KN Sachin took four for 22 as Bangalore High School edged Sri Jnanakshi Vidyaniketan by a solitary run in a thriller in the BT Ramaiah Shield inter-school (U-15) knock-out cricket tournament.

Bangalore High School made 168 through steady contributions through the order, and in response, Sri Jnanakshi fell agonisingly short, dismissed for 167 despite P Bharath’s match-high 40.

Brief scores: Bangalore High School: 168 all out in 31 overs (R Santosh 26; P Bharath 2-44, T Suraj 2-32, G Basavaraju 3-8) bt Sri Jnanakshi Vidyaniketan: 167 all out in 33.5 overs (P Bharath 40, V Vyshak 25; R Santhosh 2-30, KN Sachin 4-22).

St John's HS: 254/7 in 45 overs (Aamir 64, Ashwath 52, Joe 27; Kiran 2-44, Harish 2-36) bt Aradhana HS: 101 all out in 26.4 overs (Pradeep 27; Raghav 5-19, Karthik 4-11).

Seshadripuram High School: 259 all out in 44 overs (Sandeep 34, Santosh Raj 30, Ram Prasad 53, Manjunath 28; Dhanush 2-46, Sanand 3-52, Gautam 2-43, Akhilesh 2-44) bt Ryan International School: 94 all out in 26.1 overs (G Madhu 3-13, KM Manjunath 2-2).

Venkat International Public School: 256/7 in 45 overs (Mallikarjun 34, Jayanth 38, Kishan 85, Abhishek 53; Nikhil 2-37) lt to Vidya Niketan School: 257/4 8in 28.5 overs (Rahul Kini 28, K Nikhil 48 n.o., Sathvik 47 n.o.).

St Patrick's High School: 180 all out in 33.3 overs (Vinay 26, Ravi Michael 54, Shashank 38 n.o.; Gautam 3-47, Niranjan 2-43, Rohan 3-29) bt East West High School: 103 all out in 24 overs (Niranjan 26; Sitaram 4-26, Srinivas 3-24).

ITI Vidyamandir HS: 59 all out in 19 overs (R Abishek 3-21, Samuel 5-10) lt to St Xavier's HS: 60/2 in 10.5 overs (Ravesha 2-24).

Lilly Rose English School: 101 all out in 33 overs (Sandeep 3-12, Pracheeth 3-23, Vidya Sagar 3-9) lt to BET Convent: 102/2 in 16 overs (Punith 39 n.o.).