KSCA XI produced a brilliant bowling performance to trounce Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association by an innings and 152 runs in the K Dr (Capt) K Thimmappiah Memorial tournament at the Just Cricket ground here on Sunday.
Resuming from 66/5, trailing KSCA XI by 488 runs, Himachal were skittled out for 166 in 46.4 overs. Shreyas Gopal led the charge with figures of four for 72 while right-arm pacer Ronit More bagged three for 45.
Asked to follow on, Himachal batsmen struggled once again and were skittled out for 226. The spin combo of J Suchith (5/90) and K Gowtham (4/69) did the damage to help the hosts bag seven points.
In another tie, KSCA President’s XI drubbed Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association by nine wickets.
Brief scores: At Just Cricket: KSCA XI: 554 all out in 159.5 overs bt Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association: (O/n: 66/5): 166 all out in 46.4 overs (Ankit Kaushik 55 n.o., Ankush Bedi 31; Ronit More 3-45, Prasidh M 2-22, Shreyas Gopal 4-72) and 226 all out in 46.2 overs (Priyanshu Khanduri 33, Prashant Chopra 45, Arjun Sharma 27 n.o., Pankaj Jaswal 66; J Suchith 5-90, Gowtham K 4-69)
KSCA XI: 7 points and Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association: 0 point
At Alur (1): KSCA President’s XI: 311 all out in 100.2 overs and 27/1 in 7.5 overs bt Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association: 130 all out in 44.2 overs and 207 all out in 74.4 overs (Anshul Tripathi 79; Pradeep T 2-27, Mitrakant Singh Yadav 3-54, Ritesh Bhatkal 4-63) by 9 wickets.
KSCA President’s XI: 6 Points and Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association: 0 Point
At KSCA: KSCA Colts: 435 all out in 139 overs and 4 for no loss in three overs vs Dr DY Patil Cricket Academy: 381 all out in 123.3 overs (Shoaib Shaikh 61, Shubham Ranjane 170 (314 balls 20 X 4, 6 X 6), Yogesh Takwale 62, Swapnil Singh 31; Vyshak V 4-129, KC Cariappa 3-67).
At Alur (2): Cricket Association of Bengal: 325 all out in 93.4 overs and 2nd Innings: 364/7 decl in 81.3 overs (Kousik Ghosh 148, Abhimayu Easwaran 99, Agniv Pan 44, Writtick Chatterjee 34; Sunny Gupta 5-74, Sonu Kumar Singh 2-136) vs Jharkhand State Cricket Association: 274 all out in 76.2 overs and: 41 for no loss in 11 overs.
At IAF: Assam Cricket Association: 368 all out in 123.2 overs and 55/1 in 17 overs (Pritam Debnath 25 n.o.) vs Tripura Cricket Association: 335 all out in 112.4 overs (Rajesh Banik 108, Yashpal Singh 85, Ninad Kadam 35, Abhijit Sarkar 27; Arup Das 3-90, Sarupam Purkayastha 3-65).
At BGS: Haryana Cricket Association: 244 all out in 93 overs and 119/6 in 28 overs (Shivam Chauhan 31; B Ayyappa 3-29, I Karthik Raman 2-36) vs Andhra Cricket Association: 401 all out in 140.4 overs (Ricky Bhui 105, Shoib Mohd Khan 44; Arun Bamal 4-130, Amit Rana 3-87).
At SDNRW: Punjab Cricket Association: 311 all out in 91.2 overs and 324 for 8 decl. in 84 overs [Gitansh Khera 51, Gurkeeret Mann 45, Nikhil Chaudhary 23, Arush Sabharwal 55*, Arpit Pannu 47, Vijay Gohil 5/102, Sashank Atharde 2/92) vs Mumbai Cricket Association: 158 all out in 59.1 overs and 132/4 in 33 overs (Jay Bista 54; Gurkeeret Mann 2-53).
At SJCE: Gujarat Cricket Association: 311 all out in 110.1 overs and 181 all out in 60.5 overs (Manprit Juneja 26, Chirag Gandhi 40, Chintan Gaja 34; Sandeep S Warrier 4-59, Md Nidheesh 3-43) vs Kerala Cricket Association: 284 all out in 82.2 overs (Md Azharuddin 141; Chintan Gaja 4-52, Aashav Panchal 4-55).