<div>KSCA XI bowlers struck back in fine fashion to reduce DY Patil Academy to 64/4 after the hosts were bowled out for 184 on the opening day of the final of the Dr (Capt) K Thimmappiah memorial all-India cricket tournament at the M Chinnaswamy stadium on Friday.<br /><br />After dismissing the home team by the second session, the DY Patil boys couldn’t make their advantage count as R Vinay Kumar and company extracted the most out the slow, turning track that often surprised the batsmen with its awkward bounce.<br /><br />Vinay had the DY Patil openers Shoaib Shaikh and Gaurav Jathar in all sorts of trouble with his stump-to-stump bowling, while S Arvind kept things tight at the other end with his constant change of pace.<br /><br />Vinay was the first one to strike as he packed off Shaikh for 11 as the opener mis-read an inswinging delivery, only to see the stump do a cartwheel.<br /><br />Moments later Arvind had his name mentioned in the wickets column, thanks to a brilliant catch from Vinay in the covers. The lanky medium-pacer dismissed Jathar (2) as Kumar dived on to his right to latch on to what seemed to be a definite boundary.<br /><br />Later, spinners Shreyas Gopal and J Suchith struck in tandem to help their side make a comeback in the contest.<br /><br />Abdullah shines<br />Earlier, Iqbal Abdullah made the most of the spinning track to wrap up KSCA XI for 184. Though Suchith showed some resistance with a cautious 30 (104b, 2x4), there was no stopping the Mumbai left-arm spinner as he ended with the figures of 4/42.<br /><br />Brief score: KSCA XI: 184 all out (J Suchith 30; Swapnil Singh 3-63, Iqbal Abdullah 4-42) vs DY Patil Academy: 64/ 4 (Vikrant Auti 28 n.o.; Vinay Kumar 1-12, S Arvind 1-12, J Suchith 1-7, Shreyas Gopal 1-20).</div>
<div>KSCA XI bowlers struck back in fine fashion to reduce DY Patil Academy to 64/4 after the hosts were bowled out for 184 on the opening day of the final of the Dr (Capt) K Thimmappiah memorial all-India cricket tournament at the M Chinnaswamy stadium on Friday.<br /><br />After dismissing the home team by the second session, the DY Patil boys couldn’t make their advantage count as R Vinay Kumar and company extracted the most out the slow, turning track that often surprised the batsmen with its awkward bounce.<br /><br />Vinay had the DY Patil openers Shoaib Shaikh and Gaurav Jathar in all sorts of trouble with his stump-to-stump bowling, while S Arvind kept things tight at the other end with his constant change of pace.<br /><br />Vinay was the first one to strike as he packed off Shaikh for 11 as the opener mis-read an inswinging delivery, only to see the stump do a cartwheel.<br /><br />Moments later Arvind had his name mentioned in the wickets column, thanks to a brilliant catch from Vinay in the covers. The lanky medium-pacer dismissed Jathar (2) as Kumar dived on to his right to latch on to what seemed to be a definite boundary.<br /><br />Later, spinners Shreyas Gopal and J Suchith struck in tandem to help their side make a comeback in the contest.<br /><br />Abdullah shines<br />Earlier, Iqbal Abdullah made the most of the spinning track to wrap up KSCA XI for 184. Though Suchith showed some resistance with a cautious 30 (104b, 2x4), there was no stopping the Mumbai left-arm spinner as he ended with the figures of 4/42.<br /><br />Brief score: KSCA XI: 184 all out (J Suchith 30; Swapnil Singh 3-63, Iqbal Abdullah 4-42) vs DY Patil Academy: 64/ 4 (Vikrant Auti 28 n.o.; Vinay Kumar 1-12, S Arvind 1-12, J Suchith 1-7, Shreyas Gopal 1-20).</div>
