JOIN USBatting first, Bangalore City XI, despite Ankit Mishra’s fiery 101 (107b, 18x4) and good contributions from N Puneeth (70) and R Bharath (32), could only manage a modest 243 in 72.3 overs in their first essay.
However, Mysore were left reeling at 99 for five in 37 overs by the end of day’s play.
Mysore’s AM Hemanth remained unbeaten on 39 while SK Shravil was the pick of the bowlers for Bangalore City XI with figures of three for 30.
Brief scores: Bangalore City XI: 243 all out in 72.3 overs (Ankit Mishra 101 (107 balls, 18x4), N Puneeth 70, R Bharath 32; N Kishan 2-38) vs Mysore Zone: 99/5 in 37 overs (AM Hemanth 39 n.o.; SK Shravil 3-30).
Bangalore Zone: 264 all out in 70.1 overs (Y Dipendra 79, Syed Riyazuddin 51, Shiv Sharan 37; Adhokash Hegde 4-44, Ankit Udupa 3-69) vs Combined City XI: 62/2 in 19 overs (Om Prakash 31 n.o.).
Shimoga Zone: 174/8 in 75 overs (P Nikshep 42, U Abhyudraya 29, Manay 26; Y Swapnil 2-31, H Sudeesh 3-33) vs Dharwad Zone: 57/0 in 17 overs (H Akshay 29 n.o.).
President's XI: 244 all out in 64.1 overs (Shrijith 65, Vyshak Vijay Kumar 38; Sridhar 3-17, Raghavendra 4-54) vs Raichur Zone: 101/3 in 31 overs (Chandrakanth 47, Raghavendra 27 n.o.).