Shaban Khan’s unbeaten century notwithstanding, Herons Cricket Club posted an eight-wicket win over Modern Cricket Club in the KSCA T20 cricket tournament here.Batting first Modern CC finished their innings on a meagre 135 for seven in the allotted 20 overs despite Shaban’s insipiring 102-run knock.
In reply, Herons rode on Suraj Sampath’s unbeaten 71 to cruise past the target in 14.3 overs.
Brief scores: Modern CC: 135/7 in 20 overs (Shaban Khan 102 n.o.; Arjun Hoysala 2-15, Nitin Naidu 2-10) lt to Herons CC: 137/2 in 14.3 overs (Suraj Sampath 71 n.o., Rohan Kadam 28 n.o.).Malleswaram Gymkhana: 144/8 in 20 overs (Gaurav Goel 31, Kranthikumar 30, Manjunath T 32 n.o.; Abdul Majid 2-36, Prashanth S 2-20) lt to Bangalore Occasionals: 148/8 in 19.5 overs (Abhishek Reddy 34, Samarth Ooty 30; Kranthikumar 2-28, Manjunath 2-20).Bangalore Cricketers: 161/6 in 20 overs (Dayanand 27, Pradeep G 58; Hoysala 2-33, Saif 3-19) bt Neptune CC: 151 all out in 19.5 overs (Adarsh HS 49, Dhanush Bhaskar 30; Naveen Patil 2-32, Harish K 3-27).Jolly Cricketers: 169/4 in 20 overs (Shreejith 39, Lakshmikanth L 61 n.o., Mashooq 26) lt to Swastic Union CC (1): 170/5 in 20 overs (Samarth 27, Karan Rao 29, Shreyas Gopal 44; Ranjan 2-46, Chethan 2-25).Social Cricketers: 175/5 in 20 overs (SP Arjun 65, Rajshekar Shanbal 43; Ramana Murthy 2-33) bt Mount Joy CC: 143/8 in 20 overs (Manjunath Bhatt B 25; Cariappa KC 4-8, Sudhindra Shinde 2-23).Jawahar Sports Club: 191/5 in 20 overs (Shishir Bhavane 26, Suchith J 70 n.o., K Gowtham 33; Akhil B 2-34) bt Friends Union Cricket Club (1): 176/8 in 20 overs (Stallin Hoover 60, Akhil B 43; Suchith J 2-24, MR Darshan 2-51, Gowtham K 2-35).BUCC (1): 133/4 in 20 overs (KV Siddarth 47, Zeeshanali Sayyed 32; Niaz 2-17) bt Vultures CC: 130/8 in 20 overs (Anirudha Joshi 25, BN Bhareth 38 n.o.; Zeeshan Ali Sayyed 2-18, Prithvi Vardarajan 2-23).Swastic Union CC (2): 144/5 in 20 overs (Nishant Singh 46, Dinesh Borwankar 64 n.o.; Rahul Gautam 3-25) bt Jawans CC: 132/8 in 20 overs (Amit Verma 27, Vinu Prasad 41 n.o.; Karthik CA 2-33, Sandesh M 2-24, Mohit Khokker 2-14).