Raghuveer's nine-wicket haul sets up Neptune victory

A nine-wicket haul for the match by Raghuveer set up Neptune Cricket Club’s innings and 75-run win over Bangalore United Cricket Club (1) in the KSCA Group I, Division II league for the MAT Acharya Shield here.

Raghuveer claimed 3/21 to skittle BUCC for a modest 110 in 38 overs before Neptune responded with 342 all out in 72.2 overs. Shaiq Laiquddin (83), Adarsh HS (63) and Balasubramanya (53) were the major contributors with the bat. Resuming their second innings with 232 runs in deficit, BUCC batsmen fared marginally better to post 157 all out in 66.4 overs. Raghuveer was the wrecker-in-chief with figures of 6/60.  

In another match, Abhilash Semwal also had a nine-wicket match-haul in Vijaya Cricket Club’s innings win over Friends Union Cricket Clu (2).

Brief scores: Bangalore United Cricket Club (1): 110 all out in 38 overs (Nihal Ullal 34; Hoysala 2-35, Raghuveer 3-21, Dhanush Bhaskar 2-13, Adarsh HS 2-15) and 157 all out in 66.4 overs (Nihal Ullal 72; Arjun Gowda 2-33, Raghuveer 6-60) lt to Neptune Cricket Club: 342 all out in 72.2 overs (Raghavendra 33, Shaiq Laiquddin 83, Mahesh 28, Adarsh HS 63, Balasubramanya 53, Hoysala 28; Parappa Maradi 2-45, Ritesh Bhatkal 2-101, Santrupth 2-59, Zeeshan Ali Sayyed 2-18).

Neptune Cricket Club: 5; Bangalore United Cricket Club (1): (-) 1.

Mount Joy Cricket Club: 118 all out in 31.2 overs (VijayKumar M 33; Ranjan R 4-45, Chethan 3-13) and 241 all out in 43 overs (Vishwanathan M 142; Anoop R 4-43, Chethan 2-50, Abhishek Allawat 2-91) lt to Jolly Cricketers: 161 all out in 30.5 overs (Sujith Gowda 61; Harish Kumar 5-37, Rajkumar 2-19, Prasidh K 2-49) and 201/8 in 41.3 overs (Laxmikanth L 31, Mashooq 42, Chethan 30, Ashish Dhar 25 n.o.; Harish Kumar 3-41, Prasidh K 2-40).

Jolly Cricketers: 5 points; Mount Joy Cricket Club: 1 point. 

Jayanagar Colts: 106 all out in 51.4 overs (Suresh H Karani 7-41, Lynn D’Souza 2-17) and 184/7 in 86 overs (Karteek 35 n.o, Ramling Patil 27, Yatish Kumar BR 31 n.o.; Suresh H Karani 2-35, Devaiah KS 2-14, Zafaruddin 2-35) drew Jawahar Sports Club (2): 248/9 decl. in 59.4 overs (Jayesh Babu 76, Rohit Sundar 53, Govindappa 40; Narasimhamurthy 6-58, Raju Kalal 2-55). Jawahar Sports Club (2): 3; Jayanagar Colts: 1.

Sir Syed Cricketers: 313/9 in 90 overs (Laggan Jain 26, Suraj HS 28, Tejas Gowda 100, Kishan S Bedare 31, Sahil Saleem 58 n.o.; Shivaraj S 2-43, Nihal FS 4-87) and 29/0 in 7 overs drew Young Lions Club: 227/9 in 90 overs (Nihal FS 87, Santosh Kumar D 30; Kaushik Udupa 5-46).

Sir Syed Cricketers: 3; Young Lions Club: 1.

Friends Union Cricket Club (2): 80 all out in 33 overs (Mithun M Bhat 25; Abhilash Semwal 4-34, Amit Chand 3-27, Karthikeyan 2-6) and 151 all out in 58.1 overs (Mithun M Bhat 61, Lokesh Singh 43 n.o.; Abhilash Semwal 5-29, Sudhindra Shinde 2-37, Prathik Patil 2-22) lt to Vijaya Cricket Club: 306/9 in 51 overs (Amit Chand 93, Abhishek RV 42, Sudhindra Shinde 66, Sachin MR 35; Akshay 4-90, Prasanna 3-75, Nagarjun 2-75).

Vijaya Cricket Club: 5; Friends Union Cricket Club (2): (-) 1. 

Standard Cricket Club: 144 all out in 48.5 overs (Yuvraj 90; Karan MC 5-16, TK Ananth 3-49) drew Rajajinagar Cricketers: 148/3 in 29.5 overs (Manjunath B 26, Shiraz Mustafa 34 n.o., Nischith MP 29, Asit Singh 41 n.o.; Manjunath 2-15).

Rajajinagar Cricketers: 3; Standard Cricket Club: 1.