Sulaiman and Neel R wreaked havoc with the ball as Bangalore United Cricket Club (2) recorded a massive 174-run victory over Friends Cricket Club in the KSCA Group I, Division V league-cum-knockout cricket tournament for the JB Mallaradhya Shield here. 

Batting first, Banglore United CC (2) built on Vikar Ahmed’s (56) half-century and Neel R’s unbeaten 43 runs, which was backed well by Nitesh Reddy (36) to post a total of 212 runs in 42 overs. Nirbhay was the pick of bowlers for Friends CC as he claimed seven-wickets while giving away 43 runs.

In response, Friends CC were bundled out for a meagre 38 runs in 24 overs, with Sulaiman and Neel R doing the damage, with figures 5/15 and 4/2 respectively, for Bangalore United CC (2).

Brief scores: Bangalore United Cricket Club (2): 212 all out in 42 overs (Nitesh Reddy 36, Vikar Ahmed 56, Neel R 43 n.o.; Nirbhay 7-43) bt Friends Cricket Club: 38 all out in 24 overs (Sulaiman 5-15, Neel R 4-2).

Modern Cricket Club: 212 all out in 49.2 overs (Abhishek 51, Kishore 30, Uma Shankar 32; Amith 2-22, Anirudh 2-39, Ravi Kumar 2-20) lt to Sapphire Cricket Club: 213/8 in 47.4 overs (Ankush 50, Deepak 51, Sanjay 40, Harshith Raj G 29; Abhishek 4-55).

South End Sports Club: 202 all out in 46 overs (Rohan 60, Manjunath 46, Sanjay 51; Moin 3-42, Sachin 3-44) bt MES College: 149 all out in 33.4 overs (Deepak 32, Arjun Murali 32; Sawan 2-36, Nithin 3-42, Sanjay 4-28).

Sparklers Cricket Club: 203 all out in 41.4 overs (Abhishek 52, Vikshay 61; Subbu 3-44, Dheeraj 2-19, Md Roman 2-15) lt to Bangalore Dynamos: 207/6 in 43.4 overs (Yatish J 110 n.o., Suraj Vijay 33; Abhishek 2-52).

St. Joseph’s College: 156 all out in 37 overs (Santosh Kodagi 52; Satish 2-28, Ravi Thakur 4-28) lt to Young Cricketers (2): 157/6 in 37.3 overs (Ravi Thakur 41, Mohit 40, Vinay 31 n.o.).

YMCA (1): 227 all out in 42.2 overs (Pratik 28,Avin Jose 87; Sandeep 2-25, Aditya 3-42, Manoj 3-41) bt Zodiac Cricket Club: 158 all out in 39.1 overs (Aditya 25, Anand 35, Sai Krishna 33; Irfan 3-21).

Lions Cricket Club: 293 all out in 47.5 overs (Srinivas 62, Nagarjun 35, Harish 50, Shyam Kumar 60, Vikrant 28; Moses 2-42, Santosh 2-75) bt Gandhinagar Cricketers: 174 all out in 31.1 overs (Moses 51, Sujoy 3-19, Ravi Chander 4-31, Shyam Kumar 3-46).

Anglo Youth Cricket Club: 243 all out in 45.1 overs (Kevin 84, Joshua Issac 79; Amog 4-23, Rahul 5-58) lt to Eminent Cricketers: 244/4 in 44.4 overs (Rohan 119, Prem 67 n.o.; Ninad 2-51).

United Cricket Club: 94 all out in 40.5 overs (Shashwath Gowda 3-19, Rishab Mavin Kurve 2-27, Vipin Pai 4-17) lt to Canara Union Cricket Club: 97 all out in 12.3 overs (Somnath Misra 45 n.o., Prabhu Raj 39 n.o.).