Young Cricketers ride on batsmen's exploits

Five half-centuries guided Young Cricketers (1) to a facile 111-run win over Chamarajpet Cricket Club in their KSCA Group I, Divison IV league tournament for the Metro Shield.

Batting first, Young Cricketers rode on half-centuries from Sanath (53), Praveera (74), Srinivas Raju (61), Balaji (50) and Vasanth (83) to post a daunting 295 for nine in 50 overs.

In response, Chamarajpet’s batsmen -- Akshay (55) and Hariharan (51) -- put up a semblance of a fight but the target was too far-fetched as a result of lack of contribution from elsewhere as they were bundled out for 184 in 28.5 overs with Bharath picking up four wickets for Young Cricketers.

In another match, Friends Cricket Team defeated Vikram Cricket Club by five wickets.
Brief scores: Young Cricketers (1): 295/9 in 50 overs (Sanath 53, Praveera 74, Srinivas Raju 61, Balaji 50, Vasanth 83; Akshay 4-65, Arun 3-49) bt Chamarajpet Cricket Club: 184 all out in 28.5 overs (Akshay 55, Hariharan 51; Shivakumar 2-34, Bharath 4-44).

Vikram Cricket Club: 150 all out in 38 overs (Benedict 39, Deepak Reddy 42; Vishwa 2-17, Anand R 3-25, Afsal 3-18) lt to Friends Cricket Team: 153/5 in 39.4 overs (Sanjay 34, Afzal Khan 25, Vishwanath 51 n.o.).

ACE Cricketers: 256/7 in 50 overs (Prashanth 32, Afsar 41, Yash Kothari 45, Bimal 29, Rajvadan BS 31; Sanath Nayak 2-47) bt Young Challenging Cricketers: 227 all out in 48.1 overs (Vikram 32, Vinay MS 32, Utpal Nadigar 32; Vignesh 2-45, Devraj 2-33, Kushal 2-37).
National United Cricket Club: 189 all out in 36.1 overs (Sandesh KS 83, Dhekar 37; Arjun 4-36, Vinay 3-73) bt Visweswarampuram Cricket Club (2): 155 all out in 40 overs (Sunny 33, Adithya 26, Joseph Anaapalli 26; Shekar 6-38, Harish 2-24).

Sirurpark Sports Club: 231 all out in 45.3 overs (Kiran KG 80, Anish John 26, Uttam Datta 39; Abhijit 2-31, Rajeev HR 2-30, Abhishek Alawat 3-47) lt to Whirlwind Cricketers: 233/6 in 41.4 overs (Vinay 50, Mohit 54, Arun Swamy 38, Abhishek K 35 n.o.; Sunil BR 2-34, Anish John 2-21, Curus 2-52).

Unique Cricket Club: 115 all out in 30 overs (Sanjay 30, Harsha 41; Raghu 2-34, Sagar 3-30, Harish 2-18, Naveen 2-6) lt to Sangam Cricket Association: 117/3 in 23.5 overs (Lakshmi S 64 n.o.).

Deccan United Cricket Club: 171 all out in 36.3 overs (B Murali 41, N Sunil 25; Prakhar Sharma 2-23, Vrijesh NG 6-24) bt Vivekanagar Cricketers: 126 all out in 20.4 overs (Raghavendra Kulal 64; B Murali 2-11, GK Dakshan 4-37).