Abhishek, Cheluvaraj sparkle

Occasionals take innings honours against Vultures

Tons from Abhishek Reddy and Cheluvaraj V outdid similar efforts from Nishith Raj and Pawan Deshpande as Bangalore Occasionals walked away with innings honours against Vultures Cricket Club in a high-scoring KSCA Group I, Division I tournament match for the Sir Mirza Ismail Shield here.

Batting first, Vultures posted 436/7 in their allotted 90 overs, thanks to fine knocks from Nishith (107) and Pavan (100). Anirudha Joshi made 91.

Occasionals, riding on centuries from Abhishek (137) and Cheluvaraj (101), made 456/6 in 87.4 overs. Kayan Abbas (87) and Shoaib Manager (57) cracked half-centuries.

Occasionals took three points while Vulltures got one point.

Brief scores: Vultures Cricket Club: 436/7 in 90 overs (Nishith Raj 107, Pavan Deshpande 100, Anirudha Joshi 91, BN Bharath 26; Pradeep T 2-47) drew with Bangalore Occasionals: 456/6 in 87.4 overs (Abhishek Reddy 137, Kayan Abbas 87, KN Bharath 39, Cheluvaraj V 101, Abdul Majid 30, Shoaib Manager 57 n.o.; Anirudha Joshi 4-105). Bangalore Occasionals: 3 points; Vultures CC: 1 pt.

Modern Cricket Club: 326/7 in 90 overs (Raunak Shah 101 n.o., Kuldeep Kumar 89, Magizhendan P 39, Sachin R Gankal 31 n.o.; Prashanth S 2-88, Vinoo Prasad 2-97, Aditya Rai 2-21) drew with Malleswaram Gymkhana: 188 all out in 49.3 overs (Mitrakanth Singh Yadav 111; Magizhendan P 3-48, Umang Chordia 3-26, Raunak Shah 2-13) and 239/5 in 54.2 overs (Tejas Trishul 38, Liyan Khan 119 n.o., Gaurav Goel 27 n.o.; Umang Chordia 3-56). Modern CC: 3 pts; Malleswaram Gymkhana: 1 pt.

Jawans Cricket Club: 197 all out in 67 overs (Rajoo Bhatkal 27, Saurabh Rawat 73, Arjun Shetty 46; Shashishekar 5-62) drew with Herons Cricket Club: 251/9 in 90 overs (Chiranjeevi GS 93, Vikram Venkatesh 33, Shashishekar 28 n.o.; Arjun Shetty 3-41). Herons CC: 3 pts; Jawans CC: 1 pt.

Swastic Union Cricket Club (2): 167 all out in 60.5 overs (Nishanth Singh 38, Prithvi Shekawat 45, Mohith K 52; B Akhil 3-12, Deepesh Poonia 2-38, Naveen B 2-31, Likith Bannur 2-19) and 116/3 in 35 overs (Nithin Guru 40 n.o., Nishanth Singh 62 n.o.) drew with Friends Union Cricket Club (1): 249 all out in 77.1 overs (Sadiq Kirmani 28, Kunal Kapoor 47, Naveen B 47, Deepesh Poonia 29, Likith Bannur 27 n.o.; Rajesh Singh 6-64, Mohit K 2-18). Friends Union CC (1): 3 pts; Swastic Union CC: 1 pt.

Swastic Union Cricket Club (1): 88 all out in 33.2 overs (Abrar Kazi 40 n.o.; Koushik V 3-24, Manoj Acharya 4-33, Akshay CK 2-25) and 285/8 in 96 overs (Samarth 39, KV Siddharth 57, Rohit Sabharwal 43, Abrar Kazi 39, Udit B Patel 42, Sandesh M 24 n.o.; Koushik V 3-75, Manoj Acharya 2-59) drew with The Bangalore Cricketers: 320/5 in 61 overs (Bharath 173 n.o, Chethan S 40, Rakshith S 80 n.o.; Udit B Patel 2-117). The Bangalore Cricketers: 3 pts; Swatic Union CC (1): 1 pt.

Jawahar Sports Club (1): 376/6 in 90 overs (Shishir Bhavane 62, KC Avinash 149, Rishab GM 47, Sanjay Kumar 56; Sharan Gowda 2-54, Vyshak Vijayakumar 4-40) drew with Social Cricketers: 397/4 in 87 overs (KB Pawan 50, AP Abhishek 100, Bharath Chipli 170 n.o., Vyshak Vijayakumar 28; Suchith J 2-112). Social Cricketers: 3 pts; Jawahar Sports Club (1): 1 pt.