Charan Ram wins hat-trick of titles

Visakhapatnam: T Charan Ram of Chittoor won three titles as he emerged winner in boys singles, doubles and mixed doubles events in the AP state sub-junior (U-15) badminton championships here on Sunday. Local girl D. Jashvitha won the girls singles crown beating top seeded Renushri Syamalrao Yavarna of Vizianagaram 2-1 in the final.
Results (finals): Boys singles: T Charan Ram bt B Akhil Reddy 21-19,21-11.Doubles: Charan Ram/V Hari Krishna bt Akhil Reddy/Abhishek 21-16, 21-15. Girls singles: D Jashvitha bt Renushri Syamalarao Yavarna15-21, 21-19, 21-8. Doubles: B Vijaya Lakshmi/K Gagana Sri Chowdary bt Jala Nakshtra/M Manojna 21-18,19-21, 21-15. Mixed doubles: Charan Ram/Gagana bt DV Umesh/M Jithya 21-8, 21-12.
Central Zone win
Central Zone scored a seven-wicket win over North Zone on the first dayof the ACA U-23 women inter-zone one-dayers tournament at the ACA stadium, Mangalagiri on Sunday.
Brief scores: North Zone 130 in 40.5 overs (Y Hema Roshini 26; K Dhathri 4/11) lost to Central Zone 133/3 in 32 overs (KE Dayana 57).
Tapaswi, Prasanth shine
Six batters hit centuries but only P Tapaswi and DB Prasanth Kumar found themselves on the winning side on Sunday in the ACA one-dayers inter-zone tournament at Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram.
Brief scores: At Visakhapatnam: Rest of North Zone 332 in 45 overs (P Tapaswi 100, M. Hemanth Reddy 47, M Dheeraj Kumar 43, G Chiranjeevi 33, Shambu Akhil 4/ 42) bt Guntur 262 for nine in 45 overs (Sk. Rasheed 116, KP Sai Rahul 43, G. Samanvith 33, A. Pranay Kumar 25 no; B Ayyappa 3/ 50).At Vizianagaram: Rest of South Zone 294 for four in 50 overs (T Vamsi Krishna 132 no, UMS Girinath 103) lost to Rest of Central Zone 295/4 in 47.3 overs (Y Sandeep 86 n.o., M Lekaz Reddy 73 n.o., K. Kranthi Kiran 64, B Munish Varma 46).Anantapur 348/6 in 50 overs (DB Prasanth Kumar 178, B. Yogananda 58, MK Datta Reddy 44) bt Srikakulam 262/6 in 50 overs (SH Srinivas 114, M Surya Kiran 75, K. Pramod Kumar 3/42).).
Rayalaseema Kings
felicitated
Rayalaseema Kings, winners of the Andhra Premier League II held at Visakhapatnam, were felicitated by the Cricket Association of YSR District and cricket enthusiasts and others at the ACA-YSRR stadium, Kadapa on Sunday morning. ACA South Zone chairman KV Purushothama Rao, secretary of CAYD and convenor of ACA Academy A Reddy Prasad, other office-bearers of CAYD were present.