Star Cricketers win

Hanumantharaju shone bright with all-round show as Star Cricketers, Nelamangala notched up an exciting one-run win over Indiranagar Cricketers in the KSCA Group I, Division IV league for the Metro Shield here.

Batting first, Star Cricketers posted 266/7 with Hanumantharaju top-scoring with 76. Ravikumar shored up the total with 62. Indiranagar mounted a spirited chase but were bowled out for 265 in 40 overs, suffering the narrowest of defeats.   

Brief scores: Star Cricketers, Nelamangala: 266/7 in 50 overs (Srikanth KC 30, Hanumantharaju 76, Ravikumar 62, Pradeep 28; Amit Pandey 4-44) bt Indiranagar Cricketers: 265 all out in 40 overs (Ajay 59, Bhagwan Singh 25, Vijay 41, Assem 32; LN Gowda 2-53, Madhu 2-65, Hanumanth Raju 3-55).

Jeevanbhimanagar Cricket Club: 274/6 in 50 overs (Subbaraju 108, Roshan 67; Mahesh Hatti 3-45) bt Jaihind Cricketers: 225 all out in 49.1 overs (Manjunath 53, Sambaji 60, Arjun 38; Nagesh Singh 3-48).

Visweswarapuram Cricket Club (1): 207 all out in 44.5 overs (Rishan 114; Harsha 2-33, Srinivas 3-35, Rithir 2-48, Harish 2-25) lt to Duleep Cricketers: 209/5 in 4.23 overs (Naveen Shankar 33, Jayaprakash 33, Ashoka 82 n.o., Rithvik 33 n.o.; Madan 2-52).

Vivekanagar Cricketers: 115 all out in 33.1 overs (Bhagesh 59, Md Nasir 2-18, Chethan Williams 4-48, Devaraj Patil 2-8) lt to Friends XI Cricket Club, Doddaballaura: 116/1 in 12.3 overs (Manjunath 74 n.o.).

Ranji Cricket Club: 136 all out in 40.4 overs (Nagaraj 41; Krishna 2-25, Edwin 6-32) bt Jayanagar Cricketers: 124 all out in 42.5 overs (Ruthuraj 28; Srikath 2-27, Raghavendra 4-22).

Chinthamani Sports Association: 342/7 in 50 overs (Manjunath 114, Atif 69, Nidhuvan 56, Santosh 41; Arvind 2-69, Manjunath 2-66, Deepu 2-36) bt Friends Cricket Club: 156/9 in 41 overs (Abbas 32, Vinay KL 42, Deepu 26; NC Aiyappa 2-30, Karthik 4-27).