Occasionals clinch title

Kaunian's side log 32 points to top Group I, I Division

Bangalore Occasionals clinched the KSCA Group I, Division I League tournament for the Sir Mirza Ismail Shield after drawing their final game against Jawans Cricket Club.

Bangalore Occasionals, needing to take just an innings lead to secure the title, did just that to top the standings with 32 points after 11 games. Vultures Cricket Club, despite trouncing The Bangalore Cricketers by an innings and 40 runs, finished runners-up on 30 points.

Batting first, Bangalore Occasionals rode on Darshan Patil’s unbeaten 104 and half-centuries from Mir Kayan Abbas (69), Abdul Majid (73) and Mir Kaunain Abbas (90) to post 454/6 in 90 overs.

Pradeep T then grabbed (6/79) as they bowled out Jawans for 308 in 66 overs. Abhijit S slammed an even 100 for Jawans.

Brief scores: Bangalore Occasionals: 454/6 in 90 overs (Mir Kayan Abbas 69, Abdul Majid 73, Mir Kaunain Abbas 90, Darshan Patil 104 n.o., Avin­ash D 48 n.o.; Sandesh M 3-63, Devdutt Padikkal 2-53) drew with Ja­w­a­ns Cricket Club: 308 all out in 66 overs (Abhijit S 100, Bhavesh Gulechha 64; Pradeep T 6-79). Bangalore Occasionals: 3 points; Jawans CC: 1 point.

The Bangalore Cricketers: 289 all out in 72.3 overs (Akarsh  MA 46, Bharath D 55, Koushik V 111; Ronit More 3-51, J Suchith 3-82, Praveen Dubey 3-46) and 123 all out in 26.2 overs (Bharath D 30; Ruchir Joshi 2-25, Praveen Dubey 4-39) lt to Vultures Cricket Club: 452/1 decl in 60 overs (Sujith NG 205, Nithin Bhille 111, Shrijith KL 122 n.o.). Vultures CC: 5; The Bangalore Cricketers: -1.

Herons Cricket Club: 167 all out in 52.3 overs (Vineeth Manjunath 72, Lal Sachin 58; Zahoor Farooqui 2-15, KC Cariappa 5-40, Prithviraj 3-18) and 222/4 in 53 overs (Lal Sachin 71, Rohith Gowda 55, Arjun Hoysala A 42, Pradeep Gangadhar 29 n.o., Prithviraj 2-59) drew with Social Cricketers: 200 all out in 59.3 overs (Rohan Kadam 31, Dilshanshu Negi 96, Uttam Dutta 28, Prithviraj 29; Sharath HS 3-48, Bharath M Kondajji 2-53, Nithin Naidu 5-24). Social Cricketers: 3; Herons CC: 1.

Swastic Union Cricket Club (1): 329/9 in 90 overs (R Samarth 115, Saksham Kaul 71, Shreyas Gopal 38; Zeeshan Ali Sayyed 2-103, Ishfaq Nazer 6-70) drew with Bangalore United Cricket Club (1): 226 all out in 79.4 overs (Sharath Srinivas 80, Liyan Khan 33, Shishir Bhavane 35; Shashank K 2-25, Abrar Kazi 2-41, Shreyas N 2-20). Swastic Union CC (1): 3; Bangalore United CC (1): 1.

Friends Union Cricket Club (1): 431/7 in 90 overs (Shivkumar BU 102, Suneel Raju 115, Chiranjeevi GS 107 n.o., Rishi Bopanna SA 45, Shashishekhar 3-61) bt Swastic Union Cricket Club (2): 77 all out in 27.2 overs (Deepesh Poonia 5-36, Likhit Bannur 3-6) and 149 all out in 49 overs (KB Pawan 97; Likhit Bannur 6-67). Friends Union CC (1): 5; Swastic Union CC (2): -1.

Cambridge Cricket Club: 92 all out in 38.2 overs (Sharan Gouda 5-34, Aditya Somanna 3-31) and 146/2 in 33.5 overs (GM Rishab 52 n.o., Ashish Dhar 61) drew with Mount Joy Cricket Club: 304 all out in 76.2 overs (Sharath BR 33, Praveen 55, Kiran AM 27, Samarth Ooty 54, Aditya Somanna 83 n.o.; Muthanna CN 2-77, Abdul Patel 4-69). Mount Joy CC: 3; Cambridge CC: 1.