Krishna Koti’s all-round show went in vain as Shimoga Zone went down by 54 runs to Mangalore Zone on the opening day of the KSCA inter-zonal under-13 cricket tournament here.

Batting first, Mangalore Zone amassed 295 for nine from 50 overs. Shimoga were never in the hunt and reached 241 for five when they ran out of overs.

Brief scores:
Mangalore Zone: 295/9 in 50 overs (Kaushil 50, Lal Sachin 73, P Samrudh 30, Sri Harsha Bhat 25, Tharanath 37; Krishna Koti 3-73) bt Shimoga Zone: 241/5 in 50 overs (Harshith Naidu 84, Krishna Koti 72; Sri Harshan Bhat 2-45, Subhijith Bhat 2-21).

Bangalore Zone: 121 all out in 36.5 overs (Abhishek Gowda 46 n.o.; RS Yatish 3-21, Karthikeyan 2-21, Ashwin 3-28) lt to President’s XI: 123/3 in 31.4 overs (Nischal D 67, Ravi Kiran 27 n.o.; Gagan Reddy 2-28).

Bangalore City: 199/8 in 50 overs (KN Bharath 69, Md Saif 63, Konnappa 29 n.o.; Vignesh 2-42, Umang Chordia 2-25, Sachin V Athreya 2-25) bt Combined City: 119/9 in 47.3 overs (Virendra Singh 74 n.o.; Vijay Kumar 3-18, Konnappa 3-20).

Mysore Zone: 255/9 in 50 overs (KS Pavan 86, ML Vishal 67, Kushal 31; Bharath J 2-35, Deekshith 3-52, Abhishek 3-48) bt Tumkur Zone: 95 all out in 36.1 overs (Mohammed Hussain 3-11, Pavan 2-5, Mohammed Shoaib 3-10).