Aditya, Santosh spur Chinthamani SC

Aditya returned a seven-wicket haul while Santosh P came up with an even century to set up Chinthamani Sports Club’s 109-run win over Star Sports Cricket Club, Nelamangala in the KSCA Group I, Division IV league for the Metro Shield (Super League) here.

Chinthamani SA rode on Santosh’s 100 to post a competitive 270 for seven in 50 overs. Star Sports C, who found the going tough, folded up for 161 in 40 overs, with Aditya claiming seven for 31 to spell their doom.  In the other match, BEL Colony, Recreation Club registered a convincing 56-run win over Duleep Cricketers.

Batting first, BEL were all out for 22 in 50 overs and then bowled well to pack off Duleep Cricketers for 165 in 42.4 overs.   Brief scores: Chinthamani Sports Association, Chinthamani: 270/7 in 50 overs (Santosh P 100, KM Aiyappa 38, Subbaramanya 41; Arun Kumar 3-43) bt Star Sports Cricket Club, Nelamangala: 161 all out in 40 overs (Hanumanth Raju 36, Sachin V Shenoy 68; Aditya 7-31).

Royal Cricket Club, Chinthamani: 284/6 in 50 overs (Akshay Angadi 113, Sandeep AV 47, Rahul 71; Mohd. Arif 3-64) bt Dolphin Cricket Club: 190 all out in 40.1 overs (Pavan 72, Mohd.Arif 26 n.o.; Vivekananda 5-25). BEL Colony Recreation Club: 221 all out in 50 overs (Rajiva Lochan S 40, Daniel Sequeria 64, Ajay G Suresh 43, Kishan 30; Srinivas Ganesh  2-39, Praveen 2-24) bt Duleep Cricketers: 165 all out in 42.4 overs (Srinivas Ganesh 26; Daniel Sequeria 3-39, Muniraj 2-31).

Friends Cricket Team: 183 all out in 50 overs (Venkatesh N 44, Rahul Bille 44; Muralidhar 2-31, Prasanna 2-50, Mohan 2-33) lt to Merchants Cricket Club (1): 184/5 in 46.1 overs (Lochan Appanna 30, Shahbaz 40, Arpit Rathi 41, Rahul Singh 29 n.o.; Ramanand 3-48). Hosakote Cricket Club: 240/8 in 50 overs (S Rajashekar 98, Shashidhar 69 n.o.; Sunil C 2-36, Sunil Kaushik 3-48) lt to Young Challenging Cricketers: 244/9 in 50 overs (Deepak Reddy 62, Nirmith N 51, Prasad 28; Santhosh S 3-42, Anand 2-36).

Jeevanbhimanagar Cricket Club: 181 all out in 42 overs (Harish 46, Subbu 31; Prasanna Patil 4-23, Mahesh Kumar P 2-33) lt to Visweswarapuram Cricket Club (2): 182/7 in 46.1 overs (Joseph A 58, Nitin Gopalakrishna Mulky 46, Varun 31; Sai Niranjan 2-32, Sandeep 3-31). Ranji Cricket Club: 290/3 in 50 overs (Ramdas K 78, Murari N 97 n.o., Sarbojeet 78 n.o.; Nithin P 2-57) bt Century Cricketers: 200 all out in 31.4 overs (Santhosh 34, Sharath Kumar N 66, Ullas AR 36; Thangadurai 2-33, Raghavendra HS 4-57, Hari Kishore 2-30).