JOIN USBangalore Zone seized the upper hand on day one of their match against Mangalore Zone in the under-19 KSCA inter-zonal tournament played at the Alur (3) ground here on Thursday.
Mangalore Zone were bundled out for a meagre 137 after Kushaal W (5/35) and Vyshak V (4/30) put in fine bowling efforts.
In response, Bangalore put up a dominant batting display, ending the day on 146/0 with both openers SM Rajkumar (56 not out) and Ankith Udupa (71 not out) looking assured at the crease.
Brief scores: Mangalore Zone: 137 all out in 57.5 overs (A Anirudh 60, Yash Kalsnavar 32; Vyshak V 4-30, Kushaal W 5-35) vs Bangalore Zone: 146/0 in 41 overs (SM Rajkumar 53 n.o., Ankith Udupa 71 n.o.).
Presidents’s XI: 234 all out in 88.4 overs (BR Sharath 27, Jayesh Babu 54, Rishi Bopanna 53, Santrupth Chandra 37 n.o.; Rajath Hegde 5-67, Akshay Bharadwaj 3-68, Utpal J Nadiger 2-31) vs Bangalore City: 46/2 in 16 overs.
Shimoga Zone: 273/6 in 90 overs (S Abhishek 43, DP Chandan 52, Niksheap K 33, CR Nikhilesh 63, MS Ajay 60 n.o.; N Raghavendra 2-78) vs Raichur Zone: 40/2 in 10.2 overs (AbhyudayaUpadhyay 2-24).
Dharwad Zone: 64 all out in 34.1 overs (K Shashank 2-12, Utham Aiyappa 2-23, S Chethan 4-11) vs Mysore Zone: 152/6 in 65 overs (SJ Nikin Jose 34, Kishan Bedare 46 n.o., Naveen Gadadinni 2-48, Vasanth Shapurkar 3-35).
Under-16 Group I, Division II tournament for KSCA Cup: Bethany High School: 195 all out in 46 overs (Palguna 51, Md Saif 43; Rajath 4-34, Chengappa 2-32) bt Army Public School: 50 all out in 22.3 overs (Adarsh P 2-9, Adarsh S 4-20, Rishab 2-12).
Mallya Aditi International School: 176 all out in 49.3 overs (Ishar 29, Jasper 25, Arnav 28, Aryan Joshi 37; Manoj RK 2-42, Chetan KK 4-23) bt Sri Venkateshwara Educational Trust: 147 all out in 42.1 overs (Manoveer 3-36, Ishar 3-25, Aryan Joshi 3-22).