Royal CC post 47-run win

Despite a century from Rajkumar SM (113, 136b, 12x4, 2x6), Malleswaram United Cricket Club went down to Royal Cricket Club, Chintamani by 47 runs in their Super League encounter of the KSCA Group 1 (Division IV) tournament for Metro Shield here.

Half-centuries from George (75) and Rahul S (74) and cameos from Ravi HS (44) and Sandeep AV (48), set up Royal CC’s big total of 324 in the stipulated 50 overs.

In reply, centurion Rajkumar found able support from Srinidhi (46) and Sanjay N, (41) but their efforts were not enough to overhaul the target  as Malleswaram United CC  finished 277 for eight. 

Brief scores: Royal Cricket Club, Chintamani: 324 all out in 50 overs (Ravi HS 44, George 75, Rahul S 74, Sandeep AV 48; Akshay Bharadwaj 4-47, Gurudutt P 4-50) bt Malleswaram United Cricket Club: 277/8 in 50 overs (Srinidhi 46, Rajkumar SM 113, Sanjay N 41, Gurudutt P 26; Vinay V Kumar 2-51, Rahul S 2-59).

Merchants Cricket Club (1): 257/7 in 50 overs (Arpit 56, Shabaz 39, Santosh 57, Aleem 44; Muniraj 2-36, Daniel 3-52) lost to BEL Colony Recreation Club: 258/3 in 40.5 overs (Harsha S 100 n.o., Rajiva Lochan S 31, Daniel Sequeria 51 n.o.).

Star Sports Club, Nelamangala: 125 all out in 32.1 overs (Vishnu KR 44; Yasir Nihal 2-35, Sunil Koushik 5-29) lt to Young Chalenging Cricketers: 129/4 in 22.3 overs (Sanjith TS 27, Venkatesh S 50 n.o., Sunil Koushik 36 n.o.; Arun Kumar 2-36). Friends Cricket Team 210 all out in 45.4 overs (Subhash Katke 30, Venkatesh 47, Vishwa 72, Sagar 34; Harish 2-23, Bharath V 2-35, Jayaprakash 2-55) lost to Duleep Cricketers: 211/5 in 36.1 overs (Vishnu Prasad V 78, Jayaprakash 37, Bharath V 32; Venkatesh 2-43). Dolphin Cricket Club: 83 all out in 19.3 overs (Sahas 33; Sachin CR 5-53, Chethan Williams 3-15) lost to Cambridge Cricket Club: 84/1 in 13 overs (Rahul Borkar 57 n.o.).

Hoskote Cricket Club: 172 all out in 36.2 overs (Rohan 40, K Kiran 49; Nischith N 4-28, Adithya 5-42) lost to Chintamani Sports Assocaiation, Chintamani: 174/1 in 30 overs (Manikanth Naidu 44, Sarfaraz 85 n.o., KN Bharath 32 n.o.).

Visweswarapuram Cricket Club (2): 204 all out in 49.4 overs (Shrikar 65; Santhosh 2-36, Ullas AR 2-21, Manjunath 2-17) bt Century Cricketers: 91 all out in 22.1 overs (Ullas 28; Nitin Gopalkrishan Mulky 2-16, Anand Katti 3-17, Prasanna Patil 4-24).

Ranji Cricket Club: 168 all out in 47.1 overs (Nagarajan 36; Chinnamani 2-27, Nanjundesh 5-38, Sandeep VS 2-22, Subbaraju 2-8) bt Jeevanbhimanagar Cricket Club: 68 all out in 24.2 overs (Sanjeev 4-29, Rakesh 5-13).