Aditya does star turn for Kumaran's

Aditya B Venkatesh captured a staggering eight wickets as Sri Kumaran’s Children Home (CBSE), B-62 romped to a crushing 99-run win over St Francis School, ICSE in the KSCA Cup U-16 (Division 3) tournament here.

Batting first, Sri Kumaran’s could only mustre a meagre 132 after being dismissed in 26.2 overs. Aditya M top-scored with a fine 51 while Gurukiran (3-10), Kaushik (2-25) and Mahantesh (2-9) shone with the ball for St Francis.

Sri Kumaran’s then defended the small total comfortably, thanks to Aditya destructive spell. The right-arm medium pacer’s eight for 20 resulted in St Francis collapsing for 33 in just 8.2 overs.

Brief scores: Sri Kumaran’s Children Home (CBSE), B-62: 132 all out in 26.2 overs (Aditya M 51; Gurukiran 3-10, Kaushik 2-25, Mahantesh 2-9) bt St Francis School, ICSE, B-34: 33 all out in 8.2 overs (Aditya B Venkatesh 8-20).

Isaac Newtown High School: 25 all out in 11.3 overs (Abdul Khaleel 6-6, Vignesh 2-6) lt to East West High School: 28/1 in 6.5 overs.

BET Convent: 73 all out in 23 overs (K Prajwal 2-8, Rahul B 3-10, Kishore V 2-5, Surya GB 2-2) lt to Sri Jnanakshi Vidyaniketan: 74/2 in 9 overs.

Max Muller High School: 222/2 in 30 overs (Pavan Raj 88, Rohan A Patil 27, Dhirsona 42 n.o.) bt RMS International School: 197 all out in 28.3 overs (Akash AM 39, Hardik S 44; Balaji A 2-32, Pradeep KB 2-24).

Nagarjuna Vidyaniketan, B-64: 200/3 in 27 overs (Pardu 67 n.o., Pranav 50 n.o.) bt Cambridge Public School, Chennapatna: 127/4 in 27 overs (Gokul 34, Manoj 26; Rishab 2-64, Rahul 2-20).

Swaminarayan Gurukula: 221/3 in 27 overs (Manoj 108 n.o., Harsha 28) bt Sri Vani Public School: 116 all out in 18.5 overs (Yatish 29, Tushar 39 n.o.; Rahul 7-15).

Venus International School: 210/5 in 30 overs (Pavan 63 n.o.; Abdul Rehman 2-32) bt New Horizon English High School: 138 all out in 28.1 overs (M Vignesh 25; Bhavesh 2-24, Shashank 2-24, Akash 2-20, Pavan 3-12).

RT Nagar Public School: 63 all out in 21.1 overs (Nithin S 2-4, Ravi Tejas 5-4) lt to Jyothi Kendra Vidyalaya: 65/6 in 9.5 overs (Y Jaidithya 3-21).

Sree Rama Vidyalaya: 65 all out in 19.5 overs (Akash MJ 5-10, Goutham JS 2-12) lt to Vidya Vardhaka Sangha High School: 68/4 in 12.4 overs (Ganesh PK 2-9).