<p>Tarun dished out an all-round show to power Hammonds Cricket Club to a facile 80-run win over IISc Gymkhana in the KSCA Group I Division IV tournament for the Metro Shield here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Batting first, Hammonds rode on half-centuries from Piyush (64) and Tarun (57) to post a challenging 255 for nine from their allotted 50 overs.<br /><br />Tarun then returned to torment IISc with the ball too, scalping five for 29 as Hammonds dismissed them for 175 in 41.5 overs.<br /><br />In another match, a good bowling effort helped Friends Cricket Club defeat Crescent Cricket Club (1) by four wickets. <br /><br />Brief scores: Hammonds Cricket Club: 255/9 in 50 overs (Tarun 57, Piyush 64, Gururaj 27, Sirish MR 40; Ankith 2-51, Suresh 3-54, Arindham 3-33) bt IISc Gymkhana: 175 all out in 41.5 overs (Salil 30, Varun 32, Gourav 49; Tarun 5-29, Nirav 2-35).<br /><br />Crescent Cricket Club (1): 152 all out in 40.4 overs (Deepak Chauhan 41, Chethan 31; Arvind 2-14, Bheem R 3-36, Deepu 2-21, Arvind Swamy 2-15) lt to Friends Cricket Club: 154/6 in 45 overs (Sandeep 43; Sunderesh 2-28, M Karan 3-46).<br /><br />Malleswaram United CC: 98/6 in 20 overs (Ramkrishna 26; Sanath 2-13, Shyam Ponnappa 2-20) lt to Young Challenging Cricketers: 99/1 in 17.4 overs (Shyam Ponnappa 39 n.o., Santhosh 27). Match reduced to 20 overs a side.<br /><br />Jayanagar Cricketers: 278 all out in 48.3 overs (Nandish 45, Dhruv Mahlohtra 26, Venkatesh TL 78, Pratik Patil 42; Sandesh KS 3-56) bt National United CC: 163 all out in 26.1 overs (KS Sandesh 73; Krishna 3-28, Pratik Patil 2-39, Sri Hari 3-26).<br /><br />Gary Cricketers: 269 all out in 49 overs (Zeeshan Rasheem 33, Vikhar Ahmed 73, Vivek Ranjan 49 n.o., Vijay Naik 44; Sarvanan 2-35, Adith 2-52) bt Vivekanagar Cricketers: 129 all out in 26.5 overs (Lokesh Masan 24, Roger 25; Aditya 4-50, Vivek Ranjan 5-33).<br />Hanumanthanagar Cricket Club: 225 all out in 49.3 overs (BR Darshan 65, Ajith 25, Deepak 34; Keshav 2-26, Abu Bakar 4-53) lt to Merchants Cricket Club (1): 143/7 in 28 overs (Santhosh 2-30) by nett run rate.</p>
<p>Tarun dished out an all-round show to power Hammonds Cricket Club to a facile 80-run win over IISc Gymkhana in the KSCA Group I Division IV tournament for the Metro Shield here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Batting first, Hammonds rode on half-centuries from Piyush (64) and Tarun (57) to post a challenging 255 for nine from their allotted 50 overs.<br /><br />Tarun then returned to torment IISc with the ball too, scalping five for 29 as Hammonds dismissed them for 175 in 41.5 overs.<br /><br />In another match, a good bowling effort helped Friends Cricket Club defeat Crescent Cricket Club (1) by four wickets. <br /><br />Brief scores: Hammonds Cricket Club: 255/9 in 50 overs (Tarun 57, Piyush 64, Gururaj 27, Sirish MR 40; Ankith 2-51, Suresh 3-54, Arindham 3-33) bt IISc Gymkhana: 175 all out in 41.5 overs (Salil 30, Varun 32, Gourav 49; Tarun 5-29, Nirav 2-35).<br /><br />Crescent Cricket Club (1): 152 all out in 40.4 overs (Deepak Chauhan 41, Chethan 31; Arvind 2-14, Bheem R 3-36, Deepu 2-21, Arvind Swamy 2-15) lt to Friends Cricket Club: 154/6 in 45 overs (Sandeep 43; Sunderesh 2-28, M Karan 3-46).<br /><br />Malleswaram United CC: 98/6 in 20 overs (Ramkrishna 26; Sanath 2-13, Shyam Ponnappa 2-20) lt to Young Challenging Cricketers: 99/1 in 17.4 overs (Shyam Ponnappa 39 n.o., Santhosh 27). Match reduced to 20 overs a side.<br /><br />Jayanagar Cricketers: 278 all out in 48.3 overs (Nandish 45, Dhruv Mahlohtra 26, Venkatesh TL 78, Pratik Patil 42; Sandesh KS 3-56) bt National United CC: 163 all out in 26.1 overs (KS Sandesh 73; Krishna 3-28, Pratik Patil 2-39, Sri Hari 3-26).<br /><br />Gary Cricketers: 269 all out in 49 overs (Zeeshan Rasheem 33, Vikhar Ahmed 73, Vivek Ranjan 49 n.o., Vijay Naik 44; Sarvanan 2-35, Adith 2-52) bt Vivekanagar Cricketers: 129 all out in 26.5 overs (Lokesh Masan 24, Roger 25; Aditya 4-50, Vivek Ranjan 5-33).<br />Hanumanthanagar Cricket Club: 225 all out in 49.3 overs (BR Darshan 65, Ajith 25, Deepak 34; Keshav 2-26, Abu Bakar 4-53) lt to Merchants Cricket Club (1): 143/7 in 28 overs (Santhosh 2-30) by nett run rate.</p>
