Jayanagar Colts faced little trouble in warding off Vultures Cricket Club on their way to a smooth six-wicket in the N Balaji Memorial MTR Nivarana Basavanagudi Cup here on Wednesday.
Vultures CC elected to bat, and the decision proved to be a huge mistake with their batsmen crumbled against spot-on Colts’ bowlers. Murari offered some resistance with a patient 32, but he received hardly any support from his team-mates.
BK Kumar grabbed three wickets, while C Raghu and Jaggesh bagged two wickets each as Vultures CC’s innings ended at 107 in the 26th over.
In reply, Colts suffered some early jolts, but the target was not enough to pose any challenge to the deep batting line-up of Colts. Off-spinning all-rouner Raghu anchored the chase with a fine 47 and V Bharath assisted him with a knock of 31 as Colts went past the target in 25.3 overs. Raghu was adjudged the man of the match.
They entered the quarterfinals on the day along with Jupiter CA and Bangalore Cricketers.
Brief scores:
Vultures Cricket Club: 107 all out in 25.4 overs (Murari 32; C Raghu 2-16, BK Kumar 3-14, Jaggesh 2-18) lt to Jayanagar Colts: 108/4 in 25.3 overs (C Raghu 47, V Bharath 31).
Jawahar Sports Club: 189/9 in 30 overs (Gautham 50; Mahesh 3-46, B A Vinay 2-18) lt to Jupiter CA: 192/5 in 25.5 overs (M Vishwanathan 35, Lingaraj 69; Abhishek 2-26).
Jawan’s Cricket Club: 221/5 in 30 overs (Yogesh 72, Amit Verma 69; Yathish 3-46) bt City Cricketers: 143 all out in 29.3 overs (S Patel 32; S Irfan 2-20, Naziruddin 3-15, S R Deepu 2-24).
Vijaya Bank Cricket Club: 194/8 in 30 overs (Navin Patil 62, Yeshwanth 36; Udit Patel 4-25) lt to Swastic Union Cricket Club: 195/4 in 25 overs (Bharath Chipli 49, Ibrez 41, Deepak Chougule 47, Devraj Patil 33; Gangadhar 2-40).
Bangalore Occasionals: 112 all out in 30 overs (Naresh Reddy 27; Madhu 2-22, Govindappa 2-13) lt to Bangalore Cricketers: 118/3 in 14.5 overs (Stalin Hoover 51 n.o, T Vinay 40; Naresh Reddy 2-38).
Malleswaram Gymkhana: 170/8 in 29 overs (K B Pawan 42, Mithun Beerala 50; Chaitra 4-33; Chethan 2-27) bt Jaidur Cricketers: 116/9 in 26 overs (Samarth Hegde 37; Sunil Kumar 4-18, Nooruddin 2-20).
