Innings honours for Vivekananda

Batting first in the two-day match, School Vivekananda managed to score 299 runs in 79.4 overs despite DPS’ NS Sadhojath’s (5/85) five-wicket haul. DPS, in their first essay, were pegged back by Mahmood’s (7/81) fiery seven-wicket spell and as a result could only muster 242 runs in 85.5 overs.

In their second stint with the bat, School Vivekananda rode on B Om Prakash’s 92-run effort to extend their lead by 237 runs, but had to settle for three points.

Brief scores: School Vivekananda: 299 all out in 79.4 overs (Rohan R 38, Om Prakash B 32, Dipendra Y 38, Naveen KY 88, Mohmood I 31; NS Sadhojath 5-85, Manjunath 2-63) and 180/3 in 35 overs (B Om Prakash 92, GB Aditya 65; S Sadhyojath 2-50) drew Delhi Public School (South): 242 all out in 85.5 overs (Sharath Srinivas 44, Puneeth Reddy 74, S Sathyojath 66; Mahmood 7-81, A Abbas 2-27). School Vivekananda 3 points, DPS 1.

Jain International Residential School: 257 all out in 81.5 overs (Shivam 27, Hassan 27, Rakesh 50, Tanmay 41, Shyam Sunder 29; Aditya Somanna 5-40, Rahul Pinto 2-56, H Ashwin 2-70) and 156 all out in 47.2 overs (Adit S 36, Harshith G 27, Shyam Sunder 26; Aditya Somanna 2-27) drew Bethany High School: 217 all out in 69.5 overs (Amit Kataria 33, Nitin Lazarus 80, Ashwin H 64; Yashas 2-39, Naresh 2-15, Shyam Sunder 3-66). JIRS 3 pts, Bethany 1.

Division II (one-day matches): Sri Aurobindo Vidyamandir: 269/7 in 50 overs (V Gourav 64, Sunil Kumar NG 53, Arun Kumar 44, Sagar V 26 n.o.; Ranjan 3-46) bt Kendriya Vidyalaya, RWF: 89 all out in 19.1 overs (Sunil Kumar NG 3-21, Manjunath 2-3). Vidyaniketan School: 129 all out in 30.4 overs (Sai Prasanna 4-44, Vijith 3-28, Rishab 3-24) lt to Carmel High School, Basaveshwarnagar: 132/1 in 20.2 overs (Yashas 25, Goutham S 85 n.o.).

Vijaya High School: 96 all out in 34.5 overs (Anush 30; Abhijeeth 6-15, Suman 2-10) lt to Holy Cross School: 97/6 in 22.5 overs (Abhijeeth 52 n.o.; Manoj 2-30). BNM Public School: 113 all out in 37.3 overs (Anoop 36; BR Prajwal 3-15, Shashank 2-12, Ashish 3-17) drew Sudarshan Vidya Mandir: 38 no loss in 13 overs. Match abandoned due to rain.