Secretary's XI to take on Dharwad Zone in title clash

 Secretary’s XI crushed Bangalore Zone by an innings and 98 runs in their last league match to set up a summit clash with Dharwad Zone in the KSCA under-14 inter-zonal tournament here.

Dharwad scraped to a first innings lead against Vice-President’s XI. Chasing VP XI’s 211 all out, Dharwad laboured to 215 for nine to gain crucial three points.

The highlight of the last leg of matches, however, was the nine-wicket haul by Mysore Zone’s Lankesh. The youngster claimed 9 for 61 to help his team take innings honours against Mangalore Zone.

The final will be played on Friday and Saturday at the AMC Engineering College Ground.
Brief scores: Combined City XI: 309 all out in 85.4 overs (Akshan Rao 114, Yashwant BN 43, Sai Samarth 23, Smaran 59; Suman Mali Patil 2-46, Madhav Bajaj 3-83, Vineet C 2-26) and 87/1 decl in 21 overs (Akshan Rao 39 n.o., Yashwant BN 30 n.o.) drew Raichur Zone: 198 all out in 74.2 overs (Suman Mali Patil 34, Thippa Reddy 47; Kushal Gowda 2-40, Smaran 3-35, Tejas Aangadi 3-38)  and 71/4 in 15 overs (Suman Mali Patil 39; Tejas Aangadi 2-21). Combined City XI: 3 points; Raichur Zone: 1 point.

Secretary’s XI: 300 all out in 66.2 overs (Prithvi Sadanand 152, Adithya NG 28, Manoveer 44; Suvir W 3-61, Amogh 6-89) bt Bangalore Zone: 87 all out in 59.3 overs (Bharghav S 4-17, Vishruth 3-20) and 115 all out in 62.3 overs (Prithvi 31, Nitesh Gowda 38; Adithya S 6-31, Bhargav S 2-21). Secretary XI: 5; Bangalore Zone: -1.

Vice President’s XI: 211 all out in 87.2 overs (Rahul Kulkarni 40, Swaroop SH 64; Dnyanesh Hogekar 3-50, Veeranna Ayatti 2-43) and 68/3 in 27 overs (Dnyanesh Hogekar 2-13) drew Dharwad Zone: 215/9 in 90 overs (Akhilesh Vernekar 43, Chirag Naik 45, Omkar Vernekar 39, Dnyanesh Hogekar 27; Priyal Singh 5-100, Shishir HR 3-62). Dharwad Zone: 3; Vice President’s XI: 1.

President’s XI: 170 all out in 73 overs (Yash 30, Hemankith R 28, Anirudh 29; Rishabh DA 2-23, Shamanth SM 5-42) and 204/4 decl. in 51.4 overs (Hemankith R 85, Gautam Dileep 80; Shamanth SM 4-61) drew Shimoga Zone: 155 all out in 59.1 overs (Shravan S Babu 43, Shamanth SM 34; Sanket SB 4-46, Sanket S Prabhu 5-59) and 109/6 in 27 overs (Vasu 29, Md. Hamza 29, Rishabh DA 30; Anirudh 3-20, Sanket S Prabhu 2-31). President’s XI: 3; Shimoga Zone: 1.

Mangalore Zone: 149 all out in 66.4 overs (Azaan Thota 25, Ken S Pinto 52 n.o., Tushar Bangera 30; Lankesh 9-61) and 119/4 in 63 overs (Raveend S 36, Azaan Thota 58 n.o.) drew Mysore Zone: 183 all out in 59.4 overs (Kruthik Krishna 33, Lankesh 48; Raveend S 3-39, Shreepad 4-36). Mysore Zone: 3; Mangalore Zone: 1.

Tumkur Zone: 174 all out in 82.4 overs (Sumanth N 33, Chiranjeevi T 43; Sagar A 5-32, Sanjay K 5-40) and 108 all out in 38.2 overs (Rishil Reddy 44, Chiranjeevi T 29; Sanjay V 6-38, Sagar A 2-28) drew Bangalore City: 109 all out in 56.1 overs (Vashisht R 33; Poojith U Karadi 6-29, Akhil 2-20) and 72/9 in 41 overs (Sumanth N 4-9, Samarth R 2-15, Akhil 2-19). Tumkur Zone: 3; Bangalore City: 1.