FCI South Zone Inter Regional Cricket Tournament: AP, Tamil Nadu shine on Day One

Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu were off to a splendid start as they won all the matches played on the inaugural day of the FCI South Zone Inter Regional Cricket Tournament, here on Tuesday.

Andhra Pradesh defeated Karnataka by 40 runs and in their second match against Kerala they sealed a four-wicket win.

Similarly, Tamil Nadu won their match against Zonal Office(S) by 66 runs and keeping their momentum they went on to bag their second win by clinching a seven-wicket win over Telangana

Inaugurating the tournament, Ashwani Kumar Gupta, General Manager (Telangana Region) advised all the south zone teams to put in their best effort and enjoy every moment of the gentlemen game.

Brief Scores

Andhra Pradesh 112/4 (Vamsi Krishna 35, Sumit Ahlawat 28) vs Karnataka 72/4 (Vinod 22 not out). (AP won by 40 runs)

Tamil Nadu 128/4 (Gangadharam 61, Bala Kumar 26*) vs Zonal Office(S) 62/5 (Rishikesh 22). (TN won by 66 runs)

Andhra Pradesh 75/6 (Naveen 25*, Vishnu 3/7) vs Kerala 74/6 (Vishnu 35, Sumit Simha 2/2). (AP won by 4 wickets)

Tamil Nadu 75/3 (Gangadharam 42*) vs Telangana 73/3 (Srikanth 22). (TN won by 7 wickets)