Neptune score over Jupiter
A disciplined Neptune Cricket Club chalked out a six-wicket win over Jupiter Cricketers Association in the Dell-KSCA Group I, Division II league for the MAT Acharya Shield in Bangalore.
After restricting Jupiter CA to 158 all out in 47.5 overs, thanks to K Hoysala’s five for 39, Neptune fared marginally better with the bat, replying with 187 all out. Jupiters produced an improved performance in the second innings before declaring their innings closed at 214 for nine. Rahul Seshadri returned a five for 63 haul for Jupiter. Needing 186 runs for victory, Neptune coasted to victory in 27.1 overs with Fayaz Khan (54) and Lal Sachin (69) coming up with timely knocks.
Brief scores: Jupiter Cricketers Association: 158 all out in 47.5 overs (Tejas Pawar 34, Rudrajeet 50; Yatish Gowda 3-35, K Hoysala 5-39) and 214/9 decl in 50 overs (Kushalappa 43, Arjun Gowda 51, Tejas Pawar 61; Rahul Seshadri 5-63) lt to Neptune Cricket Club: 187 all out in 56.5 overs (AS Mahesh 27, Suhel Semithia 61 n.o; Prasidh Krishna 2-40, NS Pavan 3-31, Arun Gowda 2-45, Gautam Babu 2-36) and 186/4 in 27.1 overs (D Raghavendra 27, Fayaz Khan 54, Lal Sachin 69; NS Pavan 2-33). Neptune Cricket Club: 5 points; Jupiter Cricketers Association: -1 point.
Bangalore United CC (1): 327 all out in 84.4 overs (Sharath Srinivas 27, Rajeev 45, Nihal Ullal 70, Zeeshan Ali Sayyed 61, Raunak Shah 60 n.o.; CK Akshay 3-98, Sachin Subramanya 2-72, Manjunath BS 2-44) drew Bangalore Cricketers: 391/5 in 90 overs (Pradeep G 59, SP Manjunath 83, CK Akshay 56, P Yogesh 126 n.o., Dayanand 54 n.o.; Shubham Singh 2-28, Zeeshan Ali Sayyed 2-117) Bangalore Cricketers: 3; Bangalore United CC (1): 1.
Jaidur Cricketers: 278 all out in 89 overs (S Chetan 132, Dipendra 29 n.o.; N Vishwanath 5-77, Chetan 3-71) drew Jolly Cricketers: 381 all out in 89 overs (Lakshmikant 33, Nikhil 44, Chetan 116 n.o., Vamshidhar K 35, Vikas Verma 38; Bhavesh Gulacha 5-77, Pranesh Desai 2-84, Chetan 2-55). Jolly Cricketers: 3; Jaidur Cricketers: 1.
Young Lions Club: 313 all out in 67.4 overs (M Vijay Kumar 138, Santhosh Raj 67, Nihal F Shilar 58; Abhishek Baadkar 4-77, BS Shashank 3-49, Kaushik Udupa 2-43) drew Sir Syed Cricketers: 406/8 in 88 overs (U Laggan Jain 35, Abdul Nauman Khan 79, S Rakshith 28, DR Balasubramanaya 100, BV Shashank 60, Abhshiek Baadkar 30; Giridhar V Koppikar 2-69, Nihal F Shilar 2-54) Sir Syed Cricketers: 3; Young Lions Club: 1.
Sri Jayachamarajendra CC: 195 all out in 80.2 overs (Yusuf 42, L Rakesh 28, Surendra Kumar G 30, HK Vishwanath 28 n.o.; Dominic 2-35, Yatish 2-36, Narasimha Murthy 3-47) and 116/8 in 41 overs (Tushar 43; Bipin 2-25, Narasimha Murthy 3-40) drew Jayanagar Colts: 351/8 decl in 81 overs (Bipin 46, Arjun SP 26, Sachin Shinde 70, Dominic 68 n.o., Keerthi Bhat 46 n.o.; Yusuf 4-107). Jayanagar Colts: 3; Sri Jayachamarajendra CC: 1.
Swastic Union CC (2): 331 all out in 86.5 overs (Nitin Guru 120, Devraj Pail 62, Satish Vallur 43, Shimon Luiz 4-95, Arjun Dev 2-84) drew Friends Union CC (2): 178 all out in 47 overs (AS Abhijith 31, Dheeraj S 75; Prateek 2-42, Mohit Kholkar 4-34, Dikshan Shu 2-12) and 209/6 in 46 overs (S Dheeraj 89, Sachin RG 25, Arjun Dev 57 n.o.; Prakeek 2-38, Nashutosh 2-65). Swastic Union CC (2): 3; Friends Union CC (2): 1.
