, R Venkatesh 3/55) beat Prithvi CC 168 in 46.2 overs (Ajay Singh Adhikari 54, P Akarsh 4/37, Naresh Kumar Sathyanarayan 4/52)

Bharath Petroleum Corporation Club 259 in 46 overs (M Shiva Ram 72, C Ashok Kumar 52*, M Logeshwaran 42, TA Sanjay 3/53, R Rohit 3/28, M Chandra Bose 3/42) lost to Ranji CC 265 for 6 in 45.1 overs (A Praveen Kumar 53, R Elango 47, R Rohit 31)

Chatnath RC 272 for 9 in 50 overs