Blues beat Sporting in thriller
MP Blues scored a thrilling one-wicket victory over MP Sporting to dish out an entertaining match in the Hyderabad Cricket Association’s one-day league action.
Batting first, Sporting made 275 in their stipulated 50 overs with handy contributions from Ramakanth (47), Anurag (43). Chasing, the Blues skipped many a heartbeat as they inched closer to the target after Raju (57) and T.P. Varun had done the hardwork despite good bowling by Sporting’s Tejas (4/67). However, nerves were eased as they crossed the line with the last two men standing. Brief scores: ONE-DAY LEAGUE MP Sporting 275 in 50 overs (Raj Shekar 32, Anurag 43, Karan 35, Ramakanth 47, Vineet 33 n.o, Chaitanya 4/56) lost to MP Blues 276/9 in 49.2 overs (Raju 57, T.P. Varun 40, Avinash 37, Rahul Godse 36, Tejas 4/67)
Bhartiya CC 216/8 in 40 overs (M. Chandrasekhar 33, M. Mahendra Yadav 40, K. Jagdeesh Reddy 45 n.o, P. Ashok Kumar 66 n.o) bt Rushiraj CC 158 in 27.5 overs (Mallikarjun 60, Zeshan 34, Ashok Kumar P. 4/21)
Navjeevan Friends 126 in 36.5 overs (Saikarthik 3/23, Naveen Kumar 3/19) lost to Manikumar 127/2 in 32.1 overs (Sunil 58 n.o, Govind Reddy 36 n.o)
Red Hills 256/9 in 50 overs (Adnan Md 38, Amjed 34, Abrar 59, Nadeem 30, PVS Varma 3/50) bt Vijaynagar CC 147 in 36.2 overs (Yeshwanth 39, Abrar 3/28) Adams XI 181 in 44.2 overs (M. Jayanth 86, Sunny 30, Sailender 3/31, Rahul Rajeev 4/31) bt St Marys 135 in 41 overs (Parimal 32, Rohit Singh 4/30)
Team Kun 230/8 in 44 overs (Prasad 46, Anirudh 44, Vihari 80, Chandrashekar 3/29) bt Southend Raymond 173/9 in 36.2 overs (Syed Kaleem 43, Karthish 3/24, Anirudh 3/23)
Ameerpet CC 172 in 39.4 overs (Nyruth 40, Saranpal 48, Krishna 4/45) bt Eklavya 123 in 37 overs (Sinday 34, Kashyap 3/18, Susheel 4/0)
New Star 195 in 49.4 overs (Siddharth 47, Raheem 61, Nitesh 4/22) bt Dhruv XI 114 in 31 overs (Siddharth 3/20, Hasan 3/40)
Youngmasters 96 in 46.1 overs (Shaker Baig 3/21, Vinay Kumar Karnati 3/10) lost to Kishoresons 99/1 in 24.3 overs (Srinivas Yadav 74 n.o)
Mahaveer CC 129 in 28.3 overs (P. Ganesh 53, A. Sudhakar 33 n.o, Mohammed Aslam 3/24, Shubh Agarwal 3/17) bt Sungrace CC 113 in 32.2 overs (Mohammed Ismail Hussain 32, Chinmay 3/26, Premsundar 3/15)
Natraj CC 167 in 38.1 overs (Vasudeva Raju 42, Abhishek 32, Prateek Sehgal 3/16) bt Safilguda 91 in 29.3 overs (Varun Kumar E. 4/27)
Consult CC 85 in 24 overs (Bhanu 44, Chakravarthy 4/22, Fayaz 3/7) bt Gunrock 77 in 24.1 overs (Venkat 4/15, Nazeer 3/7)
HPS-R 154 in 29.5 overs (Vaishanav 43, Arvan G. 3/28, Shashi kumar Yadav 3/25) lost to St Patrick’s 158/5 in 42 overs (Aryan Cariappa 47, Sai Vinay 41, Vaishnav 4/44)