Sudhakar show spurs VCC to victory

Sachin Sudhakar’s all-round show propelled Viweswarampuram Cricket Club (2) to a 22-run win over Bangalore Star CA in the Dell-KSCA Group I, Division IV league for the Metro Shield.

Batting first, VCC rode on Sudhakar’s 87 to post a formidable 248 all out in 49.5 overs. In reply, Bangalore Star CA, were bowled out 226.

Brief scores: Visweswarampuram CC (2): 248 all out in 49.5 overs (Sachin Sudhakar 87, Libin 30, Bharath R 31 n.o., Arvind L 26; J Pratheek 3-49, NH Suresh 3-25) bt Bangalore Star CA: 226 all out in 47.5 overs (Pratap D 96, Rishab R Jain 26; Sachin Sudhakar 4-43, Avinash 3-45, V Bharath 2-47).

Hoskote Cricket Club: 287/9 in 50 overs (Shashidhar 43, Nandaram Singh 27, Madhu 37, Santhosh 64, Kiran 45; Rehan Hassan 2-34, Sunil 4-53) bt Sirurpark Sports Club: 180 all out in 43 overs (Yusuf Sani 51, Arvind 38 n.o.; Shashidhar 2-56, Santhosh 3-42).

Minvera Cricket Club: 267/5 in 50 overs (Nikhil 67, Shekhar 26, Mithun 27, Sapthagirish 82 n.o., Muniraju 38 n.o.; Kushal 2-40) bt Oriental Cricket Club: 206 all out in 48.4 overs (Gautham 31, Dipankar 67, Ganesh Prasad 46; Nikhil 2-23, Tarun 4-36).

Vivekananda Union CC: 206 all out in 48.3 overs (Janardhan 38; S Venkatesh 3-20, Karan Singhvi 3-21) bt Young Challenging Cricketers: 162 all out in 38.3 overs (S Venkatesh 35; Sual Desai 2-25, NG Vrijesh 3-24).

YMCA Cricket Club (1): 282 all out in 50 overs (Supreeth 83, Nawaz 68, Srinath 30, Dilip 25, Ravi Chandra 26 n.o.; Kemparaj 3-58) bt Deccan United CC: 252 all out in 47.4 overs (Shashank 93, Bushan 58; Dilip 2-32, Nawaz 2-33, Ravi Chandra 5-53).