JOIN USThilak Naidu struck a sparkling century as Ranji Cricket Club prevailed over Merchants Cricket Club (1) by four wickets in the Dell-KSCA Group I, Division IV league for the Metro Shield.
Batting first Merchants posted a challenging 235/6 in 50 overs, Abu Bakar top-scoring with 97. Naidu made the short work of a competitive target with 101.
Arvind chipped in with 50 as Ranji replied with 237/6 in 45.4 overs.
Brief scores: Merchants Cricket Club (1): 235/6 in 50 overs (Abu Bakar 97, Sridhar A 44, Mithun Naidu 26; Ankit 3-46) lt to Ranji Cricket Club: 237/6 in 45.4 overs (Arvind 50, Thilak Naidu 101; Keshav 3-54, Riaz 2-42).
Spartons Sports Club: 178/6 in 35.4 overs (Guru Prasad Swamy 44, Raghavendra 39, Vishal Ballal 28 n.o.; Nishanth 2-39, Vivekananda 2-10) drew Yuvaka Sangha CC. (Due to heavy rain match could not be continued).
Jeevanbheemanagar CC: 49 all out in 21.4 overs (KM Sudaresh 3-14, Koushik V 2-7, Thimmaiah KB 3-15) drew with Crescent Cricket Club (1). (Due to heavy rain match could not be continued).
Visweswarapuam CC (2): 204/3 in 33 overs (Rakshit 77 n.o., Vishal 94; Chetan 2-22) drew with Unique Cricket Club. (Due to heavy rain match could not be continued).