Pradeep's big century puts Jayanagar Colts on top

A fine unbeaten century from Pradeep Gangadhar (188) helped Jayanagar Colts to a crucial innings lead over Friends Union Cricket Club (2) in their drawn encounter in the KSCA Group I, Division II league for the MAT Acharya Shield here.

Batting first, FUCC (2) were bowled out for 262 in 71 overs and Jayanagar, propelled by Gangadhar’s fine knock, reached 352 before they were dismissed.

Brief scores: Friends Union Cricket Club (2): 262 all out in 71 overs (Dheeraj S 39, Mithun Bhat 122, Sagar M Rao 39; Yatish Kumar BR 4-49, Nagesh 5-35) drew Jayanagar Colts: 352 all out in 87.5 overs (Pradeep Gangadhar 188 n.o., Nandan Narayan 61, Yatish 34; Shivkumar 2-59, Kunal Sanghvi 2-53, Mithun Bhat 3-37, Sanath Naik 2-41).
Points: Jayanagar Colts: 3 points; FUCC (2): 1.

Sir Syed Cricketers: 151 all out in 50.1 overs (Chiranth S Naik 53, Saif 51; Vishal 5-30, Manjunath K 2-28, Sunil Nirvan 2-27) and 132/4 in 44 overs (Chiranth S Naik 34 n.o., VS Pawar 71 n.o.; Manjunath K 2-27) drew Standard Cricket Club: 129 all out in 50.1 overs (Yuvraj 38, Karthik BR 30; Nanda Kishore 4-45).

Sir Syed Cricketers: 3; SCC: 1.

Jawahar Sports Club (2): 170 all out in 54.2 overs (Aslam 42, Vasanth BC 38; Hoysala K 4-50, Raghavendra D 2-19) and 53/3 in 13 overs (Hoysala K 2-29] drew Neptune Cricket Club: 183 all out in 63.2 overs (Mahesh AS 49, Dhanush Bhaskar 62, Adarsh HS 25; Suresh H Karani 4-27, Devaiah KS 3-68). NCC: 3; JSC (2): 1.