Chasing a modest total of 204 all out put up by Southern, Malleswaram had reached 201 for nine from their 50 overs. However, Southern had bowled one over short, and the resultant ten penalty runs boosted Malleswaram’s tally to 211, giving them victory by the narrowest imaginable margin.
Brief scores: Southern Cricketers: 204 all out in 50 overs (Vishesh Khanna 50, Dhanu Vijay 37, Puneeth 25; Sharath Gowda 2-36, Subramanya 3-17) lt to Malleswaram United CC: 211/9 in 50 overs (Subramanya 32, Prashanth 33; Mustafa 2-21, Vishesh Khanna 2-38, Puneeth 3-42) incl 10 penalty runs for one over short.
Young Cricketers (1): 280 all out in 49.1 overs (Sudhit S 90, BG Vishal 68; MN Praveen 4-38, Prakash 2-54, Mithun 2-37) bt National United Cricket Club: 175 all out in 32.4 overs (Naveen 51, Srikanth 35; PR Murugan 2-43, Ashok 4-20, BG Vishal 2-42).
Malleswaram Sports Club: 259/8 in 50 overs (J Vikram 26, Mayur 41, L Shaik 85; Zeeshan 3-36, Prabhakar 2-50) lt to Gary Cricketers: 261/4 in 47.2 overs (Mohit 57, Abhay 40, Vikhar Ahmed 70 n.o., Karthik 37 n.o.; Abhishek 3-62).
Duleep Cricketers: 320/9 in 49 overs (S Santosh 30, Narendra 29, Imran 98, Sumukh 34, Srinivas 26, Chetan 32 n.o.; Krishnamurthy 2-56, Naresh 2-49, Lohitesh 2-43) bt Visweswarampuram CC (2): 153 all out in 31.5 overs (Krishnamurthy 39; Chetan 2-30, Jaiprakash 2-53, Bharath 3-18).
Innings win for APS
Army Public School scored a crushing victory over Sri Aurobindo Memorial School (Central) by an innings and 85 runs in the KSCA Cup for School under-16 Division I tournament.
Brief scores: Army Public School: 301/4 in 51 overs (K Rawt 130 n.o., B Ghosh 75, Achieve Sindhu 33, Dushyant 39 n.o.; Kaushik 3-7) bt Sri Aurobindo Memorial School (Central): 77 all out in 23.5 overs (Chirag Jain 40; Achieve Sindhu 4-14, Shubham 2-18, Abhimanyu 3-18) and 144 all out in 43 overs (Chirag Jain 38; Achieve Sindhu 2-18, Tushar 5-50, B Ghosh 3-25). APS 5 pts, Sri Aurobindo -1.
Jain International Residential School: 318 all out in 84.5 overs (Prabav Kini 49, Nischay 29, Harshith Gowda 64, Tanmay 67, Sundar Shyam 36; Vyshak V 2-54, Santrupt Chandra 6-88) drew St Joseph’s Indian HS: 258 all out in 84.3 overs (Nadeem Khan 85, Prajwal 60, Masooq Hussain 33; Adithya 3-66, Yashas 3-43, Sundar 2-56). JIRS 3 pts, SJIHS 1.
Holy Saint English School, B-82: 142 all out in 86.4 overs (V Shaswath 55; VS Rajath 2-34, Rajkumar 4-29) drew Presidency School, Nandini Layout: 137/8 in 72.2 overs (Varun 30; AV Aditya 2-38, V Harshith 3-15). Holy Saint 2 pts, Presidency 2.
