Abhishek shines

Batting first, Jawans scored 396 for eight in the allotted 90 overs with Abhishek slamming 202 (239b, 25x4). In reply, Socials were bowled out for 198, PV Akshay’s 56 the only innings of substance.

Jawans chose to bat a second time and reached 80 for two wickets wheen the match was called off, earning them a semifinal berth by virtue of their commanding 198-run first-innings lead. Also eentring the semis were Malleswaram Gymkhana, Dolphin Cricketers and City Cricketers.

Brief scores: Jawans Cricket Club: 396/8 in 90 overs (Harshith C 47, RV Abhishek 202, Adhokash Hegde 31; Sumit Shiregudkar 3-49, Mohith Sharma 2-54, S Deepak 2-32) and 80/2 in 17 overs (Ankit Mishra 39) bt Social Cricketers: 198 all out in 70.5 overs (Aditya Abraham 28, PV Akshay 56, Sumeet Mangotra 32 n.o.; Varun Anand 2-23, Karthiketan 2-29, Ankith Mishra 2-18, Ankit Udupa 2-13) on first-innings lead.
Mount Joy Cricket Club: 260/9 decl in 83 overs (Mashoor Hussain 75, BRSharath 30, A Prajwal 61, Tejas 40 n.o.; Goutham 2-19, Mahmmod 3-67) lt to Malleswaram Gymkhana: 264/8 in 62.5 overs (Abbas 101, Punith 83; Jayaram 3-82, Kiran 5-39) on first-innings lead.
Dolphin Cricketers: 244/7 in 90 overs (Ashirwad 90, VRMilind 56; Likith Ba­nnur 3-55, Sanjay 2-25) and 142/5 in 39 overs (VRMilind 63; Likith Bannur 2-28) bt Friends Union CC: 171 all out in 76 overs (Mithun M Bhat 31, Sh­imon Luiz 40; Amar 2-27, VRMi­lind 3-34, Harsha 2-19) on first-innings lead.
Friends XI CC, Doddaballapura: 197 all out in 63.1 overs (C Amit 109; Pranav Vajapeyam 2-39, Ojas Yadav 3-46) and 87/5 in 35 overs (Amit 42, Ajay Surya 29 n.o.; Ojas Yadav 2-5) lt to City Cricketers: 380/9 in 90 overs (Kevin B D’Souza 38, Nadeem Khan 148 n.o., Pranav Vajapeyam 56, Ojas Yadav 42; C Amit 4-54, Ajay Surya 3-135) on first-innings lead.