JOIN USPowered by an unbeaten hundred from Rajesh, City Cricketers scored a facile eight-wicket win over Cavaliers Cricket Club in the KSCA III Division (Group I) cricket league tournament for Sir Nassur Memorial Shield.
Rajesh made an unbeaten 137 as City raced past target of 277 with plenty to spare.
Vijay Bharadwaj made an unbeaten 79 to lend him able support.
However, it was Cavaliers called the shots early on with Kishan smashing a hundred and Santosh Raj making a fine 71 to spur them to 276 for five in the allotted 50 overs. For City outfit, Lenn Stephen took four wickets.
Brief scores: Cavaliers Cricket Club: 276/5 in 55 overs (Kishan KC 119, Santosh Raj 71; Lenn Stephen 4-91) lt to City Cricketers (1): 277/2 in 43.3 overs (Rajesh 137 n.o, Vijay Bharadwaj 79 n.o).
Rajajinagar Colts C A: 154 all out in 46.3 overs (Manikanth 49; Santhosh Kumar D 3-48, Giridhar Koppikar 3-20) lt to Young Lions Club: 158/2 in 29 overs (Nihal F S 50 n.o, Gopinath Sandra 37 n.o).
Dooravani Cricketers (1): 218 all out in 51.3 overs (Darshan 32, Amith 50; B R Sunil 5-60, Kalyan 2-28, S B Venkatesh 2-47) lt to Vijaya Cricket Club: 220/4 in 37.4 overs (Surendra 132 n.o; HR Cheluvaraj 48; Amith 2-32)
Bangalore Occasional: 147 all out in 40 overs (Deepak 4-56, S Suresh 2-42, Shivaprakash 3-19) lt to Chamarajpet Cricket Club: 151/4 in 27.3 overs (K N Bharath 75; Sanjith Shankar 2-24).