JOIN USA disciplined bowling by Assam Cricket Association had the fancied KSCA XI in all sorts of trouble as the visitors gained an upperhand on the opening day of their four-day match in the Dr (Capt) K Thimmappaiah all-India invitational memorial cricket tournament here at the M Chinnaswamy stadium on Sunday.
Barring skipper CM Gautam no top-order batsman showed stomach for fight as the much-touted home-team batting crumbled to 200 all out in 66.5 overs. But for contribution from bowlers -- Zeeshan Ali Syed (37) and Ronit More (34) -- KSCA would have found themselves in a deeper hole. Gautam made 48 with nine fours but he found little support from the other end.
Krishna Das (3/41) was the most successful bowler for Assam while Arup Das and Pallab Kumar Das picked two wickets each.
Brief scores: At Chinnaswamy stadium: KSCA XI: 200 all out in 66.5 overs (CM Gautam 58, M Nidhish 25, Zeeshan Ali Sayyed 37, Ronit More 34; Arup Das 2-33, Krishna Das 3-41, Pallab Kumar Das 2-18) vs Assam Cricket Association: 45/1 in 21 overs.
At Alur (1): Orissa Cricket Association: 203 all out in 78.1 overs (Girija Roul 51, Prateek Das 31, Alok Chandra Sahoo 33; Ankush Bedi 6-71, Akash Vasist 2-53) vs Himachal Pradesh CA: 39/1 in 9 overs (Prashant Chopra 26 n.o.). At Alur (2): Cricket Association of Bengal: 349/4 in 90 overs (Koushik Ghosh 43, Sudip Chatterjee 123 n.o., Ajmer Singh 33, Pankaj Shaw 112; David Mathias 2-64, Likith Bannur 2-60) vs KSCA President’s XI.
At Alur (3): Andhra Cricket Association: 316/8 in 90 overs (K Srikar Bharat 80, Ricky Bhui 128, Shashikanth 32; SL Akshay 3-55) vs KSCA Colts XI.
At BGS: Tripura Cricket Association: 137 all out in 63.4 overs (Arindam Das 48, Rana Datta 26; Jayant Yadav 5-46) vs Harayana Cricket Association: 69/1 in 28 overs (Guntash Veer Singh 39 n.o.).
At Aditya Global: Dr DY Patil Academy: 151/3 in 39.1 overs (Vikrant Auti 32, Shashank Singh 43 n.o., Shubham Ranjane 37 n.o.; Nathu Singh 2-62) vs National Cricket Academy (Match started late due to overnight rain and stopped at 4.30).
At Mysore: SDNRW: Kerala Cricket Association: 212/5 in 90 overs (Akshay Kodoth 27, Rohan Prem 28, Sachin Baby 64, Akshay Chandran 29 n.o.; DT Chandrasekhar 2-33, S Mohan Raj 2-33) vs Tamil Nadu Cricket Association. JCE Mysore: Gujarat Cricket Association: 190 all out in 74.5overs (Samit Gohil 31, Priyank Panchal 51, Bhargav Meral 42; Yadvendra Tembhare 2-31, Akshay Wakhare 5-80) vs Vidarbha Cricket Association: 40/0 in 13 overs.