Kalighat triumph

Kalighat Club thrashed YMCA in an AN Ghosh Trophy match, registering an innings and 79-run win.

In reply to Kalighat’s 375 for 9, YMCA could manage 120 and 176 for four in their two innings. Abhishek Banerjee was the top scorer for YMCA in both the innings. For Kalighat, Shib Sankar Paul picked up 5 wickets in the first innings.

Summarised Scores

Kalighat Club 375/9 in 95 overs. YMCA 120 in 51.4 overs (SS Paul 5/28) and 176/4 in 45 overs. Kalighat Club won by innings and 79 runs.

Vision 2020 258 in 94.2 overs and 2/1 in 3 overs. East Bengal 257 (P. Das 62; A. Kuilya 5/46) in 83.1 overs.

Town Club 291 in 86.1 overs and 234/3 in 37 overs. BNR Recreation Club 174 (A. Banerjee 4/60) in 61 overs

Eastern Railway 218 in 76 overs and 61/1 in 12 overs. Bhowanipore Club 308 in 94.2 overs

All matches to continue unless otherwise mentioned

Beighton Cup

Canara Bank trounced Police AC 8-2 in a match of 119th Beighton Cup hockey meet. KM Somanna was the star for the winners, scoring four goals. JP Kusha got two goals, while Dinesh Kiran and John Verghese scored one each.

In the other match of the day, CESC SC were shocked by Howrah Union 6-4 via a penalty shootout. The match was locked 3-3 after regulation time. Howrah Union’s Gurpreet Singh hit three goals.

Chess tourney

Hemant Ram of Tamil Nadu outplayed statemate S. Jayakumar via tie-breaker to win the National Amateur Chess Championship, at the Town Hall, on Saturday. Rajarishi Karthi finished third in the men’s event.

In the women’s category, Chandreyee Hazra of Bengal finished ahead of statemate Pallabi Roy and Odisha’s Aparajita Gochhikar.