Suhas Katke and Sunil LM chipped in with 30 runs apiece but it was Sagar’s knock of 100 that powered Friends to a competent 255 all out in 48.1 overs. S Harish scalped four wickets and S Abhishek bagged two in Modern Cricketers’ quest to bundle out Friends.
In reply, Modern Cricketers rode on three solid knocks — G Vijay (81), Nagendra (55) and Umashankar (45 not out) — to scale the target down with two wickets and two overs to spare.
Brief scores: Friends Cricket Team: 255 all out in 48.1 overs (Suhas Katke 30, Sagar N 100, Sunil LM 30; S Harish 4-42, S Abhishek 2-40) lt to Modern Cricketers: 258/8 in 48 overs (G Vijay 81, Nagendra 55, Umashankar 45 n.o.; Vishwanath 3-67, Sunil 2-26). Bowlers Cricket Club: 185 all out in 29.1 overs (BS Harish 33; Satya 3-34, Shringesh 3-26) bt SSK Cricket Club: 98 all out in 21 overs (Manjunath 31; Siddesh 3-25, Mohan 4-16). Mathikere Cricket Club: 250 all out in 48.3 overs (Vinay Paul 25, Calvin 73, Gajendra 38; B Shivashankar 3-45, Anil Kumar 2-32, Vasanthkumar 2-12) bt SJ (Govt) Polytechnic CC: 166 all out in 41 overs (B Shivashankar 43, Rohith 43; Raghupathy 3-19, Belliyappa 2-34, K Chethan Kumar 3-7).
Kengeri Cricket Club: 284 all out in 49.5 overs (Praveen 42, Madhusudhan 27, Deepak 56, Ashok 26, Ananth 59; Abhilash 3-93, Rahul Kumar 4-63) bt Diamond Cricket Club: 201 all out in 20 overs (Sharath BK 45, Eshwar 28, Girish reddy 37; Praveen 6-53, Ashok 3-39). Blue Diamond Cricketers: 190 all out in 46.1 overs (Venkatesh Reddy 55; Narasima Raju 2-32, Rajesh 5-36) lt to YMCA Cricket Club (2): 194/9 in 40.1 overs (Raju 55, Naveen 26 n.o.; Venkatesh Reddy 3-50, Shashi 3-24).
Super Cricket Club: 169 all out in 37.5 overs (Divyang Japin 26, Hanumanth 30, Anand 34; Chinay 3-50, Arul 4-37) lt to Citizen Cultural Association: 170/4 in 32 overs (Vikas 70, Raghavendra 66 n.o.).
United Cricket Club: 100 all out in 20 overs (Dinesh 26; Raghavendra 4-61, Inayath 4-15) lt to Merchants Cricket Club (2): 101/8 in 27.1 overs (Rahul Singh 33; Tony 2-15, Krishnamurthy 3-22, Jagadeesh 2-30).
Bosch, SWR win
In two low-scoring KSCA Group II, Division III knock-out encounters, Bosch Sports Club, Naganathpura, posted a seven-wicket win over BHEL (EDP) Sports Club and South Western Railway, Mysore, registered an identical win over Karnataka State Police CC.
Brief scores: BHEL (EDP) Sports Club: 102 all out in 20.5 overs (HR Sreedhar 5-46, CK Ramesh B 4-36) lt to Bosch Sports Club, Naganathpura: 103/3 in 13.1 overs (Channa B 63 n.o.; K Satish K 2-29). Karnataka State Police CC: 103 all out in 29.3 overs (Md Hussain 4-26, T Ramesh 2-29, MJ Jayaram 2-15) lt to South Western Railway, Mysore: 104/3 in 15.1 overs (C Sharath 75).
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