C. Kushal edged out Sohail Jairaj 9-8 in the final to emerge the State 9-ball pool men’s champion at KSBA here. Kushal fought back admirably from a 4-1 deficit.

Kushal and Jairaj will represent Karnataka in the National 9-ball pool championship to be held next month.

The results: Finals: C. Kushal bt Sohail Jairaj 9-8. Third place playoff: L. Nagaraj bt M. Prabhakar 5-4
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Sunil steers Rovers

Sunil (27 points) powered Rovers BC past VBC 69-57 in the State B division basketball league here on Tuesday.

The results:

Rovers BC 69 (Sunil 27) bt VBC 57 (Guruprasad 18); IBBC 67 (Jijo 24) bt Rajmahal BC 57 (Gautham 24); Halasur Sports Union 47 (Sriram 11) bt Kanaka BC 35.

Shrijith on song

K.L. Shrijith (135) starred for Bangalore City XI on the first day of its KSCA-S.A. Srinivasan Memorial under-23 tournament match against Combined City XI.

The scores: Bangalore Zone 172 in 55.2 overs (Rohan Nayakar 60, Kushaal Wadhwani 34 n.o., M.B. Darshan four for 37) vs Combined Moffusil XI 137 for six in 42 overs (B. Dheemanth 66, S. Punith three for 26).

Bangalore City XI 320 in 75.4 overs (S.P. Arjun 77, K.L. Shrijith 135, Desmond Antomy 35, Lavish Kaushal four for 54) vs Combined City XI 68 for no loss in 22 overs (Mohit Pimplapure 44 n.o.).

President’s XI 304 for four in 100 overs (Mohammed Waseef 120 n.o., Luvnith Sisodia 73, B. Ruturaj 64 n.o.) vs Moffusil XI.

Venkatesh’s effort goes in vain

M. Venkatesh’s 104 went in vain for BUCC as it lost to Century Cricketers in the KSCA under-19 inter-club tournament here. Lalith Prem (five for 30) stood out for Century Cricketers.

The scores: Century Cricketers 287 for nine in 50 overs (Chandan Gujjar 58, B.S. Pavan 42, G. Barnadeep 61, Pavan Kulkarni 27, Ankush Marlecha three for 47) bt BUCC 262 in 49.5 overs (M. Venkatesh 104, Rohan Koshy 54, Lalith Prem five for 30).

Mount Joy CC 182 in 42 overs (Suhas 65, Kishore Kumar 57) lost to Malleswaram Gymkhana 183 for seven in 43.3 overs (Shyam 56, Prajwal 50).

Engrades CC 117 in 32.4 overs (Gautam Dileep 57, Dhruv four for 42) lost to Jawans CC 121 for one in 13.2 overs (Shyam 45 n.o., Yashwant 46).

Coles CC 107 in 31 overs (S. Nishal 30, Shashank 37, Suraj Shetty three for 29) lost to The Bangalore Cricketers 112 for four in 18.4 overs (Praful Pandey 65).

Jawahar SC (1) 249 in 48.3 overs (Sudhanwa Kulkarni 41, Rishi Bhansali 45, Sai Prajwal Reddy 36, Pareexith Okkunda 34, Yashas 28, Ritwik Ramesh four for 46) bt Social Cricketers 163 in 43.5 overs (Adarsh 66, Parth Patil 49, Sushmendra five for 36).

Vultures CC 221 for seven in 50 overs (Varun 64, P. Nachiketh 28, Daniel Joplin 49) tied with Rajajinagar Cricketers 221 in 47 overs (Karna Sathish 36, Roshan 38, Nithish Gowda 32).

Shubham shines

Shubham (three for five) helped DPS (North) defeat Vidyashilp Academy in the Ace under-16 inter-school cricket challenge here.

The scores: Holy Saint 102 for nine in 30 overs (K. Pratheek 30, Jay Borah three for 10) lost to Bishop Cotton BS 103 for five in 27.4 overs.

DPS (North) 160 in 28 overs (Aryan 31, Anirudh 47) bt Vidyashilp Academy 91 in 30 overs (Shubham three for five).

Tanmay does it for Chinmaya Vidyalaya

Tanmay slammed four goals in Chinmaya Vidyalaya’s 4-0 victory over Greenwood High in the Father Eric Vaz Memorial (junior) section of the St. Joseph’s BHS inter-school hockey tournament.

The results:

Fr. Eric Vaz Memorial (junior): St. Joseph’s BHS 5 (Noel Prabhu 11, N.J. Jacob 14, Dhanush Shane 19, K.S. Vishnu 20, Robin Lourd 26) bt Bishop Cotton BS 0; Chinmaya Vidyalaya 4 (Tamnay 4, 6, 10, 14) bt Greenwood HS 0; Frank Antony 3 (Jaskirat Singh 8, Maxwell Nicholas 17, Sehaj Mehta 23) bt Baldwin BS 0
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