<p> Unbeaten half-centuries from Nitish and Madan C along with good bowling from Nikhil Shivaprasad and Deepak Reddy helped Vikram Cricket Club defeat Vivekanagar Cricketers by six wickets in the KSCA Group I, Division IV tournament for the Metro Shield here. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Batting first, Vivekanagar Cricketers were bowled out for 233 in 47.4 overs with vital contributions from Lokesh Maran (49), M Paramanandan (40) and Venkatesh (37) while Shivaprasad scalped 4/35 and Reddy claimed 3/37 for Vikram CC.<br /><br />Chasing 234 for victory, Nitish (75 n.o.) and Madan (50 n.o.) sparkled with match-winning knocks to help Vikram CC romp home in the 43rd over. <br /><br />DH News Service<br /><br />Brief scores: Vivekanagar Cricketers: 233 all out in 47.4 overs (Lokesh Maran 49, Venkatesh 37, M Paramanandan 40; Deepak Reddy 3-37, Nikhil Shivaprasad 4-35) lt to Vikram Cricket Club: 239/4 in 42.5 overs (S Praveen 35, Javed 36, Madan C 50 n.o., Nitish 75 n.o.; Pamdu Rangan 2-37). <br /><br />Young Cricketers (1): 154 all out in 44 overs (Janardan 3-25, Santhosh 2-26, Sandeep 3-27) lt to Hanumanthanagar Cricket Club: 155/6 in 36 overs (Surendra 39, Sreerama R 56 n.o.; Vishal 2-43, Shivkumar 2-24, Vasath KH 2-32).<br /><br />Sparlers Cricket Club: 233/8 in 50 overs (Vedanth 45, Krishna Patil 46, Raunaq 45 n.o., Vijay 27; Frank Line Robin 2-31, Rajan 4-30) bt Freelancers Cricket Club: 178 all out in 40.3 overs (Pradeep 85; Pratap 2-40, Prateeq 3-30, Praveen Kumar 3-28).<br />Visweswaranpuram Cricket Club (2): 149 all out in 44.5 overs (Mukesh M 45; Ankit 3-28, Raghavendra 2-28, Hari 2-26) lt to Ranji Cricket Club: 152/6 in 33.2 overs (Srikanth S 25 n.o., Basavaraj 30 n.o.; Joseph 2-39, Vinay 2-41). <br /><br />Hammonds Cricket Club: 273 all out in 49.3 overs (Nirav Varma 30, Gururaj Babu 27, Srihari 60, Sirish MP 58; Akshay 3-38, Arvind N 4-54) bt Friends Cricket Club: 184/9 in 50 overs (Akshay 44, KR Kishore 37; Vinay 2-30, Nagendra 4-35, Nirav Varma 2-42).</p>
<p> Unbeaten half-centuries from Nitish and Madan C along with good bowling from Nikhil Shivaprasad and Deepak Reddy helped Vikram Cricket Club defeat Vivekanagar Cricketers by six wickets in the KSCA Group I, Division IV tournament for the Metro Shield here. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Batting first, Vivekanagar Cricketers were bowled out for 233 in 47.4 overs with vital contributions from Lokesh Maran (49), M Paramanandan (40) and Venkatesh (37) while Shivaprasad scalped 4/35 and Reddy claimed 3/37 for Vikram CC.<br /><br />Chasing 234 for victory, Nitish (75 n.o.) and Madan (50 n.o.) sparkled with match-winning knocks to help Vikram CC romp home in the 43rd over. <br /><br />DH News Service<br /><br />Brief scores: Vivekanagar Cricketers: 233 all out in 47.4 overs (Lokesh Maran 49, Venkatesh 37, M Paramanandan 40; Deepak Reddy 3-37, Nikhil Shivaprasad 4-35) lt to Vikram Cricket Club: 239/4 in 42.5 overs (S Praveen 35, Javed 36, Madan C 50 n.o., Nitish 75 n.o.; Pamdu Rangan 2-37). <br /><br />Young Cricketers (1): 154 all out in 44 overs (Janardan 3-25, Santhosh 2-26, Sandeep 3-27) lt to Hanumanthanagar Cricket Club: 155/6 in 36 overs (Surendra 39, Sreerama R 56 n.o.; Vishal 2-43, Shivkumar 2-24, Vasath KH 2-32).<br /><br />Sparlers Cricket Club: 233/8 in 50 overs (Vedanth 45, Krishna Patil 46, Raunaq 45 n.o., Vijay 27; Frank Line Robin 2-31, Rajan 4-30) bt Freelancers Cricket Club: 178 all out in 40.3 overs (Pradeep 85; Pratap 2-40, Prateeq 3-30, Praveen Kumar 3-28).<br />Visweswaranpuram Cricket Club (2): 149 all out in 44.5 overs (Mukesh M 45; Ankit 3-28, Raghavendra 2-28, Hari 2-26) lt to Ranji Cricket Club: 152/6 in 33.2 overs (Srikanth S 25 n.o., Basavaraj 30 n.o.; Joseph 2-39, Vinay 2-41). <br /><br />Hammonds Cricket Club: 273 all out in 49.3 overs (Nirav Varma 30, Gururaj Babu 27, Srihari 60, Sirish MP 58; Akshay 3-38, Arvind N 4-54) bt Friends Cricket Club: 184/9 in 50 overs (Akshay 44, KR Kishore 37; Vinay 2-30, Nagendra 4-35, Nirav Varma 2-42).</p>
