Pacer Sreenath Arvind and leg-spinner Sinan Abdul Qadir were the architects of Vultures Cricket Club’s easy seven-wicket win over Swastic Union Cricket Club (2) in the KSCA Group I Division I tournament for Sir Mirza Ismail Shield.

Anirudh Joshi (62) and Tejas Wagle made fine fifties as Vultures made 273 all out in their first innings, and then restricted Swastic for 148 all out.

Sinan grabbed five wickets conceding 40 runs, while Arvind took two wickets for 34 runs, handing Vultures a big innings lead of 125 runs.

Following on, Swastic managed to do marginally better in their second essay, making 176 for a lead of 51 runs.

This time Arvind led the charge of Vultures with a four-wicket haul (4-27), while Sinan supported him with two wickets (2-23). Vultures chased down the target with ease.

Brief scores: Vultures CC: 273 all out in 71.1 overs (Pawan Deshpande 40, Nitin Bille 44, Anirudh Joshi 62, Tejas Wagle 64; Nishanth Singh 4-34) and 52/3 (Mohith Kokkar 3-25) bt Swastic Union CC (2): 148 all out in 43.1 overs (Nishanth Singh 33, Mohith Kokkar 43; Sinan 5-40, Sreenath Arvind 2-34, Azghar Pasha 2-38) and 176 all out in 64 overs (Nishanth Singh 30, Pruthviraj 31; Azghar Pasha 2-34, Sreenath Arvind 4-27, Sinan 2-23, Pawan Deshpande 2-40).

Vultures CC: 5 pts; Swastic Union CC(2): -1.

Malleswaram Gymkhana: 270 all out in 61.3 overs (Gaurav Goel 30, Kranthi Kumar 49, Rohit Gowda 56, Tejas Trishul 38; Vishnuprabhas 6-65, Shishir Bhavane 2-0) and 43/ 2 in 10 overs drew with Jawahar SC (1): 377/5 in 90 overs (D Nischal 103, Shishir Bhavane 154, Mir Kaunian Abbas 42, KC Avinash 47 n.o.; Vinoo Prasad 4-118).

Jawahar SC (1) : 3 pts; Malleswaram Gymkhana: 1.

Swastic Union CC (1): 301 all out in 75.5 overs (Samarth R 118, Siddharth KV 41, Abrar Kazi 57; Arjun Shetty 4-75, Nashtosh 2-50) drew with Jawan’s CC: 302/5 in 83 overs (Suraj Sampath 67, Manjunath Bhat B 44, Rajoo Bhatkal 44, Dikshanshu Negi 42, Saurabh Rawat 63 n.o.).

Jawan’s CC: 3 pts; Swastic Union CC (1): 1.

Social Cricketers: 124 all out in 43.3 overs (Deepak Chougule 63; Nikith S 4-33, Bharath Kondaji 3-22) and 74/1 in 35 overs (KB Pawan 37 n.o.) drew with Herons CC: 220 all out in 79.1 overs (Desmond Anthony 31, Lal Sachin 45, Vikram Venkatesh 38; Raghavendra C 5-37).

Herons CC: 3 pts; Social Cricketers: 1.

Friends Union CC (1): 375/7 decl in 72.3 overs (Sadiq Kirmani 69, Kunal Kapoor 107, Suneel Raju 106, B Akhil 48; Umang Chordia 3-53) and 30/1 in 3 overs drew with Modern CC: 170 all out in 52.5 overs (Milind 56, Kuldeep Kumar 39; B Naveen 3-45, Suneel Raju 3-38) and 269 all out in 76.4 overs (Sahban 142, Anurag 33; Suneel Raju 3-52, Likhit Bannur 4-69).

Friends Union CC (1): 3 pts; Modern CC: 1.

The Bangalore Cricketers: 81 all out in 30.3 overs (Pradeep T 6-39, Sunil Kumar DH 3-18) and 340/9 in 105 overs (Praveen Kumar 57, SP Manjunath 101, CK Akshay 34, Naveen Patil 38, Koushik 45 n.o.; T Pradeep 2-46, Sunil Kumar DH 2-59) drew with Bangalore Occasionals: 372/5 in 57 overs (Bharat 129, Cheluvaraj V 123).
Bangalore Occasionals: 3 pts; The Bangalore Cricketers: 1.

Shivakumar shines
BU Shivakumar’s all-round effort (3-24 & 50 n.o.) helped Friends Cricket Club beat Mount Joy Cricket Club by 10 wickets in the KSCA under-16 inter-club tournament for Group I Division I II and III teams.
Shivakumar first shone with the ball, his three-for helping dismiss Mount Joy for 125 in 34 overs.
He then hit an exact 50 not out, supporting Anirudh Vidyabhushan who cracked an unbeaten 74, as Friends CC romped to victory in just 17 overs without losing any wicket.
In another match, Young Lions registered a thrilling one-wicket win over Jolly Cricketers. The top scorer for Jolly Cricketers was Deepak S, who hit a fine 77.
Brief scores: Jolly Cricketers: 235 all out in 50 overs (Vivekananda Hiremath 81, Dhruv Jatti 34; Abhishek Poll 3-51, Lochan Appanna 2-26) lt to Young Lions Club: 239/9 in 44.4 overs (Deepak S 77, Lochan Appanna 64, Abhishek Poll 32; Dhruv Jatti 2-27, Vivekananda Hiremath 4-34).
Mount Joy CC: 125 all out in 34 overs (Shivakumar BU 3-24, Chandan 2-28) lt to Friends CC: 126 for no loss in 17 overs (Anirudh Vidyabhushan 74 n.o., Shivakumar BU 50 n.o.).
Jayanagar Colts: 94 all out in 33.3 overs (Shashank 2-6) lt to Bangalore United CC: 95/1 in 22 overs (Mohit Damani 54 n.o.).