Dravid, Mardi shine as BUCC drub Standard

Former Indian skipper Rahul Dravid turned up for his club Bangalore United Cricket Club (1), and the presence of the legendary cricketer was enough to inspire them to an innings and 91-run win over Standard Cricket Club in the KSCA Group I Division II tournament for MAT Acharya Shield over the weekend.

Batting first, BUCC scored 365 for nine in 73 overs with Dravid making a solid 69. He was well supported by Nihal Ullal (86) and Sharath Srinivas (40).

Chasing a massive target, Standard were no match for the left-arm pace of Parappa Mardi. Mardi grabbed seven wickets conceding 34 runs in the first innings to skittle out Standard for 160 all out and the pacer bagged four more wickets in the second innings to wreck Standard, who were all out for 114 in 33.1 overs.

Raunak Shah (3-38) and Zeeshan Ali Sayed (2-8) produced good support spells.

Brief scores: Bangalore United Cricket Club (1): 365/9 Dec in 73 overs (Sharath Srinivas 40, Nihal Ullal 86, KV Siddarth 29, Rahul Dravid 69; K Kiran 2/30) bt Standard Cricket Club: 160 all out in 50.5 overs (Yuvraj 31, Sasi Kumar C 56; Parappa Mardi 7/34) and 114 all out in 33. 1 overs (Mardi 4/21, Raunak Shah 3/38, Zeeshan Ali Sayed 2/8). Bangalore United CC (1): 5 Pts; Standard Cricket Club: 1.

Sir Syed Cricketers: 341 all out in 77.2 overs (Lagan Jain 52, Jayesh Babu 45, Abdul Nauman 92 n.o., Kaushik Udupa 71, Abhishek Baadkar 32; Lokesh Singh R 4/85, Yusf Aziz 3/69) drew with Friends Union Cricket Club (2): 288/9 in 90 overs (AS Sri Krishna 89, Mithun Bhatt 43; VS Pawar 2/48, Kaushik Udupa 4/71). Sir Syed Cricketers: 3 Pts; Friends Union Cricket Club (2): 1 Pt.

Modern Cricket Club: 433/8 Decl. in 84 overs (Harshith Choraria 38, Milnd Ramesh 32, Tejas Thrishul 130, Kuldeep Kumar 62, Shaban 107 n.o.; Vishwanath N 2/39, Raj Gala 2/57, Suraj Sheshadri 3/125) drew with Jolly Cricketers: 366 all out in 82.4 overs (Ranjan R 41, Siddharth 35, L Lakshmikanth 106, Shrijith KL 86, Nikil AS 39; Abhishek Sharama 2-85, Umang Chordia 5-129). Modern Cricket Club: 3 Pts, Jolly Cricketers: 1 Pt.

Malleswaram Gymkhana: 330 all out in 88.1 overs (Rohit Gowda 106, Adithya Raj 35; Rajul Kalal 3-81, Ramling Patil 4-76) drew with Jayanagar Colts: 245 all out in 76.3 overs (B Tanu 75, Ramlinga Patil 37, Yatish Kumar R 33; Kranti Kumar 2/63, Mitrakanth 3/78, Shimon Luiz 3/60). Malleswaram Gymkhana: 3 Pts; Jayanagar Colts: 1 Pt.

Neptune Cricket Club: 397 all out in 87.4 overs (Raghavendra D 217, AS Mahesh 34, Nihal F Shilar 53; Santhosh Kumar D 2/62, Mahesh M 5/85, Suhas 2/55) drew with Young Lions Club: 270 all out in 64.3 ovrs (Ravi Singh 39, Nilesh Meena 49, Gopinath Saandra 53, Sirish Shetty 37; Arjun Gowda 4/61, K Hoysala 3/58, Raghavendra D 2/11) and 131/6 in 42 overs (Nilesh Meena 25, Sivam 43, Om Prakash 35 n.o.; Prashant 2/32, Abhijit Venkatesh 2/38). Neptune Cricket Club: 3 Pts and Young Lions Club: 1 Pt.