JOIN USAbhishek Reddy’s fine batting helped Bangalore Occasionals to a nine-wicket win over Jawahar Sports Club in the KSCA Group I, Division I league for the Sir Mirza Ismail Shield here.
After Jawahar were bowled out for a paltry 92 in their first innings, Abhishek’s 98 guided Bangalore Occasionals to 284 for a lead of 192 in their first innings. Jawahar performed better with the bat in the second innings as they made 309. But a target of 117 was never going to be enough and Abhishek again assumed the centre-stage with an unbeaten 40.
Brief scores: Jawahar SC (1): 92 all out in 32.4 overs (Shashindra 53 n.o.; Sunil Kumar DH 3-10, Manoj KH 2-21, Pradeep 2-36, Avinash 2-24) and 309 all out in 68.5 overs (K Gautham 78, Shishir Bhavane 72, Nischal D 56; KN Bharath 4-91, Avinash 3-31, Abhishek Reddy 2-39) lt to Bangalore Occasionals: 284 all out in 61.5 overs (Abhishek Reddy 98, KN Bharath 58, Yere Goud K 45; J Suchith 7-103, K Gautham 3-90) and 121/1 in 13.2 overs (Abhishek Reddy 40 n.o., KN Bharath 42 n.o.). Bangalore Occasionals: 5 points; Jawahar SC: -1 point.
Social Cricketers: 203 all out in 65.1 overs (Rajshekar Shanbal 27, Bharath Chipli 52, Deepak Chougule 31; Abrar Kazi 6-39, Udit Patel 2-53) and 116/1 in 21 overs (Abhishek AP 47 n.o., Arjun SP 55 n.o.) drew with Swastic Union CC (1): 178 all out in 44.4 overs (Samarth 28, Rohit S 68, Udit Patel 29; Abhishek Bhat 8-47).
Social Cricketers: 3; Swastic Union CC (1): 1.
Swastic Union CC (2): 437/8 in 90 overs (Abhinav Manohar 125, Nidish 136, Nishanth S 71, Nirmal 36 n.o.; Manoj Acharya 2-43, Koushik V 2-111, Darshan 2-69) drew Bangalore Cricketers: 308 all out in 83.1 overs (Pradeep G 114, Rakshith S 47, Akshay CK 64; Prateek Jain 5-78, Nishanth Singh 3-48). Swastic Union CC (2): 3; Bangalore Cricketers: 1.
Vultures CC: 308 all out in 83.4 overs (KL Rahul 54, Pavan Deshpande 37, Karun Nair 36, Anirudha Joshi 51, Prateeksh 51 n.o.; Rahul Gautham 2-53, David Mathias 3-78, Arjun Shetty 2-63, Dikshanshu Negi 2-24) drew Jawans Cricket Club: 347/5 in 85 overs (Dikshanshu Negi 101, Amit Verma 86, Rajoo Bhatkal 45, Suraj Sampath 45 n.o., David Mathias 33; SK Moinuddin 3-118). Jawans CC: 3; Vultures CC: 1.
Friends Union Cricket Club (1): 296 all out in 85.1 overs (Stallin Hoover 66, Suneel Raju 110, Akhil B 41, Naveen 26; Prashanth G 3-90, Mitrakanth Singh Yadav 4-71) drew Malleswaram Gymkhana: 132 all out in 48.1 overs (Praveen Dubey 41; Akhil B 3-29, Naveen B 4-42) and 198/4 in 49 overs (Mohammed Zeeshan 38, Tejas Trishul 25, Kranti Kumar 57 n.o., Vinoo Prasad 39 n.o.; Akhil B 3-43). Friends Union CC (1): 3; Malleshwaram Gymkhana: 1.
Herons Cricket Club: 346 all out in 89.4 overs (Rohan Kadam 61, Chiranjeevi GS 81, Arjun Hoysala 81, Lal Sachin 41, Nikith S 35; Bhavesh Gulecha 3-79, Raunak Shah 2-19) drew Modern Cricket Club: 170 all out in 60.5 overs (Shaban Khan 34, Raunak Shah 34; Shashishekar 3-39, Bharath Kondajji 5-56) and 88/1 in 18.3 overs (Raunak Shah 35 n.o., Milind Ramesh 30 n.o.)Herons CC: 3; Modern CC: 1.