A splendid five-wicket haul by Murali spurred United Cricketers to a convincing eight-wicket win over Maharana Cricket Club in the KSCA Group I, Division V cricket league for the JB Mallaradhya Trophy here on Tuesday.
Batting first, Maharana Cricket Club were rattled by the hostile bowling of Murali, who returned impressive figures of five for 53, to restrict them to 141 in 38.1 overs.

Tejpal complemented Murali’s effort with the ball by accounting for three opponent batsmen as well. The lone resistance from Maharana’s part came from Harsha who made a vital 61 to save his team from further ignominy.
Chasing the modest target, United Cricketers troubled their rivals with the bat too by finishing the match off in just 14.1 overs.

Srinivas (62) and Premjith (40) were in punishing mood as they stitched together an unbroken third wicket partnership to guide United to a comprehensive victory.

Nithin picked up both the wickets for Maharana.

In another match, BMS College of Engineering defeated Caravan Cricketers by five runs. Batting first, BMS were all out for 194. Sajid top-scored with 48 while Vivek (35) and Yeshwanth (38) made useful contributions.
They then hit back strongly to restrict Caravan to 189 all out in 45.3 overs. H S Adarsh was the pick of the bowlers, claiming seven for 56.

Brief scores: Victory Cricket Club: 63 all out in 22.2 overs (Vijay 3-23, Sudhil 2-6, Nadha 3-4) lt to United Cricket Club: 68/6 in 15.2 overs (Sreedhar 4-23).

Malleswaram United CC: 89 all out in 27.1 overs (Pawan 5-30, Chandan 3-31) lt to Hammonds Cricket Club: 92/4 in 18.2 overs (Karthik 42 n.o.; Suresh 3-34).

Merchants Cricket Club: 48 all out in 21.3 overs (Preetham 2-3, Jayachandra 2-29, Tanu 4-8) lt to Deccan United Cricket CC: 49/1 in 14.5 overs.

Friends Union Cricketers, Kolar: 109 all out in 28.4 overs (Niel 25, KK Srinivas 37; Brijesh Singh 2-22, Rajaram 2-20, Ravindra 2-34, Mohan Ram 3-21) bt Young Boy's C A: 90 all out in 30.5 overs (Santosh 27, Stephen 6-30, KK Srinivas 4-49).

SJ (Govt) Polytechnic CC: 242 all out in 49.1 overs (Vinod Pawar 35, Madhusudhan 41; Mohan Ram 3-64, Uma Shankar 3-45) bt Elite Blue CC: 217 all out in 37.4 overs (Naveen 84, Shamarath 28; Madhusudhana 2-38, Mohan 2-8, Jagadish 3-58, TS Madhu 2-24).

BMS College of Engineering: 194 all out in 48.2 overs (Vivek 35, Yeshwanth 38, Sajid 48; HS Adarsh 7-56, VR Gautam 2-27) bt Caravan Cricketers: 189 all out in 45.3 overs (Dhanush 29, Sankith 29, Praveen 2-30, Yeshwanth 2-33).

Maharana Cricket Club: 141 all out in 38.1 overs (Harsha 61; Urali 5-53, Tejpal 3-23) lt to United Cricketers: 142/2 in 14.1 overs (Peter 27, Premjith 40 n.o., Srinivas 62 n.o; Nithin 2-24).

Canarese Cricket Club: 188 all out in 39.5 overs (Lokesh 81; Badri 2-27, Skanda 2-60, Vishal 2-37, Hari 2-5) lt to South End Sports Club: 189/7 in 30 overs (Prem 42, Prabhakar 29, Hahesh 28, Harsha 32 n.o.; Lakshmi Kanth 4-50, Udupa 2-21).

Super Cricket Club: 130 all out in 47.1 overs (Surja Singh 28; Nastosh 3-30, Thakur 5-17) lt to Wilson Garden CC: 131/6 in 20.2 overs (Karan 31; Somashekar 4-31, Prakash 2-33).

Government Science College: 92 all out in 22 overs (Muragesh 5-27, Sudhakar 4-21) lt to Government Arts College: 98/8 in 20.3 overs (Sudhakar 32; Naveen 2-26, Rajki 2-14, Girish 3-32).

Young Cricketers Association, Kolar: 225 all out in 49.4 overs (BC Rajesh 44, Kishore Bhargav 58, Naveen 26; Rohit 3-57, Gopalakrishna 7-86) lt to Bangalore Dynamos Sports Club: 230/9 in 49.2 overs (Ashiwn 30, Kumar 39, Vijay Kumar 51; Rehan Ali 4-43, Rajesh 4-57).