Day: August 10, 2019

VB Kanchi Veerans’ captain Baba Aparajith and opener Suresh Lokeshwar batted with purpose to overcome a tricky target and Ruby Trichy Warriors to book their playoff spot for the first time in the Tamilnadu Premier League at the Sankar Nagar Ground here Friday.

P Saravanan (4/30) and R Ram Arvind (90) starred as Standard Cricket Club got the better of Future Star Cricket Academy by nine wickets in a TNCA Thiruvallur DCA First Division League Championship match.

Batting first, Srinivasaraghavan Memorial made 265 for eight, thanks to N Arun Raj (98), who fell short of a century by just two runs.

West Indies A top-order put up a gutsy show to force a draw despite another five-wicket haul by left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem as India A won the unofficial three-‘Test’ series 2-0. 

Election to Vellore was rescinded following seizure of cash from the premises linked to DMK contestant Kathir Anand. Finally it took place on 5 August. And DMK added one more to its tally with Kathir Anand emerging the winner.

Actor Rana Daggubati will be producing the Tamil version of Telugu hit ‘Jersey’. Buzz is that it would star Vishnu Vishal in the lead. Vishnu, who started his career as cricketer, would be apt for the role, say many. Sources say that Amala Paul has been approached to play the heroine.

Buzz is that Balaji Shakthivel will be playing a crucial role in Mani Ratnam’s production venture ‘Vaanam Kottatum’. Sources say that Balaji Shakthivel has already joined the sets of the film.

It is a horror comedy with a huge dose of action. It will be directed by Krishna Sai, who had earlier helmed the Kannada film Traya.

Dinesh plays the lead while Deepti Thiveesh is paired opposite him in a movie titled ‘Nanum Single Dhaan’.

Days after it was formally announced that actor Vijay Sethupathi will play ace cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan in his bio-pic, there were reports suggesting that the actor had withdrawn from the film.