A superb bowling performance from Abhilash S (7/36) helped Secretary’s XI to a commanding victory over Moffusil XI on the second and final day of the KSCA inter-zonal under-19 tournament on Tuesday.
After Secretary’s XI, resuming on 124/3 in 42 overs, posted 231/6 decl in 73 overs thanks to a century by Milind VR (105 n.o.), Abhilash ran through the Moffusil XI batting line-up to bundle them out for 110 in just 40.4 overs, which left Secretary’s XI with the easy ask of chasing 22 runs for victory.
Brief scores: Moffusil XI: 142 all out in 44.3 overs and 110 all out in 40.4 overs (Kushal S 31, Samarth Ooty 27; Abhilash S 7-36) lt to Secretary’s XI: 231/6 decl in 73 overs (Milind VR 105 n.o.; Anand D 2-51, Suhas 2-59) and 22/1 in 2.2 overs.
Secretary’s XI: 5 points; Moffusil XI: -1 points.
Combined XI: 365/9 decl in 84 overs and 79/3 in 16 overs (Pratap R 31) drew with President’s XI: 290 all out in 85 overs (Rishab GM 107, Saurabh Rawat 68, Saif Siddique 61; Shimon Luiz 4-86, Raj Gala 3-29).
Combined XI: 3 points; President’s XI: 1 point.
Combined Moffusil XI: 154 all out in 68.4 overs and 119/7 in 67 overs (Pawan Gokhale 32 n.o., Kiran MR 30; Pradeep T 5-29, NS Sadyojath 2-8) drew with Bangalore City XI: 230/8 decl in 73.2 overs (Sachin MR 72, Sharath Srinivas 37; Pawan Gokhale 2-17; Karan MC 2-59).
Bangalore City XI: 3 points; Combined Moffusil XI: 1 point.
Bangalore Zone: 210 all out in 75.3 overs drew with Zone XI: 91 all out in 43.3 overs (Umang Chordia 4-24, Aditya Sommanna 3-17, Nitish PD 2-14) and 87/6 in 30.3 overs (Ashwin Kumar Shetty 26; Uttam Chand 2-24, Aditya Sommanna 2-32).
Bangalore Zone: 3 points; Zone XI: 1 point.