Karun Nair smashed a cracking hundred as Sri Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain College (SBMJC) beat Vijaya College, Jayanagar by 17 runs in the Dell-KSCA inter-collegiate knockout tournament here.
Taking first strike, Jain College amassed a huge target of 208/5 in the allotted 30 overs. Karun struck a brilliant 108 and was ably assisted by Shreyas Gopal who made 57. IG Anil (2/42) and V Prakash (2/31) were the pick of the bowlers for Vijaya.
Chasing the challenging 209 for victory, Vijaya were restricted to 191/4 in 30 overs. Zohar topscored with an unbeaten 76 and Vijay chipped in with 35 but they struggled to keep up with the asking rate and ended up as the losing side.
Elsewhere, Nikhil K produced a fine all-round show (43, 4/26) to guide PESIT College to a facile 16-run win over Vijaya College, RV Road.
After posting a competitive 188/8 in 30 overs, PESIT restricted Vijaya to 179/9 in 30 overs.
Brief scores: Sri Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain College: 208/5 in 30 overs (Karun Nair 108, Shreyas Gopal 57; IG Anil 2-42, V Prakash 2-31) bt Vijaya College, Jayanagar: 191/4 in 30 overs (Sri Krishna 34, Zohar 76 n.o., Vijay 35; Sikith 2-38).
PESIT College: 188/8 in 30 overs (Nikhil K 43, Nawaz Khan 25, Manoj 27, Girish 35; Harsha 2-35, Imran 3-44, Vikas 2-34) bt Vijaya College, RV Road: 172/9 in 30 overs (Darshan 72, Sanjay 78; Vivek 2-22, Nikhil 4-26).
MR Ambedkar Detal College: 127 all out in 27 overs (Pranjal 50; Lenin 3-19, Arun H 3-20, Mohit 2-24) lt to Surana College: 129/2 in 13.1 overs (Dheeraj S 32, Nirmal Selvaraj 71 n.o.; Saurav 2-35).
Government Science College: 154/9 in 30 overs (Vinay Kumar 56 n.o.; Indradev 2-28, Shashank 3-21) lt to Gopalan CE&M: 155/1 in 20.5 overs (Richard 92 n.o.).
Government First Grade College, Hoskote: 102 all out in 23.1 overs (Vaisakh 3-14, Bharath 4-14) lt to AMC: 103/4 in 19.4 overs (Dilip 2-28).
Jain University: 245/5 in 26 overs (Shashindra 73, Liyan Khan 33, Chiranjeevi GS 42, KV Siddarth 51; Ankith 2-32) bt MS Ramaiah College: 107 all out in 24 overs (Aijaz Ahmed Wasil 2-24, Daniel Sequeira 3-28, Chiranjeevi GS 2-20).
BMSCE: 161/5 in 30 overs (Shreyas 48, Advith 38; Manjunath 2-25, Naveen 2-18) bt Government First Grade College, KR Puram: 147 all out in 29.1 overs (Jayaraj 30; Ravi 2-8, Harshith Urs 3-24, Kamalesh 3-35).
MES College, Malleshwaram: 177/8 in 30 overs (Sirivenella 27, Abhishek TS 47; Abilash 2-46, Imran Khan 4-35) lt to Vijaya College, Basavanagudi: 179/6 in 28.2 overs (Praveen 50; Nimith Kumar 4-33).
