Abhinav, Manjunath, Negi sparkle

An unbeaten double century from Abhinav Manohar and centuries for MK Manjunath and Dikshanshu Negi helped Swastic Union Cricket Club (2) to a facile innings and 38-run win over Jaidur Cricketers in their Dell-KSCA Group I, Division II tournament for the Sri MAT Acharya Shield here.

Batting first, Jaidur Cricketers were bundled out for 253. In reply to which SUCC piled on 444 for two in 57 overs. Manohar struck 201 runs (183 balls, 19x4, 8x6), while Manjunath scored 105 (84b, 16x4, 1x6) and Negi struck an unbeaten 119 (75 balls, 16x4, 2x6).

Faced with a daunting task, Jaidur fumbled as they were struck out for a mere 153 after SUCC’s Nouthosh ran through their line up with a six-wicket haul.

In another match, Jayanagar Colts drew their match with Jolly Cricketers. Batting first, Jolly were skittled out for 321 in 68.2 overs with Nishit Raj scoring a half-century (74) and Narasimha M claiming six wickets (6-83).

In reply, Jayanagar were bowled out for 446 in 90 overs accumulating a first innings lead of 125 runs. Bipin’s 133 and Yahtish Kumar’s 95 were the highlights as they pocketed three points and Jolly went home with one point.

Brief scores: Jaidur Cricketers: 253 all out in 73.2 overs (Shaik Laiquddin 47, Bhavesh Gulecha 47, Naveen Yadav 44; Pratik Jain 4-54) and 153 all out in 53 overs (Bhavesh Gulecha 32, Naveen 37; Nouthosh 6-31) lt to Swastic Union CC (2) : 444/2 in 57 overs (Abhinav Manohar 201 n.o., MK Manjunath 105, Dikshanshu Negi 119 n.o.). SUCC (2): 5 points; Jaidur Cricketers: -1 point.

Jolly Cricketers: 321 all out in 68.2 overs (Nishith Raj 74, Lakshmi Kanth L 38, Sufiyan Syed 44, Narasimha M 6-83) and 149/2 in 26 overs (Shrijith KL 49 n.o., Sufiyan Syed 54 n.o.) drew Jayanagar Colts: 446 all out in 90 overs (Bipin 133, Santhosh 46, Arjun SP 48, Yathish Kumar BR 95; Chethan 6-178). Jayanagar Colts: 3; Jolly Cricketers: 1.

Sri Jayachamarajendra CC: 109 all out in 36.2 overs and 181 all out in 43.3 overs (Raghavendra Prasad 51, Akash MA 36; Pawar VS 3-32) lt to Sir Syed Cricketers: 315/5 decl in 64 overs (Rakshith S 177, Abdul Nauman 58, Rohith 75; Raghvendra Prasad 5-48). Sir Syed Cricketers: 5; SJCC: -1.

Jupiter Cricketers Association: 134 all out in 33 overs (HS Bharath Prashanth 55; Koushik 4-39, CK Akshay 3-41) and 301 all out in 94.4 overs (Vyshak Vijayakumar 59 n.o., HS Bharath Prashanth 55, V Vishwanath 32, J Gautam 42; MG Naveen 3-34, CK Akshay 4-106) lt to Bangalore Cricketers: 366/5 decl in 43.4 overs (Naveen MG 50, SP Manjunath 136, CK Akshay 106) and 72/4 in 10.1 overs (M Prasidh 3-26). Bangalore Cricketers: 5; JCA: -1.

Friends Union CC (2): 289 all out in 82.2 overs (AS Srikrishna 55, Kunal N 59, S Dheeraj 118; Hoysala 3-46) and 66/2 in 12 overs (AS  Srikrishna 37 n.o.) drew Neptune Cricket Club: 260 all out in 69 overs (Raghavendra D 76, Dhansuh B 71; S Sufiyan 4-48,). FUCC (2): 3; Neptune CC: 1.

Young Lions Club: 261 all out in 55 overs (Nihsal F Shilar 43, Gopinath Saandra 95, Nazir Ali S 42,  Noel Jayaprakash 4-57) and 331/7 in 60 overs (Nihal F Shilar 69, Gopinath Saandra 52, Roshan 55 n.o., Manish Kumar 52 n.o.; Noel Jayaprakash 4-135, Daivik Vishwanath 3-74) drew Bangalore United CC (1): 380 all out in 66.4 overs (Nihal Ullal 105, Sharath Srinivas 127;  Giridhar V Koppikar 4-76). BUCC (1): 3; Young Lions: 1.