JOIN USSambhaji scored an unbeaten ton to propel HAL Sports Club to a convincing 131-run victory over EPF Recreation Club in a KSCA Group II, Division II match here.
HAL batted first and posted 261 for five in 30 overs, thanks to Sambhaji’s innings of 102 not out and a handy contribution of 74 from Santosh.
Having to go at close to nine runs per over during their chase, EPF never looked up to the task and could only manage to score 130 all out in 29.5 overs.
Bhaskar was wrecker-in-chief for HAL, finishing with figures of 4/14 to cap off a fine win.
Brief scores: HAL Sports Club: 261/5 in 30 overs (Sambhaji 102 n.o., Santhosh 74, Dilip Kumar 28 n.o.; Vishwanath 2-46, Dhanush S 3-44) bt EPF Recreation Club: 130 all out in 29.5 overs (Rathan Thosh 34; Manjunath 2-33, Bhaskar J 4-14).
BBMP Sports Club: 105 all out in 26.3 overs (Dhananjaya B 37; Manju N 2-7, Guruprasad KL 2-20, Kiran M 4-25) lt to KPTCL Sports Organisation: 108/3 in 15.1 overs (S Rajashekar 43; Naveen 2-18).
BDSA (SWRLY), Bangalore: 182/6 in 30 overs (Vishes Yadav 33, Gurunag 67 n.o., Srinivas SH 34; Kashyap VG 2-23, Suresh Shanbal 2-36) lt to State Bank of India: 186/6 in 27.3 overs (Ashish G 62; Kodanda Ramdu 3-48).
Hutti Gold Mines Cricket Club, Hutti: 159 all out in 28 overs (Kariyappa 45, Apsar Pasha 33; Shashank 2-15, Madhusudan Rao 2-20, Srihari 2-35, Madhusudan V 2-13) lt to DELL Cricket Club: 164/5 in 24 overs (Madhusudan Rao 57, Girish KL 44; Apsar Pasha 2-39, Kariyappa 2-19).
CIL Sports Club: 63 all out in 18 overs (Vishnu Chaithanya 3-30, Mahesh Babu H 2-12, Ryan Jones 3-8, Shoheb Pasha 2-7) lt to Bangalore Telephones Cricket Club: 64/4 in 12.1 overs (Sridhar 2-28, Devraj V 2-32).
NAL Staff Club: 155 all out in 27.1 overs (Venu 30, Sumedh 35; Varun Mahendra 3-28, Praveen Kumar M 2-27) bt Triton Sports Club, Mysore: 136 all out in 29.4 overs (Yogesh R Gowda 47, Praveen Kumar M 32; Varun 2-30, Raghavendra 2-26, Mehboob C 3-16, Yuvraj M 3-17).
Mysore Paper Mills, Bhadravathi: 187 all out in 30 overs (Ravi Kumar 36, Ashok 62 n.o.; Naveen 2-31, Nanda Kishore 2-16) lt to ITC Sports Club: 188/6 in 29.3 overs (Tushar Singh 35, Aman Raj 76 n.o., Ashok 2-36).