Shashikumar's effort goes in vain

Despite Shashikumar's valiant effort with the ball, Raichur Zone ended up with just one point after conceding the first innings lead in their drawn encounter against Tumkur Zone at the Aditya Global ground (1) in the KSCA inter-zonal under-16 cricket tournament here.

Batting first, Raichur rode on K Mallikarjun's 99, which was backed well by Vijaya Reddy's 59, to post 282 in 78.4 overs.

In reply, Tumkur scored 294/9 in 90 overs and took a 12-run lead. Adarsh MA (74) and Basavesh TG (47) did bulk of the scoring for them. Shashikumar starred with six-wickets for Raichur but could not prevent Tumkur from claiming three points.

Brief scores: At Aditya Global (1): Raichur Zone: 282 all out in 78.4 overs (Pavan Biradar 32, Vijaya Reddy 59, K Mallikarjun 99, Shashikumar 28; Shreyas Gowda GR 2-26) drew with Tumkur Zone: 294/9 in 90 overs (Adarsh MA 74, Shreyas Gowda GR 35, Basavesh TG 47, Abhishek HP 33, Shashikumar 6-105). Tumkur Zone: 3; Raichur Zone: 1.

At BGS: Bangalore Zone: 258/7 in 85 overs (Pavan BS 27, Smaran R 26, Gautam Dileep 62, Aneeshwar Gautam 45, Vishwas A 27 n.o., Vrushchik 3-61) drew with Shimoga Zone: 100 all out in 55.1 overs (Mohammed Hamza 31, Ayush 27 n.o.; Shreyas Sengupta 4-10, Aneeshwar Gautam 2-35, Prajwal Prakash 3-10) and 124/2 in 57 overs (Mohammed Hamza 69 n.o.; Prajwal Prakash 2-38). Bangalore Zone: 3; Shimoga Zone: 1

At RWF: President's XI: 280 all out in 82.2 overs (Vishwas CN 39, Bhuvan JP 36, Chinmay NA 39, Gautam Ajey Khanapuri 42, Kushal Gowda R 47; Aditya Mani 2-60, Smayan Srivastava 3-49, Mahantesh 2-51, Tejas Arun Kumar 3-60) and 187/6 in 39.4 overs (Jay Borah 87, Yash Vikas Nayak 51; Aditya Mani 2-38, Smayan Srivastava 2-49, Mahantesh 2-44) drew with Bangalore City XI: 241 all out in 87.1 overs (Lochan S Gowda 38, Akshan Rao 122 n.o., Vivek Seshadri 29; Paras Gurbax Arya 4-75, Shishir HR 2-39). President's XI: 3; Bangalore City XI: 1.