C Raghu’s all-round display was the feature of Canara Bank’s crushing 73-run win over Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in a Super League clash in the MTR-Nivarana Basavanagudi Cup cricket tournament at the NRA Palace grounds here on Thursday.
Raghu made a gritty 47 in his team’s total pf 218 for six in 29 overs. Deepak Chougule (50) and Sunil Joshi (52) too played well.
Needing a little over seven runs an over, HAL batsmen, could manage only 145 with Raghu finishing with figures of five for 27. Canara Bank’s win took them to the final knockout stage.
Brief scores:
Canara Bank: 218/6 in 29 overs (C Raghu 47, Deepak Chougule 50, Sunil Joshi 52; Satish 3-22, Ramana 2-53, Manjunath 2-47) bt HAL: 145 all out in 29 overs (Saravana 38, Darshan 31, Mahesh 40; C Raghu 5-27, Rajshekar 2-18).
Herons CC:145 all out in 28.2 overs (Tejas Trishul 62; Lalith Mohan 3-34, Shoeb 2-17, Santosh Yadav 2-19) lt to Hyderabad XI: 146/3 in 21.3 overs (Danny Prince 56 n.o., Rohit Sabarwal 43, Ahmed Quadri 33).
Rail Wheel Factory: 176/8 in 30 overs (Sunil Kumar 31, Yere Goud 49 n.o.; Vishu 3-34, Jeffin 2-23) bt BPCL, Kochi Refineries: 105 all out in 24.2 overs (M Nagaraj 2 for 22, Agsar Pasha 2-14, Prasanna Patil 2-6).
Nasik Cricket Academy: 199/5 in 30 overs (Nithin Dhatrak 67, Srirang Kapse 53, Manoj Palkhede 30 n.o.; B Akhil 2-33) lt to State Bank of Mysore: 202/6 in 28.4 overs (Vijay Madyalkar 31, B Akhil 56, Sasi Kumar 33 n.o.; Gokul M 2-40).