JOIN USMithun’s century powered Young Challenging Cricketers to a facile seven-wicket win over Visweswarapuram Cricket Club (2) in the Dell-KSCA Group I, Division IV league for the Metro Shield.
Batting first, Visweswarapuram CC, riding on a half-century from Avinash (59), scored 220 for six in 50 overs.
Nagaraj, who returned with figures of two for 32, was the pick of the bowlers from YCC.
In reply, YCC scaled the target in the 38th over with seven wickets to spare.
Mithun (115), ably aided by Akash Shenvi (48) and Venkatesh (32 n.o.), was the chief architect for YCC. Sachin Sudhakar (2/35) was the best bowler for Visweswarapuram CC.
Brief scores: Visweswarapuram CC (2): 220/6 in 50 overs (Rakshith R 35, Avinash 59, Vishal Nalawade S 29, Bharath R 26 n.o.; Nagaraj 2-32) lt to Young Challenging Cricketers: 221/3 in 37.5 overs (Mithun 115, Akash Shenvi 48, Venkatesh S 32 n.o.; Sachin Sudakar 2-35).
BEL Colony Recreational Club: 234/9 in 50 overs (Manjunath R 42, Manjunath R 39, Ajay G Suresh 30, Ajay G Suresh 54 n.o.; Abhinandan G 3-33, Pramod 3-53) bt Rajajinagar Colts CA: 195 all out in 46.2 oves (M Karthik 77, BN Praveen 56; Rajeev 3-41, Kiran BK 2-41, Kishan 2-25).
Unique Cricket Club: 157/6 in 24 overs (Sajay 37, Gangadhar B 27, Nandakishore 32 n.o.; Akshilesh V 2-23) bt Bangalore Star CA: 118/7 in 24 overs (B Manjunath 33, Prateek J 33 n.o.; B Gangadhar 3-15).
Jayanagar Cricketers: 148 all out in 42.4 overs (Subhkanth 55, Amit Chand 45; Ranjan 3-27, Anuraj 2-17, Pawan 3-27) lt to Whirlwind Cricketers: 84/1 in 14.5 overs (Dabeet 41 n.o.) (target reduced due to rain).
IISC Gymkhana: 157 all out in 35.5 overs (Kiran 59, Ravi Tejas 47 n.o.; Sagar 3-27, Sreekumar 2-20, Balaji 2-32) lt to Rajajinagar Cricketers: 158/4 in 29 overs (Mudasir 71, Sagar 42 n.o.).