JOIN USPrithvi Varadarajan made an unbeaten hundred, while Ritesh Bhatkal and NS Sadyojath shared 12 wickets equally among them as Bangalore United Cricket Club (1) posted a facile nine-wicket win over Friends Union Cricket Club (2) in the KSCA Group I Division II tournament for the MAT Acharya Shield.
Batting first, Friends Union were restricted for 164 all out as Zeeshan Ali Sayed (3-28), Sadyojath (3-22) and Ritesh (2-62) wrecked havoc.
With Prithvi leading the way scoring an unbeaten 102, Bangalore United raced to 332 for six declared for an innings lead of 168 runs.
Ritesh (3-45) and Sadyojath (3-45) teamed up again to shatter Friends Union in their second innings, rolling them over for 177 in 47.2 overs.
Chasing a target of 10 runs, Bangalore United completed the formalities without much fuss.
Brief scores: Friends Union CC (2): 164 all out in 64.3 overs (Kunal Nagpal 64; Zeeshan Ali Sayed 3-28, Sadyojath 3-22, Ritesh Bhatkal 2-62) and 177 all out 47.2 overs (Kunal Sanghvi 83 n.o.; Ritesh Bhatkal 4-46, NS Sadyojath 3-45) lt to Bangalore United CC (1): 332/6 decl in 65.1 overs (Nihal Ullal 81, Sharth Srinivas 55, Prithvi Varadarajan 102 n.o., Rajath Dev 42, Tushar 2-38) and 12/1 in 3.4 overs.
Bangalore United CC (1): 5 Pts, Friends Union CC (2): -1.
Sir Syed Cricketers: 307 all out in 87.3 overs (Pranesh Desai 31, Chiranth Naik 32, VS Pawar 134; Vishwanath 3-49, Ranjan 2-32, Rahul Menon 2-36) and 19/1 in 13 overs drew with Jolly Cricketers: 199 all out in 64 overs (Sujith N Gowda 68, Rahul Menon 45 n.o.; Pranesh Desai 4-35).
Sir Syed Cricketers: 3 Pts, Jolly Cricketers: 1.
Standard CC: 320 all out in 87.3 overs (Yuvaraj R 150, Chamandeep Singh 62, Digvijay Singh 37, Vinay Vaishnav 37; Dominic Fernandez 3-51, Ramling Patil 4-97) drew with Jayanagar Colts: 332/9 in 90 overs (Habib 162 n.o., Yathish Kumar BR 39, Dominic Fernandez 41; Jeevandhar BM 2-68, Karthik BR 2-36).
Jayanagar Colts: 3 Pts, Standard CC: 1.
Young Lions Club: 320 all out in 70 overs (Gopinath Sandra 62, Vishnu 75, Giridhar Koppikar 72; Dhanush Bhaskar 4-65, Arjun Gowda 5-57) and 153/5 in 31 overs (Shivam Mishra 50, Vishnu 37 n.o., Mahesh M 33 n.o.; Hoysala K 5-51) drew with Neptune CC: 489/7 in 90 overs (Shaik Laiquddin 154, Mahesh AS 134, Arjun Gowda 66, Dhanush Bhaskar 50; Nilesh Meena 4-35).
Neptune CC: 3 Pts, Young Lions Club: 1.
Vijaya CC: 337 all out in 77 overs (Shashi Biradar 61, Abhishek RV 85, Aaron Fernandes 45, Nirav Varma 36; Suresh H Karani 6-99) and 76/3 in 17 overs drew with Jawahar SC (2): 451/5 in 90 overs (Jayesh Babu 72, Rohit Sundar 182, Abdul Nauman 109; Abhilash Semwal 3-120).
Jawahar SC (2): 3 Pts, Vijaya CC: 1.
Mount Joy CC: 130 all out in 35.2 overs (Vijay Kumar M 45; Ananth TK 3-47, Manjunath B 4-11) and 276/8 in 58 overs (Vijaykumar M 57, Rajkumar 45, Kiran 61, Farhan Magi 49 n.o.; TK Ananth 4-99) drew with Rajajinagar Cricketers: 201 all out in 62.1 overs (Nischith MP 42; Ramana 2-22, Harish Kumar 2-27, Suhas 2-32) and 114/4 in 27 overs (Manjunath B 31 n.o.).
Rajajinagar Cricketers: 3 Pts, Mount Joy CC: 1.
Lochan, Tanay shine
A big hundred by Tanay Valmik (174) and Lochan Appanna’s all-round effort (119 & 3-39) fashioned Young Lions Club’s crushing 264-run win over Friends XI Cricket Club, Doddaballapura in the KSCA under-16 inter-club tournament for Group I Division I, II, and III teams.
Brief scores: Young Lions Club: 380/4 in 50 overs (Lochan Appanna 119, Tanay Valmik 174) bt Friends XI CC, Doddaballapura: 116 all out in 36 overs (Aman Khan 4-21, Lochan Appanna 3-39).
Dooravani Cricketers: 146 all out in 36.5 overs (Clement 41; Pawan Kumar 4-46, Priyanshu Pandey 3-43) lt to Hammonds CC: 147/5 in 20.3 overs (Darshan T 65; Vinay 2-34, Aashish 2-28).
Swastic Union CC (2): 87 all out in 29.2 overs (Raghav B 2-27, Abhiram 3-2) lt to Jawans CC: 88 for no loss in 6.3 overs (Devdutt BP 44 n.o., Abhiram 44 n.o.).
Jupiter CA: 148/8 in 50 overs (Akash M 2-31, Sumit Gusain 2-22, Koushik 2-20) lt to Neptune CC: 152/2 in 26.3 overs (Chinmay D 58, Rithik SK 36, Ashlesh R Bhaghwat 34 n.o.). City Cricketers: 229/9 in 50 overs (Kiran Kumar T 64, Ravikumar N 35, Prajwal P 30, Chirag Beliappa 42; Kevin N 2-42) bt Standard CC: 141 all out in 40.2 overs (Kevin N 60; Kiran Kumar T 3-16).
Wilson Garden CC: 277 all out in 48.4 overs (Vimal Singh 109, Harsha BS 53) bt The Bangalore Cricketers: 117 all out in 40.2 overs (Akash Ballal 42; Vimal Singh 3-19, Aamir 2-21, Harsha BS 2-27). Jawahar SC (1): 369/9 in 50 overs (Rajkumar SM 58, Adarsh 70, Himadri 101, Rakshith 40; Dheeraj 3-75) bt Cavaliers CC: 153 all out in 48.5 overs (Karthik 40; Vignesh 3-17, Akshay Bharadwaj 2/13).
Mount Joy CC: 188 all out in 45.2 overs (Tharun Shekar 54; Zenith ABM 3-16, Bharath C 4-39) lt to Jolly Cricketers: 189/4 in 35.4 overs (Vivekananda Hiremath 62, Luvnith Sisodia 42).