JOIN USVerma, Karthick help Assam take lead
A near-century effort from Karnataka export Amit Verma and an equally effective knock by KB Arun Karthick, a former Tamil Nadu and Royal Challengers Bangalore’s batsman, enabled Assam Cricket Association gain a handy 107-run lead against KSCA XI on the second day of their four-day match in the Dr (Capt) K Thimmappaiah memorial cricket tournament here at the Chinnaswamy stadium on Monday.
Verma, who had migrated to Kerala the last season, is turning up for Assam this season and he proved his worth with an unbeaten 92 to put his new team slightly ahead.
The southpaw was involved in a 148-run partnership off 249 balls with Karthick who stroked his way to 89 as the visitors mustered 307 all out in 99.4 overs.
Fast-improving left-arm spinner J Suchith was the pick of bowlers for the hosts with figures of 5/104. KSCA XI were 19 without loss in nine overs in their second innings.
Liyan, Avinash shine
KC Avinash (116) and Liyan Khan (107 n.o.) struck a century each and added 219 runs between them to help KSCA Colts make a strong reply against Andhra Cricket Association at Alur (3) ground.
At close on the second day, the Colts were on 255/3 in 76 overs in reply Andhra’s 340 all out.
Brief scores: At M Chinnaswamy Stadium: KSCA XI: 200 all out in 66.5 overs and 19/0 in 9 overs vs Assam Cricket Association: 307 all out in 99.4 overs (Amit Verma 92 n.o., KB Arun Karthick 89, Sarupam Purakayastha 42; J Suchith 5-104, HS Sharath 2-46).
At Alur (1): Orissa Cricket Association: 203 all out in 78.1 overs vs Himachal Pradesh C A: 304/9 in 98.3 overs (Prashant Chopra 62, Amit Kumar Dhiman 45, Sumeet Verma 27, Ankit Kalsi 51, Vikrant Kumar 28, Akash Vasist 41 n.o.; Jayant Behera 6-99, Alok Chandra Sahoo 2-66).
At Alur (2): Cricket Association of Bengal: 489 all out in 128.1 overs (Sudip Chatterjee 166, Pradipta Pramanik 52; David Mathias 2-94, Likith Bannur 4-89, K Gowtham 3-124) vs KSAC President’s XI: 131/1 in 51 overs (D Nischal 50 n.o., Mir Kaunain Abbas 48 n.o.; Shivam Mishra 32).
At Alur (3): Andhra Cricket Association: 340 all out in 100.2 overs (G Shankar Rao 26; Chikkam SL Akshay 5-66) vs KSCA Colts XI: 255/3 in 76 overs (Liyan Khan 107 n.o., KC Avinash 116; Shashikanth 2-32).
At BGS: Tripura Cricket Association: 137 all out in 63.4 overs vs Haryana Cricket Association: 345/4 in 118 overs (Rahul Dewan 61, Guntash Veer Singh 154, Rahul Dagar 94 n.o.; Tushar Saha 2-79).
At Aditya Global: Dr DY Patil Academy: 486 all out in 122.5 overs (Shashank Singh 58, Shubham Ranjane 56, Yogesh Takawale 133, Sarvesh Damle 39, Gaurav Jathar 41, Iqbal Abdullah 25; Nathu Singh 5-160, Aamir Gani 2-82, Zeeshan Ansari 2-37) vs National Cricket Academy: 32/1 in 8 overs.
At Mysore: Gangotri Glades: Kerala Cricket Association: 266 all out in 109 overs (Akshay Chandran 33, Fabid Farook 27; DT Chandrasekhar 4-44, S Mohan Raj 2-33) vs Tamil Nadu Cricket Association: 153 all out in 62.3 overs (K Bharath Shankar 44, G Kaushik 26; MD Nidheesh 4-32, SK Monish 4-22).
At JCE: Gujarat Cricket Association: 195 all out in 74.5 overs and 21/0 in 9 overs vs Vidarbha Cricket Association: 245 all out in 91.1 overs (Faiz Fazal 102, Shalab Shrivastava 29, S Badrinath 32; Jaspreet Bumrah 2-51, Mehul Patel 3-37, Hardik Patel 3-46).