Saishiv stars for Swastic

A brilliant bowling effort from Saishiv gave Swastic Union Cricket Club a comprehensive seven-wicket win over Rajajinagar Cricketers in the KSCA Group I, Division I, II, III under-19 inter-club tournament here.

Vrushab Kumar, with an unbeaten 49, scored the bulk of the runs for Rajajinagar as they went on to post 83 for eight in 23 overs. Saishiv was wrecker-in-chief for Swastic Union returning with figures of six for three. Having to chase a paltry 84 in 23 overs, Swatic Union breezed to the target in just 10.5 overs, losing three wickets in the process. 

Brief scores: Rajajinagar Cricketers: 83/8 in 23 overs (Vrushab Kumar 49 n.o.; Saishiv 6-3) lt to Swastic Union Cricket Club (2): 84/3 in 10.5 overs (Devdutt B Padikkal 48) (Start of the match was delayed due to wet ground condition).

Young Lions Cricket Club: 215 all out in 43.2 overs (Abhinav Kaushik 57, Vikshay Ronald 26; Nitin 2-30, Prateek 4-36, Amogh 2-48) bt Swastic Union Cricket Club (1): 154 all out in 35 overs (Maaz Khan 27, Yogesh 63; Aman Khan 4-34, Vikshay Ronald 2-42, Kushal P 2-21).

Bangalore United Cricket Club (1): 185/5 in 34 overs (Dheeraj M 63 n.o.; Vikram 2-38, Madhu Prasad 2-16) bt Sir Syed Cricketers: 124 for 8 in 34 overs (Karan CH 27, Madhu Prasad 31 n.o.; Anirudh A 4-20, Mac D Souza 2-22) (Start of the match was delayed by overnight rains and water logging in the ground).

Jupiter CA: 108/9 in 27 overs (Faraz 28; Yuvraj 2-25, Nanda Kumar 2-11, B Ruthuraj 4-20) lt to Bangalore Sports Club: 112/5 in 18.5 overs (Dhaksh 36; Kishan 2-15, Arun 3-15) (Start of the match was delayed due to wet outfield).

Standard CC: 219 all out in 46.4 overs (Gokul Venkatesh 27, Bharath S 85, Dhanush 35; Shashank A 4-48, Praveen Raju 3-33) bt Cavaliers CC: 136 all out in 40 overs (Akhilesh S 29; Kunal SG 5-33).

Chintamani Sports Association, Chintamani: 143/9 in 30 overs (Anas Shake 40, Arvind Surya 29, Chandan Reddy 30; Gautham Sagar 3-22, Karan Monappa 3-26) bt Malleswaram Gymkhana: 120/9 in 30 overs (Tushar Singh 32, Vikas Doddamani 53; Jaffer Ali 4-25, Namith Gupta 2-20) (Start of the match was delayed due to wet condition).

Century Cricketers: 132 all out in 34.1 overs (Avinash Desai 39; Manoj Kumar 3-24, Dasarth B 4-25, Rahul Gowda 2-28) lt to Mount Joy Cricket Club: 134/8 in 30 overs (Manoj Kumar 26, Ajay HS 45; Naresh 2-30, Avinash Desai 2-11, Shalok 2-10).

Hammonds CC: 165 all out in 44.1 overs (Solomon Raj 37, Bhuvan 44; Sudhir 3-24, Deepak 2-15, Rohith 2-34) lt to Bangalore Occasionals: 166 for no loss in 30.5 overs (Skanda 78 n.o., Deepak 80 n.o.).

Jawahar Sports Club (2): 95 all out in 20.4 overs (Anirudh V 34; Rishab 3-21) bt Herons Cricket Club: 80 all out in 21 overs (Aaryan 30; Sawan 2-18, Anirudh K 2-17, Rohith 2-14, Ankith 2-23).