Sports briefs: Five-wicket win for Hyderabad in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

Adilabad scored an eight-wicket win against Deccan Blues in the HCA B-Division T-20 League-cum-knock-out tournament

Hyderabad: Hyderabad began the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T-20 cricket championship campaign in style with a five-wicket win against Madhya Pradesh in the first round in Kolkata on Wednesday.

Batting first, MP scored 144 for nine in 20 overs with left-arm pacer Chama Milind (three for 34) being the main wicket-taker.

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In reply, Hyderabad reached the target in the 19th over thanks to a fine knock by Buddhi Rahul (59 n.o.).

The scores: At Kolkata: Madhya Pradesh 144/9 in 20 overs (Shivang Kumar 45, CV Milind 3/34) lost to Hyderabad 145/5 in 18.1 overs (Buddhi Rahul 59 no).

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Easy win or Adilabad

Adilabad scored an eight-wicket win against Deccan Blues in the HCA B-Division T-20 League-cum-knock-out tournament here.

The scores: Deccan Blues 104 in 18.2 overs lost to Adilabad 107/2 in 8.1 overs (A. Santosh 91).

New Blues 80/6 in 15 overs lost to Warangal 82/3 in 11.5 overs.

Apex 121/9 in 17.5 overs lost to Medak 125/3 in 16.1 overs (Lohith Reddy 59).

Nizamabad 154/6 in 17 overs bt Green Turf 78 in 16.3 overs.

Nizamabad 195/3 in 20 overs (Vikram Naik 73 no, Jasrith Reddy 54no) bt Manchester 113 in 18.2 overs.

Medak 190/3 in 20 overs (Lohith 69) bt CCOB Assn122/7 in 20 overs.

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State junior chess on November 29

Telangana Junior (under-19) chess championship to pick the State players for the coming Nationals will be held from November 29 to 30 at Dacha Laxmaiah Kalyana Mandupam in Wanaparthy district for boys and girls separately.

The top seven from both the boys and girls sections will be selected for the State teams.

Players born on or after 01-01-2006 are eligible to compete and registrations close on November 27 on 7337578899 or 7337399299.