City XI finished Wednesday’s day one of the two-day contest on 338 for nine from their 90 overs, on the back of Raj’s 73 (110b, 10x4) and a patient innings-high 82 (145b, 7x4) from Sudarshan. Md Akbar was the most successful bowler for Raichur with figures of three for 73, while there were two wickets each for Girish Kuntoji, Prashant Salunke and Md Yusuf.
In the other match, Tumkur Zone were dismissed for 265 by Shimoga Zone, who replied with 18 for one when stumps were drawn. Several of the Tumkur batsmen got off to starts but no one kicked on, the highest score being M Jayesh’s 49.
Brief scores: Bangalore City XI: 338/9 in 90 overs (Prithvi Raj 73, Abhith Sudarshan 82, Sahil Saleem 32, Roshan VG 54, Muthuraman 27 n.o., Subhas 36; Md Akbar 3-73, Girish Kuntoji 2-29, Prashant Salunke 2-79, Md Yusuf 2-89) vs Raichur Zone.
Tumkur Zone: 265 all out in 79.3 overs (Sharath YS 32, Sunil U 26, Jayesh M 49, Nikith S 29, Amoghvarsha NR 43, Suresh M Karan 25; Amith Kumar Dandeg 2-77, Sajjad Ali 3-33, Bhavesh P Jain 2-61) vs Shimoga Zone: 18/1 in 8 overs.
