Gritty ITC SC hold nerve to clinch thriller
Cricket: Round-up: Mount Joy ride on half-centuries from Saptha, Chetan for easy win
ITC Sports Club scored a thrilling 15-run win over BEML Recreational Club in the league-cum-knockout KSCA Group II, Division II cricket tournament.
Batting first, ITC were bundled out for a below par 150 in 29.5 overs but BEML, chasing a small total, withered under pressure to finish at 135 all out in 28.3 overs.
Shanmugam (32) and Prakash (39) were the top scorers for ITC while Madhu Kumar (3/24) and J Nagaraja (2/27) were the pick of the bowlers for BEML.
MK Srinivas was the sole major contributor to the BEML innings with his 68 runs but N Srinivas (3/28) and Shanmugam (2/22) stopped ITC in their tracks to secure a facile win.
Brief scores: ITC SC: 150 all out in 29.5 overs (Shanmugam 32, Prakash 39; Madhu Kumar 3-24, J Nagaraja 2-27) bt BEML Recreational Club: 135 all out in 28.3 overs (MK Srinivas 68; N Srinivas 3-28, Shanmugam 2-22).
BMTC CC: 207/4 in 30 overs (Murthy 37, Manjuappa 71 n.o., Mohan 51 n.o.)beat Bosch SC, Naganathapura: 134 all out in 24.3 overs (Shakeel Ahmed 34, Sridar 31; Mohan 2-36, Srinivas 2-20, Arun 3-4).
CIL SC: 180/7 in 28 overs (Abdul Wajid 76, Venkatesh N 60; CN Govindraj 3-19, M R Krishna 2-46) bt ITI SC: 113 all out in 26.2 overs (Nagaraj KV 31, CN Govindraj 26; K Mahesh 2-10, Srinivas BS 2-24, Manoj Kumar 2-16, Enian 3-19).
Secretariat CC: 114 all out in 25.4 overs (Madhusudhan 27; R Babu 3-31, HR Chandra 5-13) lt to Bosch SC, Bangalore: 118/2 in 17.3 overs (Nanda Kishore 46, Nagaraj 35; Susheet Kumar 2-20).
Mount Joy victorious
Twin half-centuries from Saptha Girish and Chetan powered Mount Joy Cricket Club to a 42-run win against Whirlwind Cricketers in the KSCA Twenty20 tournament.
Batting first, MJCC piled on a mammoth 193 for seven in their allotted 20 overs. Girish (62) and Chetan (53) were the top scorers. In reply, Whirlwind cricketers were bundled out for 151 in 19.2 overs.
KSCA Twenty 20 tournament
Brief scores: Mount Joy Cricket Club: 193/7 in 20 overs (Saptha Girish 62, Chethan 53; Arun Kumar 4-28) bt Whirlwind Cricketers: 151 all out in 19.2 overs (Sachin Subramaniam 32, Varun 35; Saptha Girish 3-30, Sunil 3-26).
Rathnagiri Cricketers: 58 all out in 19.5 overs (Gautham 2-12, Bharath 2-10, Kalyan 2-12, M Manjunath 3-9) lt to Mysore University Sp. Council: 59/0 in 3 overs (Ajay 27n.o., Vikas Nandhi 26 n.o.).
Zodiac Cricket Club: 91 all out in 19.3 overs (Ajitesh Anand 2-22, Chethan 3-24) lt to City Gymkhana: 93/4 in 16.3 overs (Madhusudhan 25, Chetan 39 n.o.; Sudhir 2-11).
Sapphire Cricket Club: 167/5 in 20 overs (Kiran Kumar 33, Pradeep 30, Jagadeep 58; Suchi 2-31) bt Star Cricketers XI: 120/9 in 20 overs (Jagadeep 2-36, Pradeep 2-14).
Sangam Cricket Association: 138/7 in 20 overs (Abey 31, Saleem 39 n.o., Siddarath 34; Ranganath 2-26, Vinay 2-18) lt to Royal CC, Chinthamani: 141/7 in 19.3 overs (Siddique 35; Raghavendra 3-25, Saleem 2-21).
