Dominant Baroda emerge winners

Cricket Thimmappaiah memorial : Jaydev, with figures 8/88, shines for the visitors

 A superb bowling performance from Jaydev Patel handed Baroda Cricket Association a convincing 85-run victory over KSCA President’s XI in the Dr (Capt) K Thimmappaiah memorial all-India invitational tournament at the RSI ground on Saturday.

Having to chase a daunting 409 for a win, President’s XI could only muster 323 all out in 72.1 overs. The star of the show for Baroda was Patel, who returned with figures of 8/88.

Sadiq Kirmani (73), Liyan Khan (51) and KC Cariappa (52) all notched up half-centuries but their knocks were not enough for the hosts to overhaul the target.

Baroda walked home with six points in their final Group D match.
Despite the win, Baroda failed to qualify for the semifinals as they finished level on points (10) with Vidarbha Cricket Association but the latter progressed by virtue of a better run-rate.

Vidarbha will face Group A toppers KSCA XI (13) at Alur 2 on August 9.
The other semifinal will see Mumbai Cricket Association, who took the top spot on the table in Group B with 10 points, take on Group C toppers Cricket Association of Bengal (10) at Alur 3 on the same date.

Defending champions Dr DY Patil Academy crashed out of the tournament.

Brief scores: At RSI: Baroda Cricket Association: 364 all out in 104.1 overs and 263/9 decl in 66.1 overs bt KSCA President’s XI: 219 all out in 62 overs and 323 all out in 72.1 overs (Liyan Khan 51 Sadiq Kirmani 73, Vyshak V 48, KC Cariappa 52; Jaydev Patel 8-88). Baroda Cricket Association: 6; KSCA President’s XI: 0 Point.

At Bangalore Green Sports Village: Orissa Cricket Association: 540 all out in 155.4 overs drew Tripura Cricket Association: 343 all out in 127.2 overs (Yashpal Singh 131, Gurinder Singh 75; Deepak Behera 2-35, Govind Poddar 3-55, Debabrata Pradan 2-88, Basant Mohanty 2-67) and 143/7 in 57 overs (Samrat Singh 39, Abhijeet Dey 36, Nirupam Sen Choudhury 35; Govind Poddar 5-39). Orissa Cricket Association: 3; Tripura Cricket Association: 1.

At Just Cricket: Dr DY Patil Cricket Academy: 336 all out in 96.3 overs and 192 all out in 62.3 overs (Vikrant Auti 59, Kevin Almieda 28, Iqbal Abdullah 36; Pavan Deshpande 4-34, Praveen Dubey 4-39) lt to KSCA Colts: 324 all out in 102.2 overs and 206/6 in 65.4 overs (Nikin Jose SJ 59 n.o., Pavan Deshpande 79, Arvind S 30; Iqbal Abdullah 2-57). KSCA Colts: 6; Dr DY Patil Cricket Academy: 0.

At Alur (1): Cricket Association Of Bengal: 402 all out in 131.2 overs and 225/7 decl in 34.3 overs (Manoj Tiwary 76, Pankaj Shaw 65; Sandeep S Warrier 2-26, Vinod Kumar 2-65, Akshay Chandran 3-56) bt Kerala Cricket Association: 266 all out in 105.1 overs and 128 all out in 56.1 overs (Vishnu Vinod 32, Rohan Prem 37; Amit Kuila 2-22, Aamir Gani 4-38, Pragyan Ojha 2-24). Cricket Association of Bengal: 6; Kerala Cricket Association: 0.

At BGS: Haryana Cricket Association: 341 all out in 101.4 overs and 187 all out in 67.4 overs(Rahul Dagar 39; Rajneesh Gurbani 2-66, Ravi Thakur 5-19) lt to Vidarabha Cricket Association: 272 all out in 102.4 overs and 269/7 (10 runs penalty) in 81.1 overs (Ganesh Satish 26, Apoorva Wankhade 35, Akshay Wadkar 30, Himanshu Joshi 57 n.o., Shrikant Wagh 49 n.o.; Sanjay Badhwar 4-44, Poonish Mehta 2-61). Vidarabha Cricket Association: 6; Haryana Cricket Association: 0.

At Aditya Global: Himachal Pradesh Cricket Associaiton: 337 all out in 91 overs and 223 all out in 51.4 overs lt to KSCA XI: 342 all out in 99 overs and 219/5 in 65 overs (Samarth R 34, Mayank Agarwal 47, CM Gautam 83 n.o.; Gurvinder Singh 2-65, Mayank Dagar 3-55). KSCA XI: 6; Himachal Pradesh Cricket Associaiton: 0.

In Mysuru: At JCE: Punjab Cricket Association: 246 all out in 78.5 overs and 364 all out in 106.5 overs drew Mumbai Cricket Association: 184 all out in 54.3 overs and 271/5 in 98 overs (Akhil Herwadkar 30, Swapnil Pradhan 37, Aditya Tare 47, Siddhesh Lad 80 n.o., Parikshith 38 n.o.; Shubek Gill 2-60, Arpit Pannu 2-59). Punjab Cricket Association: 3 points; Mumbai Cricket Association: 1 point.

At SDNRW: Gujarat Cricket Association: 600/3 decl in 180 overs drew Andhra Cricket Association: 535 all out in 161 overs (AG Pradeep 180, KV Sasikanth 66; Karan Patel 5-173, Manprit Juneja 2-29). Gujarat Cricket Association: 3; Andhra Cricket Association: 1.
Semifinal line-up (on August 9): KSCA XI vs Vidarbha Cricket Association; Mumbai Cricket Association vs Cricket Association of Bengal.