JOIN USJona-than R and Arjun Hoysala cracked centuries but the former ended up on the victorious side as Rail Wheel Factory Cricket Association beat AGORC by four wickets in a high-scoring KSCA Group I Division I league match.
AGORC, batting first, rode on Arjun’s fine 114 to post a challenging 294/7 from their allotted 50 overs. RWF, chasing a daunting target, needed someone to score big and they found Jonathan, who hit 115. SP Manjunath (49) and Cheluvaraj (37 n.o.) too made handsome contributions as they scaled the target with three balls to spare.
Brief scores: AGORC: 294/7 in 50 overs (Arjun Hoysala 114, Saptagiri 70, Sunil Kumar 37; Sandeep Hebbar 2-46, M Nagaraj 2-49, Prasanna Patil 2-51) lt to Rail Wheel Factory Cricket Association: 295/6 in 49.3 overs (Manjesh Reddy 36, Jonathan R 115, SP Manjunath 49, Cheluvaraj 37 n.o.; Sunil Kumar 3-56).
BEML, Mysuru: 141 all out in 40 overs (G Pavan 68 n.o.; Pradeep 4-34, Kranthi Kumar 2-25, Anand Katti 3-31) lt to State Bank of Mysore: 144/3 in 16 overs (Kranthi Kumar 57 n.o., KC Avinash 28, Anirudh Joshi 36 n.o.; Naveen MG 2-30).
Kaushik shines
Kaushik Udupa scored a century as ITC Sports Club romped to a facile 100-run win over ITI Sports Club in the KSCA Group II Division II tournament.
Kaushik’s 109 and S Rakshith’s 51 helped ITC to a 227/7 off 28 overs. Kaushik then haunted ITI with the ball too, his 3/24 helping ITC to dismiss them for 127 in 27.4 overs.
Brief scores: ITC Sports Club: 227/7 in 28 overs (Kaushik Udupa 109, S Rakshith 51; Puneet 2-52, Akshay Bharadwaj 2-45, Srikantaswamy 2-18) bt ITI Sports Club: 127 all out in 27.4 overs (Prateek 65 n.o.; Sendil kumar R 2-19, Thimmaiah KB 2-18, Kaushik Udupa 3-24).
Corporation Bank: 242/5 in 30 overs (Sujith Gowda 57, T Vinay 44, Salauddin 33, Dheeraj S 38, Syed Sufiyan 26; Ravindra S 2-47) bt Abbrasive Technologoes Pvt Ltd: 157 all out in 29.4 overs (Santosh Girimaji 31, Ravindra S 25, Koushik 37, Rajeev Girmaji 25; Vinoo Prasad 3-22, Murgesh 3-29).
Bosch Sports Club: 123 all out in 29.3 overs (Nanda Kishore 33; Dhananjaya S 3-17, Mallik Shirur 2-16, Sharath Babu 2-19) lt to South Western Railway Sports Association, Hubli: 125/5 in 21.5 overs (Mallik Shirur 27, Manoj Malhotra 26; CM Chandra 2-36).
DELL Cricket Club: 269/8 in 30 overs (Pawar 106, Arjun Gowda 28, Dhanu Vijay 54; Raghotham BS 2-33, Manoja 2-49, Anirudha Ritti 3-57) bt BEML Recreation Club, Bangalore: 180 all out in 25.4 overs (Laggan Jain 46, MR Srinivas 29, Manoja 27; Srihari 2-43, Manikanth 3-29, Girish 2-9).
South Western Railway Institute, Mysore: 127 all out in 27.3 overs (Yeshwanth 36, Yoganand 28; Manjunath R 2-12, Guru Prasad 2-15, Raghavendra 3-8) lt to KPTCL: 129/7 in 23.3 overs (Manjunath 34, Anil 27 n.o.; Venkatesh 2-30).
Mysore Paper Mills, Bhadravathi: 227/8 in 30 overs (Sachin 113, Mishra 44; Rajesh 2-39, Afsal Khan 2-49) bt Advocates Association: 205/9 in 30 overs (Sanjay Nair 79, Nagesh 70; Anil 2-32).