<p>Swift hundreds by Kunal Kapoor and Suneel Raju helped Friends Union Cricket Club defeat Vultures Cricket Club by 129 runs and clinch the YS Ramaswamy memorial tournament at the M Chinnaswamy stadium here on Saturday. <br /><br />Batting by choice, FUCC amassed a healthy 309 for eight in their stipulated 50 overs, and under the lights Vultures’ chase went horribly wrong and they were bowled out for 180 in 39.1 overs. <br /><br />The initial sparks of victory was given by Raju and Kunal with aggressive centuries. Raju made 123 in just 119 balls with 11 fours and two sixes, while Kunal made a 106-ball 102 with 12 hits to the fence as the duo shared a mammoth 222-run stand for the third wicket. <br /><br />They came together at the crease when FUCC was wobbling slightly at 28 for two after five overs, but since that moment they never gave a chance to Vultures bowling that included two India pacers in Abhimanyu Mithun and S Arvind, and a state pacer in Ronit More. </p>.<p><br />The dismissal of Kunal, castled by left-arm medium pacer Arvind, brought Vultures back into the game momentarily, as they contained the flow of runs with regular wickets from that point. Raju too was bowled by Arvind. <br /><br />However, they could not carry over that momentum to their innings as Vultures struggled against some spot-on bowling by FUCC. The lone meaningful contribution in their innings was made by KL Rahul (63, 65b, 6x4, 1x6). <br /><br /><br />Brief scores: FUCC: 309/8 in 50 overs (Suneel Raju 123, Kunal Kapoor 102; A Mithun 3-74, Ronit More 3-58) bt Vultures CC: 180 all out in 39.1 overs (KL Rahul 63; M Vinod 3-47, Pradeep Benjamin 3-32). </p>
<p>Swift hundreds by Kunal Kapoor and Suneel Raju helped Friends Union Cricket Club defeat Vultures Cricket Club by 129 runs and clinch the YS Ramaswamy memorial tournament at the M Chinnaswamy stadium here on Saturday. <br /><br />Batting by choice, FUCC amassed a healthy 309 for eight in their stipulated 50 overs, and under the lights Vultures’ chase went horribly wrong and they were bowled out for 180 in 39.1 overs. <br /><br />The initial sparks of victory was given by Raju and Kunal with aggressive centuries. Raju made 123 in just 119 balls with 11 fours and two sixes, while Kunal made a 106-ball 102 with 12 hits to the fence as the duo shared a mammoth 222-run stand for the third wicket. <br /><br />They came together at the crease when FUCC was wobbling slightly at 28 for two after five overs, but since that moment they never gave a chance to Vultures bowling that included two India pacers in Abhimanyu Mithun and S Arvind, and a state pacer in Ronit More. </p>.<p><br />The dismissal of Kunal, castled by left-arm medium pacer Arvind, brought Vultures back into the game momentarily, as they contained the flow of runs with regular wickets from that point. Raju too was bowled by Arvind. <br /><br />However, they could not carry over that momentum to their innings as Vultures struggled against some spot-on bowling by FUCC. The lone meaningful contribution in their innings was made by KL Rahul (63, 65b, 6x4, 1x6). <br /><br /><br />Brief scores: FUCC: 309/8 in 50 overs (Suneel Raju 123, Kunal Kapoor 102; A Mithun 3-74, Ronit More 3-58) bt Vultures CC: 180 all out in 39.1 overs (KL Rahul 63; M Vinod 3-47, Pradeep Benjamin 3-32). </p>
