Captain Manprit Juneja (104 not out) scored an unbeaten century as Alwarpet (205 for five) moved closer to Grand Slam’s first innings total of 298 on day two of the TNCA First Division League semi-final at the SSN College Ground here on Friday.

Continuing on its overnight score of 248 for seven, Grand Slam added another 50 runs. In reply, Alwarpet made 205 at sumps on the second day. Juneja was the star of the show with the bat, making 104 runs. His knock included 14 boundaries and a single six.

In another last four match at the VB Nest, Vijay bowled out Jolly Rovers for 388 in the first innings. Its batting has thus far let it down as it is tottering at 86 for five.

Brief scores: Jolly Rovers 388 in 136.1 overs (B Anirudh Sitaram 37, B Aparajith 170, Ankeet Bawane 116, Rahil Shah 4/141, M Mohammed 2/54, Malolan Rangarajan 2/67) vs Vijay 86 for 5 in 41 overs (KB Arun Karthick 26, Abhinav Mukund 27, R Jesuraj 2/42, DT Chandrasekar 2/28).

Grand Slam 298 in 104.2 overs (V Yo Mahesh 39, V Maaruthi Raghav 62, Abhishek Tanwar 48, M Abhinav 31, K Deeban Lingesh 36, M Siddharth 4/65, R Divakar 2/99, R Rajkumar 2/34, RS Jaganath Sinivas 2/57) vs Alwarpet 205 for 5 in 61 overs (Jiwan Jot Singh 60, Manprit Juneja 104*, M Abhinav 2/44).