Akshat, Suman slam tons

Hyderabad: Three batsmen scored centuries on the second day of the All India Coromandel King Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Invitation Cricket tournament here on Tuesday but it was Tamil Nadu which garnered the honours trouncing Services by eight wickets. Mohit Sharma (126) and Ranji players P Akshat Reddy (141) and T Suman (103) dominated the proceedings for DDCA and Hyderabad XI respectively. Hyderabad XI was sitting pretty after posting 359 and enjoying a marginal 47 runs first innings lead despite a fine 5/125 spell by Akshay Chandran for Kerala.

Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu restricted Services for 202 runs for five wickets in the 40-over second innings to eventually notch up the target losing two wickets in the low-scoring match.

Brief scores: Day-2: At NFC: Goa CA 244 vs DDCA 373 for 8 in 90 overs (Mohit Sharma 126,Jagrit Anand 63, Milind Kumar 47, Manan Sharma 35no, Sumit Narwal 53, Amit Yadav 3/89); At ECIL: Hyderabad Presidents XI 339 vs Karnataka 343 in 89.3 overs (Mayank Agarwal 85, K V Avinash 96, Shreyas Gopal 42, Abrar Kazi 36, M Ravi Kiran 4/57, Akash Bhandari 3/106, Kanishk Naidu 2/63); At RGICS: Kerala 312 for 8 vs Hyderabad XI 359 in 88.4 overs (T Suman 103, P Akshath Reddy 141, Akshay Chandran 5/125, Abhishek Mohan 3/84); At AOC: Tamil Nadu 261 & 19 for 2 bt Services SCB 77(M Mohammed 3/23, R Rohit 2/14, S Suresh Kumar 2/21, J Kowshik 2/17) & 202 for 5 in 40 overs (Sumit Singh 71, Nakul Varma 51, Anshul Gupta 42, Rahil Shah 3/57).