Srivastava sparkles in VP XI's win

Pradyumna Srivastava starred with a 11-wicket haul as Vice President’s XI crushed Raichur Zone by 8 wickets in the KSCA Inter-zonal under-16 tournament.

In the first innings, Srivastava took 6/37 as Raichur Zone were bowled out for a paltry 139 all out in 54 overs. Riding on Hemanth Reddy’s 88, Vice President’s XI posted 243 all out in 67.1 overs to take a substantial lead.

Srivastava then returned to torment Raichur again, bagging 5/47 to dismiss them for 137 in 45 overs. Vice President’s XI then surpassed the target in 10.1 overs to script a big win.

Brief scores: Raichur Zone: 139 all out in 54 overs (Pradyumna Srivastava 6-37, Suhas R 3-27) and 137 all out in 45 overs (Roopesh VR 42; Pradyumna Srivastava 5-47) lt to Vice President’s XI: 243 all out in 67.1 overs (Hemanth Reddy 88, Ajitesh G 62; Shashi Kumar 6-74) and 34/2 in 10.1 overs. Vice President’s XI: 5 points; Raichur Zone: -1 pt.

Secretary XI: 225 all out in 86.5 overs (Shreyas Magadum 51, Jay Desai 75; Bhavish 4-51, Harshith 3-28) bt Shimoga Zone: 88 all out in 34 overs (Mohammed Hamza 50 n.o., Amogh Docca 3-13, Aditya D Kaushik 5-22) and 89 all out in 48.4 overs (Jay Desai 5-18). Secretary XI: 5; Shimoga Zone: -1.

Bangalore Zone: 207/7 in 90 overs (Aneeshwar Gautam 53, Prajwal Prakash 43; Siddarth Godhwani 3-63) and 112/2 in 35 overs (Yashwanth BN 72 n.o.) drew with Dharwad Zone: 117 all out in 59.3 overs ( Shreyas Sen Gupta 3-20) and 4 for no loss in 2.1 overs. Bangalore Zone: 3; Dharwad Zone: 1.

Mysore Zone: 178 all out in 72.2 overs (Hemanth R 44, Suprith S 54; Sanjay Krishnamurthi 3-38) and 184/3 in 47 overs (Kruthik Krishna 39, Hemanth R 56 n.o.) drew with Bangalore City XI: 224 all out in 90 overs (Lochan S Gowda 94, Vivek Seshadri 38, Anitej M 35; Sibtain Ali 4-25). Bangalore City XI: 3 ; Mysore Zone: 1.

Tumkur Zone: 135 all out in 75.3 overs (Shreyas Gowda GR 47; Sayyan Arjun 5-27) and 168/3 in 31.2 overs (Chiranjeevi 100 n.o., Sumanth N 51 n.o.) drew with President’s XI: 335/8 in 90 overs (Jay Borah 52, Chinmay NM 147, Gautam Ajey Khanapuri 53; Md Vasaf 3-47). President’s XI: 3; Tumkur Zone: 1.

Combined City XI: 180 all out in 79.4 overs (Prithvi Somashekar 68, Rohan Koshy 53; Karambaiah MK 5-41)  and 47/2 in 15 overs (Shreevathsa RA 2-14) drew with Mangalore Zone: 253/5 in 90 overs (Azan Thota 37, Macniel Noronha 140, Raveend S 31). Mangalore Zone: 3; Combined City XI: 1.