A fine all-round show by Parikshith (5/13 and 87 n.o) powered Bangalore Higher Secondary School to a facile eight-wicket win over Army Public School in the Boost Cup inter-school (under-17) tournament on Wednesday.
Brief scores: Army Public School: 202 all out in 39.3 overs (SS Sudhan 34, K Ashok 44, Davinderpal 25; Kushal 3-47, Parikshith 5-13) lt to Bangalore Higher Sec. School: 205/2 in 30.2 overs (Parikshith 87 n.o., Balasubramanya 50).
Sri Aurobindo Mem. School: 248/8 in 45 overs (Meru 29, Akash 92, Mohit 43, Ashray 32; Narendra 2-33, KT Karthik 2-28) bt Sudarshan Vidyamandir: 203/8 in 45 overs (Nagesh V Rao 82 n.o.; Vashist 3-42).
Jain International Res. School: 249 all out in 43.4 overs (Prathvir 26, Vishak 104, Shivam 25; Yash Chopra 3-31) bt Vidyaniketan School: 175 all out in 40.3 overs (Rahul Menon 38, Rahul Kini 44; Devaraj 3-17, Ronak 2-32, Prithveer 2-25). St. Paul's English School: 128 all out in 33 overs (Venkat 33; Sai Prem 2-18, Sai Kumar 4-26) lt to Presidency School, Nandini Layout: 129/2 in 13.5 overs (OB Saikumar 47, Jai Santhosh 26, Darshan SS 29 n.o.).