Vinod ton takes Kerala into Buchi Babu cricket quarterfinals

Kerala openers Vishal Vinod (120) and Sachin Mohan (98) struck a smashing 197-run partnership to help the team sail past Odisha and book their quarterfinal berth in the ongoing Buchi Babu Memorial Cricket tournament here today.
In the third and final round of league matches, Kerala overcame Odisha's 334 runs to post 337 for five in 67 overs.
In another tie, TNCA President's XI off-spinner M Prabha claimed seven for 50 and left-arm spinner Rahil S Shah took three for 36 to dismiss Andhra for a paltry 122.
Alongwith Kerala, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Odisha, Hyderabad and TNCA President's and District XI also progressed to the last-eight stage.

In the battle ahead, UP will take on Gujarat, Kerala plays Assam, Odisha crosses sword with TNCA President's XI, while Hyderabad clash with TNCA Districts in the quarterfinals on August 24 after a day's rest tomorrow.
Brief Scroes: UPCA 338 bt Haryana 278 in 80.5 overs (Abhimanyu Khod 50, Nitin Saini 42, Sonu Rathee 62, Kuldeep Hooda 42, R P Singh 4 for 95, Praveen Kumar 3 for 28, Ali Murtaza 3 for 79) Points UPCA-4(4), Haryana (0).

Mumbai 379 bt TNCA City XI 236 in 84.6 overs (K Mukunth 52, V Maaruthi Raghav 100 not out). Points: Mumbai 4(4), TNCA (0);

Gujarat 305 bt Hyderabad 233 all out in 61.2 overs (K Sumanth 51,, Ashish Reddy 54, Pranjal Sutalia 5 for 86). Points: Gujarat 4 (12), Hyderabad 0 (8).
Baroda 334 lost to Kerala 337 for 5 in 67 overs (Vishal Vinod 120, Sachin Mohan 98, Jafar Jamal 61 not out) Points Kerala 4 (8), Baroda (0).
TNCA President XI 342 bt Andhra 122 all out in 47.3 overs (M Prabhu 7 for 50, Rahil S Shah 3 for 36). Points: TNCA President's XI 4 (12), Andhra 0 (4).
Assam 258 bt Bengal 199 all out 54.5 overs (Arindam Das 48, Sudip Chatterjee 50, J Syed Mohammed 5 for 58). Points: Assam 4 (8), Bengal 0 (0).