RBNCC down Alva's

Sai Shiv Narayan slammed an unbeaten half-century while Shashank K produced an all-round show to help RBNCC, Mysuru, to a seven-run win over Alva’s Sports Club in the KSCA Special Tournament (knock-out) for Zonal Champions and top six teams of Group I, Division II here.

Narayan hit 81 not out and Shashank scored 59 as RBNCC scored 288/8 in 50 overs.
Shashank then sparkled with the ball too, grabbing 4/34 to help RBNCC skittle out Alva’s for 281 in 49.5 overs. Duke Kaveri’s 61 and Bharath Dhuri’s 70 went in vain for Alva’s.

In another match, Herons Cricket Club defeated SDMCA Dharwad by 54 runs.

Brief scores: RBNCC, Mysuru: 288/8 in 50 overs (Sharath BR 35, Yogesh R Gowda 26, Sai Shiv Narayan 81 n.o., Pranav Bhatia 37, Shashank K 59; Abhilash Shetty 2-50, Pavan Gokhale 5-47) bt Alva’s Sports Club: 281 all out in 49.5 overs (KC Cariappa 27, Duke Kaveri 61, Pavan Gokhale 43, Bharath Dhuri 70, Manoj M 33; Yodha Hruday 2-46, Shashank K 4-34, Darshan MB 2-57).

Herons Cricket Club: 288 all out in 49.1 overs (Akash S 35, Ayudh Sharma 81, Rohit Gowda 41, Prateek Bhandari 36; Basavaraj D 3-67, Ganesh A 2-47, Aksahy MM 4-56) bt SDMCA Dharwad: 234 all out in 46.2 overs (Parikshith D 31, Azeem G 91, Sagar M 34; Shubham 2-48, Bharath Kondajji 3-33, Dhanush 3-66).