Devdutt, Rohan slam double tons

Young guns steal show in U-16 cricket

Double centurions Devdutt BP and Rohan Nayakar hogged the limelight in the under-16 Group I, Division I tournament for the KSCA Cup.

In the game between St Joseph’s Boys’ High School and Carmel High School, Devdutt stood out for the Josephites with a 180-ball 235 (32x4, 5x6) in the first innings. The match ended in a draw with St Joseph’s gathering three points.

In another tie, Ebenezer International School were propelled by the double ton from Rohan in a drawn game against Jain Heritage School.

Rohan scored 242 off 237 balls (29x4) as he helped his side reach 430 all out, over hauling  Jain Heritage’s total of 149 all out in the first innings.

Brief scores: St Joseph’s Boys High School: 356/7 decl. in 73 overs (Devdutt BP 235, Chinmay 64; Piyush Gandhi 3-97) drew Carmel High School, B-79: 104 all out in 55 overs (Adithyan 3-30, Ankush 5-13) and 107/7 in 53 overs (Ankush 4-29, Devdutt BP 2-19). St.Joseph’s: 3 points; Carmel HS: 1 point.

School Vivekananda: 71 all out in 27.4 overs (Sidharth Mahadevan 5-22, Advaith Jayaram 3-33, Samarth Srinivas 2-0) and 159 all out in 59.3 overs (Premanth 72, Rahul U 25; Sidharth Mahadevan 3-36, Aman Khan 6-20) lt to Delhi Public School, South: 280 all out in 82.1 overs (Mithesh Madhan 49, Hridai Raj 30, Aman Khan 27, Samarth Srnivas 91, Sidharth Mahadevan 30; Nithin S 5-102, Premnath 2-98, Rahul 2-30). DPS: 5; Vivekananda: -1.

Jain Heritage School: 149 all out in 59.5 overs (Nithin S 28, Sai Prajwal Reddy 55; Karthikye W 3-30, Ahan B 5-34) and 11/1 in 16.4 overs drew Ebenezer International School: 430 all out in 90 overs (Rohan Nayakar 242, Shaun 28, Mahantesh 26, Sudhanshu Sonkar 43, Karthikye W 40; Vishruth 3-98, Nithin S 2-9). Ebenezer: 3; Jain Heritage: 1.

Holy Saint High School: 148 all out in 75.2 overs (Swaroop SH 38, Abhishek D 29, Mohit Verma D 54; Nithin 3-14, Appanna PM 4-48, Yashas 2-37) drew Presidency School, Nandini Layout: 167 all out in 87.3 overs (Kashish 44, Aditya NG 54; Shishir HR 3-48, Abhishek D 2-34, Shashi Kumar 5-37). Presidency: 3; Holy Saint: 1.

Triveni Public School: 154 all out in 65.5 overs (Shashank P 40; Danish Ulla 3-48, Bhargav S 2-37, Bharath 2-20) and 110/4 in 42 overs (Prajwal 52, Shashank R 37; Danish Ulla 2-28) drew St. Joseph’s Indian High School: 252 all out in 76.4 overs (Bharath 81, Emmanuel 25, Bhargav 62; Shashank P 2-50, Charan 2-67, Abhishek Mohan 2-42). St. Joseph’s: 3; Triveni: 1.

Bishop Cotton Boys’ School: 463/4 in 90 overs (Jeshwanth M Acharya 94, Vinay R 83, Aneesh V 107 n.o., Ayush Shetty 46, Rahul Kumar 113; Priyal 2- 131) drew Presidency School, RT Nagar: 184/7 in 90 overs (Tushar Singh 58, Sai Karthik 74; Yashas M 2-45, Tanuj M 4-13). Bishop Cotton: 3; Presidency: 1.