Imam best bowler; Mickil, Tilak, Abhirath score big
Anirudh, Sameer, Vinay, Tanay, Tanmay, Dane, Shyam, Revanth, Omer, Asad also do well in top league
Big centurions and brilliant bowlers came on top at the Hyderabad Cricket Association’s league matches played at various grounds in the city on Friday.
In the top division threeday league, Mickil Jaiswal was the top scorer with an unbeaten 181 that powered MP Colts to victory over AOC.
Openers N. Thakur Tilak Varma and M. Abhirath Reddy lived up to their team title of Gemini Friends as they scored identical scores of 157 not out in their side’s 10-wicket win over Concorde, for whom Mohammed Asaduddin’s unbeaten 113 went in vain. Asad is son of HCA president and former Indian cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin.
Jai Hanuman’s N. Anirudh Reddy (151) was the other big scorer while Sportive’s opening batsman Shaik Sameer (116) scored his third consecutive century of the season.
Tanmay Agarwal (101) of Sporting XI, G. Shyam Sunder (104 n.o) of South Central Railway, BDL’s B. Revanth (108 n.o) were the others who got three-figure scores. However, EMCC’s Mohul Bhowmick was unfortunate to be out on 99 in the first innings while making 78 in the second. Mohul’s teammate B. Anirudh too was unlucky. He fell on 97.
On the bowling front, Tanay Tyagarajan (6/59) of Budding Star, Aliga Vinay
(5/18) of Rohit XI, Dane
Johnson (5/40) of Central Excise and Charminar CC’s Mohammed Omer Rizwan (5/46) took the top honours in the three-day league.
In the A-2 Division, Imam Shareef of Adams XI was brilliant, taking 8 for 29 against Hyderabad Panthers who were bowled out for paltry 58.
Sai Preetam Reddy (7/50) of Bharat, Shashank Yadav (6/37) of PKMCC, Azharuddin (6/46) of HUCC and National’s R. P. Praneeth (168) were the next best.
Brief scores:
A-1 DIVISION (THREE-DAY)
Budding Star 262 in 64.2 overs & 121 in
32 overs (Bhavesh Seth 63, Raju Yadav
3/12, Owaiz Aslam 3/32) lost to Income Tax 189 in 45.4 overs (Harshavardhan 86, B. Sandeep 38, Tanay Tyagarajan 6/59 —
14-1-59-6) & 195/8 in 37.1 overs (Harshavardhan 45, P. Akshath Reddy 80 n.o, Tanay Tyagarajan 3/26, Abid Khan
3/36). Points: Income Tax 6, Budding Star
0.
Jai Hanuman 356/9 in 90 overs & 311/5 in 40 overs (N. Anirudh Reddy 151 — 118b,
17x4, 4x6, G. Shashidhar Reddy 89) bt Sporting XI 280 in 67.3 overs (Tanmay Agarwal 101 — 95b, 8x4, 5x6, Prateek Reddy 34, Himalay Agarwal 50, C. Rakshann Readdi 46, Irfan Khan 3/37,
Mahmood 166 in 55 overs (J. Reddy 39, Santosh SV 53, Mohammed Omer Rizwan
5/46 — 13-4-46-5, Md Adnan Ahmed
4/42) & 185/8 in 40 overs (Santosh SV 30, Vasanth Bung 45, Md Adnan Ahmed
3/17). Points: Charminar 8, Mahmood 0. Secunderabad Nawabs 178 in 57.4 overs & 198/8 in 40 overs (A. Takshit Rao 115 —
95b, 8x4, 4x6, Zafarullah Khan 3/54) lost to Sri Chakra 178 in 72.3 overs (Vikas Rao
49, B. K. Ranganath 3/36, P. G. Kaustub
3/43) & 199/6 in 39.3 overs (Vikas Rao 69, V. Rohit 53). Points: Sri Chakra 6, Secbad Nawabs 0.
Goud’s XI 134 in 67 overs & 190/7 in 40 overs (Rahul Varkey 47, Kritik Reddy 41) lost to Baalaji 392/9 in 90 overs (Vamshi Raghava 101 — 118b, 15x4, 1x6, H. K. Simha
75, Ganesh 50, TVS Narayan Teja 4/54). Points: Balaaji CC 8, Goud’s XI 0.
