Swastic Union Cricket Club (2) clinch MAT Acharya Shield

Swastic Union Cricket Club (2) emerged champions in the KSCA Group I, II Division League after drawing their final game of the season against Jawahar Sports Club (2) here.

A blazing century by Arshdeep Brar and a ten-wicket match haul by Vinu Prasad featured in Swastic’s showing as they clinched the M A T Acharya Shield. Swastic and Bangalore United CC (1) completed their league assignements tied on 30 points but the former were declared champion on virtue of scoring one extra outright win.

Brief scores: Swastic Union Cricket Club (2): 396/9 decl in 68 overs (Karthik CA 43, Arshdeep Brar 139, Ashish Dhar 65, Devdutt 58, Daivik Vishwanath 5/110, Punith S 2/156) drew with Jawahar Sports Club (2): 127 all out in 50.2 overs (Aslam 30, CB Karthik 39, Arshdeep Brar 5/58, Vinu Prasad 5/43) and 298/7 in 100 overs (Jayesh Babu 169, Punith 39, Vinu Prasad 5/ 95). Swastic Union Cricket Club (2): 3 points, Jawahar Sports Club (2): 1 point.

Bangalore United Cricket Club (1): 116 all out in 36.2 overs (Murali Krishna Yadav 25, Shameek Kolambkar 25, Pandu N 5/23, Prajwal P 3/53, Dhemmanth Raj 2/24) and 72/ 2 in 34 overs (Divyang Jain 34) drew with Rajajinagar Cricketers: 216 all out in 68.5 overs (Nadeem Khan 47, Apratim 88, Darshan Machaiah 5/74, Puneeth 3/43). Rajajinagar Cricketers: 3 points, Bangalore United CC (1): 1 point.

Young Lions Club: 423 all out in 88.5 overs (Sounak Biswas 105, Aditya Reddy 30, Shivam Mishra 74, Aditya H N 51, Shivaraj 61, D Santosh Kumar 38, Shashank K Narayanan 2/97, Kaushik Udupa 4/96) drew with Sir Syed Cricketers: 130/ 3 in 27.2 overs (Akshay Sreenidhi 70, Kaushik Udupa 40 n.o). Young Lions Club: 2; Sir Syed Cricketers: 2.

Jupiter Cricketers Association: 97 all out in 29.3 overs (Vijay Kumar 26, Ruchir Joshi 5/34, Kushal W 3/37) and 222 all out in 44.5 overs (Vijay Kumar 50, Sri Hari 57 n.o, Bharath Kumar 29, Ruchir Joshi 3/33, Kushal W 3/88, Abhishek A 4/82) drew with Jolly Cricketers: 217 all out in 68.2 overs (Luvnith Sisodia 40, Anchit Aiyappa 52, Mohith BA 23, Abhishek A 29, Magizhendan 4/64, Mithun 4/20) and 25/ 2 in 8 overs. Jolly Cricketers: 3; Jupiter CA:1.

Modern Cricket Club: 436/9 decl in 84.5 overs (Mohit Sharma 141, Ankit Udupa 26, Kuldeep Kumar 44, Bhavesh Gulechha 70, Harshith Choraria 89, Vrijesh NG 5/142, Harsha BM 2/22) bt Dooravani Cricketers (1): 189 all out in 38.2 overs (Arjun KY 28, Vrijesh NG 38, Yatish Kumar BR 50, Sahban Khan 4/54, Sachin NS 3/38) and 71 all out in 20 overs (Keerthi 33, Gnan Akash 3/9, Sahban Khan 4/31) by and innings and 176 runs. Modern CC: 5 points, Dooravani Cricketers (1): 1 point.

Jayanagar Colts: 269 all out in 80.4 overs (Tanu B 125, Pradeep Gangadhar 82, Adarsh HS 5/55, Balasubramaya 3/22) drew with Neptune Cricket Club: 240 all out in 81.3 overs (Sumanth Bharadwaj 34, Vijaykumar HR 41, Akshay V Angadi 58, Adarsh HS 72, Rakesh B 6/65). Jayanagar Colts: 3 points and Neptune Cricket Club: 1.