A stellar double century from Shoaib Manager helped Bangalore Occasionals grab three points by virtue of an innings lead in their drawn encounter against Jawahar Sports Club (1) in the KSCA Group I, Division I tournament for the Sir Mirza Ismail Shi
eld.
Batting first, Bangalore Occasionals piled up a massive 401 for eight in 90 overs, courtesy a quickfire double ton from Manager (206b, 22x4, 3X6) and an unbeaten century from V Cheluvaraj (119, 172b, 10x4, 1x6). Jawahars, in reply, were blown away for a meagre 203 in 61.3 overs after Occasional’s Abhishek Reddy (4/22) and KH Manoj (3/39) ran through their batting line-up.
With the innings lead in the pocket, Occasionals came to bat for the second time in the match and added 58 runs for the loss of two wickets in 16.5 overs before the end of play.
Brief scores: Bangalore Occassionals: 401/8 in 90 overs (V Cheluvaraj 119 n.o., Shoaib Manager 204; Arjun Shetty 3-158, K Gowtham 3-114) and 58/2 in 16.5 overs (Kayan Abbas 26; K Gowtham 2-26) drew Jawahar Sports Club (1): 203 all out in 61.3 overs (GM Rishab 44, Shishir Bhavane 27, Kaunian Abbas 38, KC Avinash 59; KH Manoj 3-39, Abhishek Reddy 4-22). Bangalore Occassionals: 3 points; Jawahar Sports Club (1): 1 point.
Friends Union Cricket Club (1): 447/6 in 90 overs (Sadiq Kirmani 41, Kunal Kapoor 101, Sunil N Raju 90, M Nidish 105 n.o., Akhil B 51; Nitish PD 2-81, Suchith J 2-133) drew Jawahar Sports Club (2): 216 all out in 69.4 overs (Shashindra K 50, Karthick CB 26, Ranjan Sanjay Kumar 66, Apurva Kale 25; B Naveen 2-23, Anish DV 4-29, Sunil N Raju 3-64). FUCC (1): 3; Jawahar SC (2): 1.
Swastic Union Cricket Club (2): 219 all out in 87.1 overs (Abhinav Manohar 48, Dinish Borwankar 106; Harish K 2-28, CK Akshay 4-72, Yathish 2-38) drew Bangalore Cricketers: 239/8 in 51.2 overs (Praveen Kumar R 113, G Pradeep 31, S Chethan 42; Rajesh Singh 3-68, Sandesh 3-64). Bangalore Cricketers: 3; SUCC (2): 1.
Swastic Union Cricket Club (1): 216 all out in 63.1 overs (R Samarth 105, Udit B Patel 36; Abhishek Jagan 3-28, Abhishek Bhat 4-50) drew Social Cricketers: 281/5 in 73.1 overs (Abhishek AP 121, Deepak Chougule 91; Prabhakar R 2-82, Udit Patel 2-69). Social Cricketers: 3; SUCC (1): 1.
Jawans Cricket Club: 378 all out in 84.5 overs (Mayank Agarwal 39, Ganesh Satish 164, Nikhil Kashyap 53, Mohammad Taha 53; Sinan Abdul Khadeer 2-85, SK Moinuddin 5-108) drew Vultures Cricket Club: 212 all out in 69.3 overs (Nischit Raj 38, Karun Nair 50, BN Bhareth 52; SL Akshay 2-71, Rahul Gautam 2-35, Amit Verma 2-39, Mayank Agarwal 2-6). Jawans CC: 3; Vultures CC: 1.
Mount Joy Cricket Club: 177 all out in 69.3 overs (Manjunath Bhat 96; Shashi Shekar 2-27, S Vinodh 3-46, Aditya Somanna 4-16) and 121/2 in 27 overs (Vijay Kumar M 57, Raj Kumar 42 n.o.) drew Herons Cricket Club: 305/6 decl in 66.5 overs (Suraj Sampath 57, S Vinodh 81, Arjun Hoysala 81, Desmond Anthony 44; Prasidh Krishna 3-54). Herons CC: 3; Mount Joy CC: 1.
