Vizag Warriors beat Bezwada Tigers

Visakhapatnam: KS Bharat led Vizag Warriors to a six-wicket win over Bezawada Tigers in the APL III league match at the ACA-VDCA stadium here on Monday.
Brief scores: Bezawada Tigers 143/5 in 19.4 overs (G Manish 44) lost to Vizag Warriors 146/4 in 19.1 overs (KS Bharat 46*). Player of the Match (PoM): Sudarshan. Game changer: KS Bharat. Super striker: KP Sai Rahul.Central Riders 149/7 in 20 oves (Shaik Rasheed 87*) lost to Rayalaseema Kings 153/3 in 15 overs (P Roshan Pavan 47). PoM: Sk Rasheed. Game changer: B Vinay. Super striker: Roshan Kumar.
Ranga Lakshmi slams century
Opener P Ranga Lakshmi slammed a century (144, 57b, 20x4, 9x6) to lead Krishna to an eight-wicket victory over Rest of Central Zone on the first day of the ACA U-19 women’s one-day tournament in Anantapur.
Brief scores: Rest of North Zone 84 n 24.4 overs (V Vaishnavi 4/17) lost to Visakhapatnam 85/3 in 19 overs. Rest of Central Zone 185 in 47.4 overs (V Sethusai 58, Hassini 56) lost to Krishna 187/2 in 18 overs (P Ranga Lakshmi 144). Rest of South Zone 174/9 in 50 overs (Jessika K 67) lost to Anantapur 175/3 in 43.3 overs (B Neha 79, S Arshiya Neha 45).
Yesu Babu, Nidhi win medals
K Yesu Babu and B Nidhi Kesava Rao won medals at the fourth all-India FIDE chess championship for the specially abled conducted by the Tata Steel at Jamshedpur last week. Yesu Babu finished first in the wheelchair category and third overall while Nidhi was runner-up in the disabled under-19 category, informed secretary of the All-Visakha Chess Association S Manikhanta Rao.
Anantapur U-16 team for the inter-district tourney
Following players will represent the Anantapur U-16 team in the ACA inter-district matches (group A) in Vizianagaram from July 2 to 20.
Team: R Sathwik, Venkata Krishna, S Thameem, Thanmay Karthik, K Sanjay Kumar, T Bharath, Sai Phaniram Teja, Nanda Kishore, T Bhanu Prasad, Veda Sai Kumar, Jayeeb, Navdeep, Varun Sai Naidu, Tharun Kumar, Sathwik Chowdary and G Koushik. Standbys: Krishna Sai, Abhinav Sathwik Reddy, Nanda Kishore, Neehar, Guru Charan, Janarhdan, Venkata Sai.