JOIN USRaj Atul Gala starred with a five-wicket haul as Combined City XI gained an upper hand over Bangalore City XI on day one of the KSCA under-23 SA Srinivasan memorial cricket tournament here on Monday.
Batting first, Bangalore City XI were bundled out for 195 for 45.5 overs, with Harish Kumar R top scoring with 60. Raj, with figures of 5/76, was the main wicket-taker for Combined City.
In reply, Combined City ended the day on 101 for one in 34.4 overs, with Nischal D and GM Rishab batting on 41 and 23 runs respectively.
Brief scores: Day 1: at Green Sports Village: Bangalore City XI: 195 all out in 45.5 overs (Karthik CA 44, Harish Kumar R 60; Raj Atul Gala 5-76, Deepesh Poonia 3-50, Shimon Luiz 2-20) vs Combined City XI: 101/1 in 34.4 overs (Nischal D 41 batting, Ravi Kumar N 34, GM Rishab 23 batting).
At RSI: President’s XI: 129/2 in 47 overs (Kayan Abbas 31, Milind A Ramesh 58 batting) vs Moffusil XI (day was called off due to heavy rain).
At BGS: Combined Moffusil XI: 171 all out in 82.1 overs (Arun K 29, Prateek Patil 59 , KS Devaiah 25; Prakeek Jain 2-29, Aditya Somanna 3-30, Kushal Wadhwani 2-38) vs Bangalore Zone: 25 for no loss in 5 overs .