JOIN USMalleswaram Gymkhana rode on a fiery double ton from M Kranti Kumar to claim three points after taking the innings lead against Sir Syed Cricketers in their drawn KSCA Group I, Division II for Sri MAT Acharya Shield encounter here.
Batting first, Sir Syed Cricketers posted a respectable 389 all out in 89.1 overs with Laggan Jain (75) and S Rakshith (70) scoring the bulk of the runs.
Malleswaram, in reply, scored a mammoth 472 for four in 90 overs, riding on the back of Kranti’s 202 (210 balls, 29x4) and a unbeaten century from Aman Raj (133 n.o.), to bag the innings honours.
Brief scores: Sir Syed Cricketers: 389 all out in 89.1 overs (Laggan Jain 75, S Rakshith 70, Farhan Magi 33, Jayesh Babu 35, Gopal Shetty 72, VS Pawar 32; Liyan Khan 2-32, Shimon Luiz 3-76) drew Malleswaram Gymkhana: 472/4 in 90 overs (Liyan Khan 87, M Kranti Kumar 202, Aman Raj 133 n.o., Gaurav Goel 29 n.o.; Shashank BV 2-83). Malleswaram Gymkhana: 3 points; Sir Syed Cricketers: 1 point.
Friends Union Cricket Club (2): 218 all out in 51.2 overs (Sri Krishna AS 71, Kunal S 49, Prashanth Pujar 35; Raj Galla 3-48, Chetan 3-57, Ranjan R 2-20) and 229/7 in 77.1 overs (A Abhijith 41, Sri Krishna AS 30, Akarsh 80, Kunal N 34 n.o., Chethan 6-72) drew Jolly Cricketers: 277 all out in 73 overs (R Ranjan 66, Nikhil AS 39, Sufian Syed 48, Sujith Gowda 38; A Yusaf 5-56, Kunal S 4-50). Jolly Cricketers: 3; FUCC (2): 1.
Vijaya Cricket Club, Malur: 183 all out in 66.3 overs (Tilak 65, Vijay Gowda 32; Abhishek Sharma 3-58, Umang Chordia 6-62) and 114/2 in 44 overs (Sumit 39 n.o., Anchit Aiyappa 39 n.o.) drew Modern Cricket Club: 360/6 decl in 61 overs (Vikas Raj Bhatt 49, Milind Ramesh 37, Harshith C 100 n.o., Kuldeep 112 n.o.; Manoj Acharya 2-96). Modern CC: 3; Vijaya CC: 1.
Jayanagar Colts: 387 all out in 87.3 overs (Thanu B 26, Pradeep G 57, Ramlinga Patil 72, Mithun 29, Dominic F 47; Vinay Vaishnav 6-159, Anil Mohapatra 2- 65) and 187/5 in 44 overs (Bipin K 92, G Pradeep 50; Kiran K 2-27, Syed S 2-18) drew Standard Cricket Club: 350 all out in 69.5 overs (Venkatesh P 35, Anil Mohapatra 48, Jagmohan S 31, Sasi Kumar 158, Kiran K 34; Dominic F 4-70, Yathish Kumar 3-70). Jayanagar Colts: 3; Standard CC: 1.