Manohar, Ullal shine for B'lore Zone

Abhinav Manohar and Nihal Ullal hit centuries in Bangalore Zone’s drawn encounter against Tumkur Zone in the Dell-KSCA SA Srinivasan Memorial tournament at Alur.

Batting first, Tumkur posted 243 all out from 78.3 overs, thanks largely to Shreyas Y Mova’s patient 107 as KP Rohan ran through their line-up with a brilliant six for 64. Bangalore, in reply, made 439 for five in 75.1 overs as Manohar hit a 164-ball 125 and Ullal cracked an unbeaten 128 that came off just 96 balls.

By virtue of their first innings lead, Bangalore walked away with three points while Tumkur had one point.

In another game, President’s XI dew with Dharward Zone.

Brief scores:

At Alur (2): Tumkur Zone: 243 all out in 78.3 overs (Shreyas Y Mova 107, MP Nischith 47, HK Vishwanath 61; KP Rohan 6-64) drew Bangalore Zone: 439/5 in 75.1 overs (S Vinodh 91, Abhinav Manohar 125, Nihal Ullal 128 n.o., Stalin Hoover 73; YS Sharath 2-28). Bangalore: 3 points, Tumkur: 1 pt.

Mysore Zone: 291 all out in 80.3 overs (Bharath N 102, Uttam Raj 50; Balasubramanya 5-85) drew Shimoga Zone: 183 all out in 74.3 overs (Vijay Kumar HR 65, Balasubramanya 54; J Suchith 3-52, Sachin Pande 5-60). Mysore: 3 pts, Shimoga: 1 pt.

At Alur (3): President’s XI: 319/4 in 78 overs (Mayank Agarwal 51, Shreyas Gopal 115 n.o., Dinesh Borwankar 104 n.o.) drew with Dharwad Zone: 152 all out in 67.3overs (Tanu B 45, Sachin Shinde 47; Raunak Shah 3-25, Arjun Shetty 6-31) and 128/8 in 41 overs (B Tanu 67; Arjun Shetty 3-18). President’s: 3 pts, Dharwad: 1 pt.

At Alur (1): Raichur Zone: 310 all out in 79.3 overs (Alok Deshpande 111, Imran Khan 33; Daniel Sequiera 5-68) and 121/4 in 26 overs (Nishith Raj 69) drew Mangalore Zone: 154 all out in 39.3 overs (Vrijesh NG 49; Imran Khan 5-59).  Raichur: 3 pts, Mangalore: 1 pt.