Merchants drub Elite Blues CC

Pratap, Prasanna sparkle with the ball

On a weekend when almost all matches were either called off or were curtailed by heavy showers, Merchants Cricket Club (2) managed to squeeze in a win before the rain could intervene against Elite Blues Cricket Club in the KSCA Group I, Division IV league-cum-knockout tournament for the Metro Shield here.

After posting a modest 171 all out in 39.1 overs, Merchants CC skittled Elite Blues for a sorry 53 in 18 overs. Pratap (5/23) and Prasanna (4/26) spelt the doom for Elite Blues. 

Brief scores: Merchants Cricket Club (2): 171 all out in 39.1 overs (Shabaz Pasha 25, Abbubakar 49 n.o.; Karthikeyan 2-28, Tirumalesh Babu 2-19, Dravid 2-29) bt Elite Blues Cricket Club: 53 all out in 18 overs (Pratap 5-23, Prasanna 4-26).

Whirlwind Cricketers: 236 all out in 49.2 overs (Mitesh Madan 50, Akash Deshpande 27, Aamey 71; Dhananjaya 4-45, Kiran 2-54, Bharath 3-26) lt to Chamrajpet Cricket Club: 194/5 in 36 overs (Prateek 31, Shashank 45, Bharat 37 n.o., Dhananjay 36 n.o.; Karthik 2-32, Vinay 2-39) (on better run rate as match was interrupted by heavy rain).

Century Cricketers: 310 all out in 46.1 overs (Ullas 28, Anbu 95, Kishore 65, Nazar 29; Vijay 3-52, Arjun 2-50, Daivik 2-38) bt Sri Jayachamarajendra Cricket Club: 80/8 in 26.3 overs (Gulshan 3-12, Samuels 2-14, Prithvi 2-21) (on better run rate as match was interrupted by rain).

Ace Cricketers: 212 all out in 49 overs (Vinay Kumar KN 30, Venkatesh P 54, Raghavendra R 56; Harish Kumar 3-25, Santosh S 2-38, Ajay 3-42) lt to Hoskote Cricket Club: 108/2 in 15.5 overs (Manu N 56 n.o., Madhu 30) (on better run rate as match was interrupted by rain).

City Gymkhana: 209 all out in 48.1 overs (Shekhar 71, Sandeep S 66; Vishwas 2-37, Darshan 2-32, Harivind 2-17, Karan M 3-38) lt to Crescent Cricket Club (1): 163/7 in 35.4 overs (Abhishek 53, Faraaz Abbas 27, Ashok 46; Satya Murthy 2-24, Sandeep S 4-29). (on better run rate as match was interrupted by rain).

Ranji Cricket Club: 127 all out in 40.2 overs (Subas 34, Aravind S 72; George 2-13, Rahul 5-25) vs Royal Cricket Club, Chintamani: 63/2 in 12.4 overs (Sandeep 35). Match called off due to rain.

Spartons Sports Club: 195 all out in 43.1 overs (Ranjith MS 80; Koushik 4-44, Skanda 2-29, Nandan 2-24) vs Yuvaka Sangha Cricket Club: 59/2 in 12.2 overs. (Match called off due to rain).

Minerva Cricket Club: 267 all out in 44.5 overs (Kishore Kumar TS 29, Abhilash 34, Chandra Prakash 34, Arun Kumar 51, Aries 74; Shubam 2-53, Vinay 3-20, Jaffar 4-80) vs Merchant Cricket Club (1): 75/0 in 11.4 overs (Shandar 38 n.o., Bharath K 28 n.o.) Match called off due to rain.

Malleswaram United Cricket Club: 251 all out in 49.4 overs (Shiv Nayak 100, Akshay 25; Aneez 2-45, Kishore 5-27, Madhu 2-42) vs Friends Cricket Club: 53/2 in 12.2 overs. (Match called off due to rain).

Visweswarapuram Cricket Club (2): 226 all out in 48.5 overs (Nitin B Minu 47, Syed Nooruddin 61, Sankruth Sairam 28 n.o.; Abdul Fareed 2-30, Ramesh P 4-35) vs Shanthinagar Cricket Club: 51/3 in 18 overs. (Match called off due to heavy rain).

Indiranagar Cricketers: 227 all out in 50 overs (Karthikeyan 91, Vivek Kumar 39; Rohit S 3-48, Nikhil Shivaprasad 2-39, Deepak 2-20) bt Vikram Cricket Club: 113/5 in 30 overs (Akash 26, Deepak 39 n.o.; Ambreesh Singh 2-17, Bhargav 2-25). (on better run rate as match was interrupted due to heavy rain).

Freelancers Cricket Club: 142 all out in 50 overs (Manoj T 27, Deepak DJ 44 n.o.; Piyush 3-25, Vivek 2-27, Swapnil 3-31) lt to RV College of Engineering: 103/2 in 27.2 overs (Anjani 45 n.o., Vinay 27 n.o.).  (Target revised after rain interruption).

Young Pioneer Cricket Club: 191 all out in 49.4 overs (Swamy 33, Aman 28, Rakesh 61; V Gowda 2-40, Bharath Reddy 3-45) lt to Friends Cricket Team: 192/3 in 35.4 overs (Mayank Rana 89, Shaharbanna Nayak 55; Rakesh 2-3).