JOIN USB Akhil’s quickfire century helped Friends Union Cricket Club (1) extract first innings lead in their drawn encounter against Mount Joy Cricket Club in the KSCA Group I, Division I league for the Sir Mirza Ismail Shield here.
Having restricted Mount Joy to 235 all out in 76 overs, FUCC needed to accumulate runs fast in a rain-curtailed affair and Akhil came to the party with an unbeate 104-ball-100 that included 11 fours and two sixes. Riding the veteran’s knock, FUCC replied with 243 for six in 55 overs to claim three points.
Brief scores: Mount Joy Cricket Club: 235 all out in 76 overs (Rajkumar 49, Cheluvaraj 28, Deepak Chougle 73, Sharan Gowda 41; Deepesh Poonia 2-49, Nitish PD 2-30, Naveen B 2-42, Abhijit S 3-16) drew Friends Union Cricket Club (1): 243/6 in 55 overs (Abhijit S 32, Akhil B 100 n.o., Kunal Sanghvi 28, Naveen B 36 n.o.; Harish Kumar 3-66, Deepak Chougle 2-48). Friends Union Cricket Club (1): 3; Mount Joy Cricket Club: 1.
Vultures Cricket Club: 309 all out in 87.1 overs (Prareeksh R 45, Nishith N Raj 28, Shrijith KL 116, Anirudha Joshi 38, Bhareth Narayan Prasad 36; Shashank K 3-61, Udit Patel 5-94, Abrar Kazi 2-89) drew Swastic Union Cricket Club (1): 397/7 in 90 overs (Samarth R 94, MG Naveen 54, Siddharth KV 38, Akshay Kodoth 36, Nidish Mohanram 37, Rohith Sabharwal 30 n.o., Udit Patel 79 n.o.; Pavan Deshpande 3-33). Swastic Union Cricket Club (1): 3 points; Vultures Cricket Club: 1 point.
Malleswaram Gymkhana: 393/7 decl. in 83 overs (Sadiq Kiramani 36, Liyan Khan 95, Melu Kranthikumar 149, Rohith Gowda 29, Praveen Dubey 51 n.o.; Bharath Kondajji 4-104) and 25/2 in 4 overs drew Herons Cricket Club: 229 all out in 75.2 overs (Arjun Hoysala 86, S Vinodh 47; Gowtham K 2-69, Mitrakant Singh Yadav 5-44). Malleswaram Gymkhana: 3; Herons Cricket Club: 1.
Jawahar Sports Club (1): 316/9 decl. in 89.1 overs (Nischal D 108, Akshay MK 82, Atreya Inamdar 59; Prateek Jain 2-50, Abhilash Semwal 3-54, Abhinav Manohar 2-74) drew Jawans Cricket Club: 350/5 in 71 overs (Dikshanshu Negi 95, Suraj Sampath 56, Nishanth Singh 61, David Mathias 56, Mohammed Taha 33 n.o.) Jawans Cricket Club: 3; Jawahar Sports Club (1): 1.
Social Cricketers: 355/6 in 90 overs (Arjun SP 56, Rohan Kadam 169 n.o., Sharath Srinivas 35, Rajoo Bhatkal 85; SP Manjunath 3-113) drew The Bangalore Cricketers: 142/8 in 59 overs (Chethan S 29 n.o.; Vyshak V 2-38, Santosh Boregowda 2-41, Aditya Somanna 2-36, Swapnil Yelave 2-13). Social Cricketers: 2; The Bangalore Cricketers: 2.
Bangalore Occasionals: 313/4 in 76 overs (Abhishek Reddy 102, Bharath KN 59, Mir Kaunian Abbas 61, Abdul Majid 56) drew Vijaya Cricket Club: 110 all out in 35.4 overs (Nihal Ullal 34; Pradeep T 4-43, Anand D 3-18) and 130/4 in 47 overs (Raunak Shah 57 n.o.). Bangalore Occasionals: 3; Vijaya Cricket Club: 1.