A-2 DIVISION (TWO-DAY) Hyderabad Panthers 58 in 26.4 overs (Abhinay Kumar 35,
lost to Adams XI 61 for no loss in 9.5 overs. Points: Adams XI 5, Hyd Panthers 0.
Mayura 176 in 55 overs (Prithviraj 30, Md Junaid 30, M. Shravan Kumar 34, Sunil
30, Sai Preetam Reddy 7/50 — 17-4-50-7) lost to Bharat 177/3 in 40.4 overs (Akhilesh P 30, B. Bhargav 107 — 113b,
19x4, 3x6). Points: Bharat 5, Mayura 0. Crown 144 in 47.1 overs (Shashank Yadav
6/37 — 15-6-37-6) lost to PKMCC 146/1 in
31.3 overs (M. Roshan 59 n.o, M. Rusheel 40 n.o). Points: PKMCC 5, Crown 0.
HUCC 269 in 86.2 overs (Nikunj Jain 59, Nitish Reddy 56, Praneeth 4/40) bt Team Speed 255 in 51.3 overs (M. A. Jayant 68, Amber Kumar 57 n.o, Azharuddin 6/46 —
15.3-3-46-6, Vikrant Reddy 3/8). Points: HUCC 5, TeamSpeed 0.
Tirumala 234 in 79.5 overs bt Victoria
153 in 45 overs (Prabath Gupta 57, P. Sai Charan 47, Krishnag Rao 5/21 — 7-3-21-5). Points: Tirumala 5, Victoria 0.
Manikumar 176 in 68.5 overs (Chandu
32, Ravi 3/28, Anuj 5/34 — 15-6-34-5) lost to Secunderabad Gymkhana 178/6 in 30.3 overs (Ravi 35, Md Adil 60 n.o). Points: Secunderabad Gymkhana 5, Manikumar 0.
Vijayanand 434/9 in 90 overs (B. Srujan
65, P. S. Ravi Teja 84, M. Chakravarthi 119 n.o — 138b, 14x4, 1x6, T. Atchyuth Hemanth 46) bt Shanthi 136 in 52.4 overs (S. Venkatesh 34, M. Manikanta Charan
5/34 — 13-3-34-5). Points: Vijayanand 5, Shanti 0.
Acrylic 287 in 68.1 overs (Sankeerth Dhatrak 64, Vasu Dev Raju 65, Ravi Kumar
33, PMS Reddy 33 n.o) bt Hyderabad Cricket Academy 158 (Pranav 53) in 44.5 overs (Sankeerth Dhatrak 5/36 — 12-2-365). Points: Acrylic 5, Hyderabad Cricket Academy 0.
National 283 in 50 overs (R. P. Praneeth
168 — 143b, 29x4, 4x6, Hussain Ali 45, Yash Kumar K 5/58 — 10-1-58-5) bt Mega City 209 in 50 overs (Narain 46, Jai Kiran
39, Anand 33, Sai Karthik 5/42 — 15-3-425). Points: National 5, Mega City 0.
HBCC 349 in 66 overs (Vishesh 47, Rodriges 46, Shushant 45, Mudassir Ahmed 5/80, Abdul Rahim 3/56) bt Elegant 171 in 72.1 overs (Wasim Numan
35, Syed Rahman 40, Vishesh Anand
3/41). Points: HBCC 5, Elegant 0.
Ours 256 in 90 overs (Koushik 57, Dhanush 56 n.o, Gautam 50, Taj 3/48) lost to Rakesh XI 257/9 in 69.2 overs (G. Dheeraj 144 — 201b, 24x4, D. Harsha Vardhan 62, D. Manish 4/64, Akshit Reddy
3/34). Points: Rakesh XI 5, Ours 0. Nizamabad District 245 in 50.5 overs (Murali Krishna 73, A. Nayeem 66, Adnan Moosani 58, Abdul Khaliq Khan 4/34) lost to CCOB 246/1 in 74.3 overs (Md Basheeruddin 140 n.o — 224b,
24x4, Abdul Rahman 77 n.o). Points: CCOB 5, Nizamabad District 0.
Cheerful Chums 249 in 64.4 overs (Advaith 138 — 150b, 24x4, 1x6, Devarsh Khatri 5/61 — 18-2-61-5, Sai Krishna 3/53) lost to WMCC 254/9 in 81 overs (Arun
Ashlesh