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Vamshi, Srinivas slam centuries

HYDERABAD: Centuries by V. Vamshi Ram (164, 21x4, 1x6) and G. Srinivas (124 not out, 16x4, 3x6) helped Syndicate Bank record a thumping, 230-run win over Gujarathi CC in the A-Division (two-day) league cricket championship here on Friday.

The scores: A-Division (two-day) league: Crown 238 for eight (Mohd Iqbal 76, K. Chandrakanth 61) bt Contitnental 125.

Gemini Friends 225 (G. U. Sridhar 93) lost to SBI 226 for eight (Charan four for 40).

Syndicate Bank 513 for five ( V. Vamshi Ram 164, Mohd Muzzamil 52, Arvind Shetty 73, G. Srinivas 124 not out) bt Gujarathi 283 (B. Sudhir 100, Abhishek Shah 49, Nimeesh Reddy 66, Srinivas five for 79).

Oxford Blues 253 (R. C. Ratul 114, Mohit 43, Rizwan six for 49) bt Visaka 209 (Dilip 68 not out, D. Abhinay Reddy four for 59, C. Rahul Reddy four for 50).

A-Institution league: Midhani 188 (Rama Krishna 60, Mushraf four for 17) bt IAC 122 (Vamshi 58).

VNR-VJIT recorded a 72-run win over Srinidhi Engineering College in the fifth Bandari Srinivas inter-engineering colleges cricket tournament in Chevella near here.

The scores: VNR-VJIT 146 (Prajith 50, Sashank 48) bt Srinidhi Engg College 74.

D. Anitha defeated Pranali 21-11 in the girls under-13 singles first round of the Hyderabad District badminton championship at Madhuranagar Indoor Stadium here.

The results: First round: Men’s singles: Gopi bt Waseem Ahmed 21-0; Vamsi Mohan Rao bt V. Tejeshwar Reddy 21-7; Lionel bt Hitesh 21-8; Harish bt Abhishek 21-18; Nikhil bt Manu 21-11; Chatra Praneeth bt V. Chaitanya 21-9; C. Aditya bt B. Vaishnav 21-5; N. V. Anurag w/o Akshay Kumar; Shreeyaj bt Rishabh Varma 21-19; Viswanadh bt K. B. R. Sraveen 21-16; Akshay Kumar bt Vinesh 21-8.

Girls: Under-13: D. Anitha bt Pranali 21-11; Pooja bt Phani Shivani 21-7; P. Sreya bt Ayesha Nazeem 21-17; D. Anitha bt Hansika 21-11; Vijetha bt Spurthi 21-8.

Srutha Kirti won the girls under-10 title defeating Y. Pranjala 9-8 (7-1) in the final of the Modali Krishna Murthy sub-junior tennis tournament here.

The results: Girls: Under-14: Bhavana Priyanka bt Seema Mirza 9-5. Under-12: Y. Pranjala bt G. Srutha Kirti 9-3; Under-10: Srutha Kirti bt Y. Pranjala 9-8 (7-1).

Boys: Under-14: Ch. V. Ajith bt S. A. Wahab 9-4; Under-12: S. M. Osama bt Anirudh Yadav 9-6; Under-10: Akhil Verma bt Ponnala Siddarth 9-7.

Hyderabad Public School (Begumpet) recorded a 32-17 win over Kennedy High School in the boys’ final of the Fr. R. Devasia Trophy inter-schools basketball tournament.

The scores: Finals: Boys: HPS Begumpet 32 (Rohit 18) bt Kennedy High School 17. Girls: St. Pious HS 32 (Swetha 15) bt St. Antony’s HS 26 (Sapna 18).

Rifle Association of Andhra Pradesh will organise District open shooting championships from Aug. 12 to 15. For details contact Ph: 9866072411.

The Brilliant Trophy chess tournament will be held on Aug. 9 and 10 at Brilliant Grammar School. For details contact Ph: 9247399717/9866519924.

The Regal Sports inter-school volleyball tournament for boys and girls will be held at Musheerabad Playground from Aug. 18 to 23. Entries close by Aug. 14 and for details contact M. B. Narsimlu, organising secretary, on Ph: 9391014410.

Doordarshan Kendra (Hyderabad) will telecast highlights capsule ‘India at Beijing’ in Telugu on the ‘Sapthagiri Channel’ from August 9 to 25 from 10 p.m.

Eastern Naval Command won the overall title in the four-day Indian Navy aquatic championship at Visakhapatnam on Friday. ENC, with 163 points, pipped holder Southern Naval Command (159 points) to the post. Western Command was the third team in the meet.

Southern had the satisfaction of its swimmer V.R. Shibu being adjudged as the best swimmer of the meet. He won eight gold medals. SNC also won the waterpolo event.

Admiral Superintendent of Naval Dockyard H.S. Malhi gave away the trophies.

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