Hemuchudesan, Vidyuth bowl TNCA President’s XI into the semifinals

Sahban Khan (Chhattisgarh, 5/34).

J. Hemchudeshan (TNCA President’s XI, 5/45).

P. Vidyuth (TNCA President’s XI, 5/46).

Anukul Roy (Jharkhand, 5/79).

Harnoor Singh Pannu (Punjab, 106).

Off-spinner J. Hemchudeshan’s five for 45 and left-arm spinner P. Vidyuth’s five for 46 helped TNCA President’s XI bowl out Chhattisgarh for 141 and secure a 59-run win on day three of the third-round match in the Buchi Babu tournament at the Gojan-A ground on Thursday.

Hemchudeshan finished with a match haul of 11 for 109 and Vidyuth eight for 89. For Chhattisgarh, off-spinner Sahban Khan scalped five for 34.

Left-arm spinner Vishal Bhati picked up six for 75 as Bengal skittled out TNCA XI for 213 and went on to post a six-wicket win at the Gojan-B ground.

Jharkhand restricted Punjab to 271 for eight to secure a 131-run win at the CPT-IP turf ground, courtesy of left-arm spinner Anukul Roy (five for 79). Opener Harnoor Singh Pannu top-scored with 106 for Punjab.

TNCA President’s XI will face Jammu & Kashmir and Haryana will take on Hyderabad in the semifinals.

The scores (third round, day three):

Group-A: At Gojan-A: TNCA President’s XI 266 & 121 in 44.2 overs (Sahban Khan 5/34) bt Chhattisgarh 187 & 141 in 38.4 overs (Ashutosh Singh 54, P. Vidyuth 5/46, J. Hemchudeshan 5/45). Points: TNCA President’s XI 6(15), Chhattisgarh 0(9).

At TI-Murugappa: Maharashtra 440 & 173/4 in 45 overs (Arshin Kulkarni 69, Saurabh Nawale 62 n.o.) bt Himachal Pradesh 239 & 194/6 in 45 overs (Ankush Bains 87). Maharashtra 6(7), HP 0(1).

Group-B: At SSN: Odisha 314 & 240 in 44.5 overs (Subhranshu Senapati 55, Govind Poddar 72) bt Jammu & Kashmir 330 & 106 in 34.5 overs (Musaif Aijaz 47, Syed Tufayl Ahmad 4/33). Odisha 6(6), J&K 0(13).

At Guru Nanak: Railways 184 & 121 bt Baroda 193 & 90 in 36.1 overs. Railways 6(12), Baroda 0(6).

Group-C: At Gojan-B: TNCA XI 203 & 213 in 43.2 overs (S. Mohamed Ali 83, M. Shahrukh Khan 45, Vishal Bhati 6/75) lost to Bengal 241 & 179/4 in 32.2 overs (Sudip Kumar Gharami 70 n.o., Abishek Porel 50). Bengal 6(9), TNCA XI 0(9).

At MRF-Pachaiyappa’s: Mumbai 346/9 & 232 in 43.3 overs (Musheer Khan 43) lost to Haryana 364 & 220/5 in 42 overs (Himanshu Rana 61, Dheeru Singh 82). Haryana 6(13), Mumbai 0(1).

Group-D: At CPT-IP (turf): Jharkhand 366/8 & 218/8 in 45 overs (Shikhar Mohan 83) bt Punjab 182 & 271/8 in 45 overs (Harnoor Singh Pannu 106, Prabhsimran Singh 59, Anukul Roy 5/79). Jharkhand 6(6), Punjab 0(6).