GM Rishab and Abhishek Reddy notched fine half-centuries to power Bangalore Zone to a facile seven-wicket win over Mangalore Zone in the KSCA inter-zonal under-13 cricket tournament here on Monday.

After restricting Mangalore to 177 all out in 42.5 overs, Bangalore scaled down the target in 40.5 overs. Rishab remained unbeaten on 73, while Reddy was unconquered on 60. Earlier, Abhishek Gowda (2/8) and Tilak Karthik (2/27) were amongst wickets for Bangalore.

Brief scores:

Mysore Zone: 218 all out in 50 overs (Vishal 38, N Shreyas 80, S Kushal 34; Vijay Kumar 2-46, Maheep Shekawat 3-48, Shimon Luiz F 3-47) bt Bangalore City: 176/9 in 50 overs (Mohd. Saif 67, Mohammed Hassan 2-30, G Pavan 3-49).

Shimoga Zone: 194/5 in 50 overs (Harshith Naidu 62, Sunil M 41, Krishna Koti 37 n.o.; Kishore Kamat 2-30) lt to Dharwad Zone: 197/8 in 49 overs (A Inamdar 35, Kishitig Kumar 35 n.o., Deepak 5-53, Preetam 2-41).

Mangalore Zone: 177 all out in 42.5 overs (Tharanath 35, Samrudh Prakash 49; RP Teja 3-23, Abhishek Gowda 2-8, Tilak Karthik R 2-27) lt to Bangalore Zone: 181/3 in 40.5 overs (GM Rishab 73 n.o., Abhishek Reddy 60 n.o.; Sahas S Rai 2-32).

Tumkur Zone: 152 all out in 41.4 overs (J Bharath 47, R Nikhil 29, T Deepak 27; Kiran Kumar 6-34) lt to Raichur Zone: 153/3 in 45.3 overs (Vireesh 75 n.o., Amay Chanda 40 n.o.).