Niranjan struck a fine unbeaten 80 as Perambalur scored a five-wicket win over Dharmapuri in the TNCA under-23 inter-district T20 tournament here on Wednesday.
The scores: At Coimbatore: Theni 153 for seven in 20 overs (U. Richie Donald 74) bt Ramanathapuram 127 for nine in 20 overs (P. Nisanth 43, M. Thiyagu three for 27).
Thanjavur 113 for nine in 20 overs (D. Jayakumar 36, G. Panuvalatti three for 23) lost to Dindigul 114 for eight in 19.4 overs (S. Vikram three for 12).
Coimbatore 145 in 20 overs (N. Mohammed Ashik 41, R. Nandagopal 34, V. Sabari three for 28, A. Mahizarasan four for 27) bt Tiruvarur 102 for nine in 20 overs (A. Mahizarasan 64 n.o.).
Nilgiris 96 in 19.2 overs (Nitin Shekar 37, N. Navin Kumar three for 12) lost to Erode 97 for six in 11.4 overs (A. Periyasamy 38, M. Ismail four for 18).
At Tiruchi: Virudhunagar 140 for six in 20 overs (B. Sai Gireesh 36, K. Surya Prakash 30) bt Sivagangai 134 in 19.3 overs (S. Inbarasu 34).
Dharmapuri 140 for nine in 20 overs (R. Aravind 47, C. Sivakumar three for 23) lost to Perambalur 144 for five in 16.1 overs (N. Niranjan 80 n.o.).
Madurai 97 for nine in 20 overs (T. Ramesh Thangaraj 50, A. Mohammed Rafeek three for four, P.S. Mohan three for 20) lost to Cuddalore 99 for seven in 16.1 overs (Vel Murugan Aayiram three for 16).
Namakkal 116 for seven in 20 overs (Muralidharan Shanmugham 32 n.o.) lost to Tiruchirapalli 117 for two in 10.4 overs (F. Edwin Richard 65 n.o.).
At Tirunelveli: Thoothukudi 119 for five in 20 overs lost to Krishnagiri 120 for eight in 19.5 overs (S. Karthikeyan three for 27).
Kanyakumari 106 for eight in 20 overs (S.C. Venu Krishnan 34) lost to Tirupur 107 for six in 19.4 overs (S. Pradeep 33, R. Kamagodeeswaran 32 n.o.).
Vellore 181 for eight in 20 overs (K. Raj Kumar 32, M.A. Atheeq UR Rahman 36, R. Vinoth Kumar 44 n.o., B. Amal three for 28) bt Pudukottai 92 in 19 overs (M. Ajim Khan 37, J. Ameer Ali 34, M.A. Atheeq UR Rahman three for 10).
At Salem: Tiruvannamalai 97 for nine in 20 overs (S.L. Lawrence Nova 53 n.o., P. Saravanan three for 13) lost to Thiruvallur 98 for three in 14.2 overs (V. Dinesh Kumar 49 n.o.).
Villupuram 162 for seven in 20 overs (A. Kamaleeshwaran 45, T. Baskar 62, K. Meganathan three for 11) bt Karur 98 in 19 overs (S.K. Tendulkar 30, Raj Boobalan four for 22).
Pondicherry 128 for seven in 20 overs lost to Nagapattinam 129 for four in 16.1 overs (S. Sesanth 37 n.o., D. Rahul 31).
Salem 148 for seven in 20 overs (N. Rikesh Kumar Sharma 50, Sujith Govindaraju 38) lost to Kancheepuram 149 for nine in 19.5 overs (V. Bharath Hariharan 46, U. Vishal 40, M.S. Promoth four for 22).