JOIN US Bangalore City XI’s Karun Nair and GC Chiranjeev slammed centuries in the drawn encounter against Tumkur Zone in the Dell-KSCA SA Srinivasan Memorial under-25 cricket tournament at Alur.
Batting first, Bangalore City XI showed their batting might with Nair slamming 176 off 174 balls and Chiranjeev hitting an even century off 144 balls to post 316 for three declared from 60.2 overs.
Tumkur faltered in their response, folding up for a dismal 165 all out in 74.4 overs. By virtue of their first innings lead, Bangalore City walked away with three points while Tumkur took home one point.
Brief scores: At Alur (1): Bangalore City XI: 316/3 decl in 60.2 oves (Karun Nair 176, GS Chiranjeev 100) drew Tumkur Zone: 165 all out in 74.4 overs (Shreyas V Movva 57; David Mathias 4-33, Anirudh Joshi 4-39). Bangalore City: 3 points, Tumkur: 1 pt.
At BGS (T): Raichur Zone: 76/3 in 40 overs (Raj Kumar N 33 n.o.; Arjun Shetty 2-11) drew President’s XI. Raichur: 2 pts, President’s: 2 pts.
At Alur (2): Shimoga Zone: 160 all out in 40 overs (Vikram V 78; KP Rohan 3-19, KC Cariappa 2-12, Nasutosh 2-26) and 71/2 in 35 overs (Bala S 26, Karthikeya 27 n.o.) drew Bangalore Zone: 179 all out in 54 overs (Nishanth SS 101; Rajesh M 2-42, K Hoysala 5-53, Harashima Murthy 3-26). Bangalore: 3 pts, Shimoga: 1 pt.
At Alur (3): Dharwad Zone: 215 all out in 76.1 overs (Bipin K 61, Shishir B 79; Tejas S 2-51, Mohit Kokur 3-41, Sinan Abdul Khadar 3-49) drew Combined City XI: 249 for 5 in 46.4 overs (Kaunian Abbas 48, Vijay Kumar M 38, Pawan Deshpande 66 n.o., Sadiq Kirmani 63; Tanu B 2-18). Combined City: 3 pts, Dharwad: 1 pt.