Unbeaten centuries from KB Pawan and Aiyappa CR and an eight -wicket haul for the match from Mitrakant Singh Yadav helped Swastic Union Cricket Club (2) clinch three points from their drawn encounter against Cambridge Cricket Club in the KSCA Group I, Division I league cricket tournament for the Sir Mirza Ismail shield here.

Cambridge CC batted first and, on the back of GM Rishab’s 76, posted 190 in 74.3 overs, with Mitrakant causing most of the damage with figures of 6/59 for Swastic Union.

In reply, Pawan and Aiyappa came to the fore, slamming 165 not out and 104 not out respectively as Swastic Union declared on 308/2 in 74 overs, taking a lead of 118 runs in the process. Cambridge were on 72/3 in 33 overs in their second innings when the match ended in a draw.

Mitrakant struck again as he picked up two wickets (2/27) for Swastic Union.
Based on the first innings lead, Swastic Union were given three points.
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Brief scores: Cambridge Cricket Club: 190 all out in 74.3 overs (GM Rishab 76; Mitrakant Singh Yadav 6-59) and 72/3 in 33 overs (Mitrakant Singh Yadav 2-27) drew with Swastic Union Cricket Club (2): 308/2 decl. in 74 overs (KB Pawan 165 n.o., Karthik CA 22, Aiyappa CR 104 n.o.). Swastic Union Cricket Club (2): 3 points; Cambridge Cricket Club: 1 point.

Mount Joy Cricket Club: 117 all out in 49.2 overs (Nischal D 26; Pradeep T 3-36, Anand 3-31, Avinash D 2-10) and 246 all out in 64.3 overs (Praveen 31, Kiran AM 51, Deepak Chougule 50, Manjesh Reddy NV 45; Pradeep T 2-30, Anand 2-60, Prashanth S 2-48, Naga Bharath 2-30) lt to Bangalore Occasionals: 338/6 decl. in 72.1 overs (Jeswanth Acharya 59, Mir Kayan Abbas 54, Naga Bharath 83, Abdul Majid 94; Anil IG 2-96, Rishabh Singh 2-73) and 28 for no loss in 3.5 overs. Bangalore Occasionals: 5; Mount Joy CC: -1.

Vultures Cricket Club: 148 all out in 36.5 overs (Anirudha A Joshi 31, Abhimanyu Mithun 28; Harish Kumar R 2-37, Samarth R 2-10) and 228/5 in 50.1 overs (Shrijith KL 29, Pavan Deshpande 38, Anirudha A Joshi 83; SL Akshay 2-26) drew with Swastic Union Cricket Club (1): 235 all out in 55.5 overs (Samarth R 28, Akshay Kodoth 31, KV Siddharth 123; Abhimanyu Mithun 2-27, Anirudha A Joshi 4-69, Pavan Deshpande 2-23). Swastic Union Cricket Club (1): 3; Vultures Cricket Club: 1.

Friends Union Cricket Club (1): 322 all out in 72.4 overs (Sri Krishna 50, Kunal Kapoor 82, Chiranjeevi GS 47, Akhil B 49; Sharath HS 2-76, Prathap 4-92, Bharath M Kondajji 3-45) and 78/1 in 18 overs (Rishi Bopanna 27, Chiranjeevi GS 27 n.o.) drew with Herons Cricket Club: 245 all out in 61.3 overs (Arjun Hoysala A 92, Lal Sachin 53, Vineeth Manjunath 29; Naveen B 6-58, Likhit Bannur 2-19). Friends Union Cricket Club (1): 3; Herons Cricket Club: 1.

The Bangalore Cricketers: 226 all out in 75.1 overs (Sanjit G Shankar 83, Fahad VK 38, Deepak Gowda 32 n.o., Darshan MB 29; Zahoor Faroqui 2-19, Ritesh Bhatkal 2-57, Dikshanshu Negi 5-34) and 51/1 in 9.5 overs (Sanjit G Shankar 30) drew with Social Cricketers: 298 all out in 77 overs (Dikshanshu 43, Rakshith S 40, Kishore Kamath 93, Prithvi Raj 43, Uttam Dutta 36; Bharath D 2-38, Thimmaiah KB 2-40, S Sufiyan 2-18). Social Cricketers: 3; The Bangalore Cricketers: 1.

Bangalore United Cricket Club (1): 167 all out in 58.3 overs (Sharath Srinivas 35, Shivam Mishra 51, Raunak Shah 41; Prateek Jain 4-24, Bhavesh Gulechha 3-19) and 186/2 in 57.5 overs (Prithvi Varadaraajan 94, Shishir Bhavane 31, Liyan Khan 58 n.o.) drew with Jawans Cricket Club: 216 all out in 75.2 overs (Milind Ramesh 58, Dinesh Borwankar 45, Mohammed Azeem M 29; Darshan Machaiah BP 3-40, Ishfaq Nazer 2-54, Raunak Shah 4-51). Jawans Cricket Club: 3; Bangalore United Cricket Club (1): 1.