JOIN USK Gowtham’s 10-wicket haul notwithstanding, Combined City XI notched up a 59-run first innings lead to earn three points from their drawn match against President’s XI in the SA Srinivasan memorial (under-25) trophy tournament here at the Alur complex on Wednesday.
Replying to President’s first-innings total of 241 all out, Combined managed to post 300 all out thanks to Kaunain Abbas’ big ton (167, 228b, 18x4, 4x6). Gowtham bowled his heart out for a rich haul of 7/107 but the effort wasn’t enough to hand President’s the advantage. Gowtham bagged three (3/26) more in Combined second innings.
Brief scores: President’s XI: 241 all out in 72.2 overs (Mayank Agarwal 35, Kunal Kapoor 56, Rohan Kadam 40, Arjun Hoysala 37, Dinesh Borawankar 37; Magizhendan P 3-54, Zeeshal Ali Sayyed 3-58, Sinan Abdul Khader 3-29) and 96/3 decl in 24.5 overs (Gaurav Goel 57) drew with Combined City XI: 300 all out in 84.4 overs (Kaunain Abbas 167, Pavan Despnade 29, P Magizhendan 38; K Gowtham 7-107, Arjun Shetty 2-82) and 82/3 in 27 overs (Sadiq Kirmani 29; K Gowtham 3-26). Combined City XI: 3; President’s XI: 1.
Tumkur Zone: 250 all out in 71 overs (MP Nischith 28, Raghuveer 28, Md Wasim Jaffer 87; K Somashekar 5-63, Mohd. Salaudin 2-53) drew with Mysore Zone: 129 all out in 40.2 overs (N Bharath 28, Vinay Kumar 42; Mohd. Waseem Jaffar 4-32, VS Niranjan 4-39) and 241/7 in 75 overs (Vinay Kumar 27, Nirmith N 28, Uttam Raj 30, Rohith V Tiwari 41, Somshekar K 54 n.o.; B Jeevan 2-47, K Prasanna 2-43). Tumkur Zone: 3 points; Mysore Zone: 1 point.
Dharwad Zone: 289 all out in 75.2 overs (K Bipin 30, Shishir Bhavani 40, Tanu B 60, Sachin Shinde 26, Darshan Patil 38, Parappa Maradi 32 n.o.; Danile Sequeria 5-84) and 209/6 in 52overs (K Bipin 99, Aditya Patil 30, Darshan Patil 26; NG Vrijesh 2-33) drew with Mangalore Zone : 211 all out in 58.4 overs (Nishith N Raj 45, Janardhan MF 36, Daniel Sequiera 58; Parappa Maradi 4-77, Dominic Fernandes 2-235). Dharwad: 3; Mangalore: 1.
Bangalore City XI: 307/6 in 90 overs (D Nischal 100, Liyan Khan 113, Aniruddha Joshi 60; Pradeep Y 2-38, Shashi Shekar 3-51) drew with Bangalore Zone: 312/7 in 90 overs (S Vinodh 98, Suraj Sampath 92, Nihal Ullal 42; David Mathias 3-76, Aniruddha Joshi 3-67). Bangalore Zone: 3; Bangalore City XI: 1.