Tilak, Shubham tops
Abdul, Ravi, Aniketh, Chand take four wickets each in T20 tourney
Thakur Tilak Varma scored a century while Shubham Sharma took five wickets to lead a list of performers in the Nawab MAK Pataudi T20 Tiger Cup cricket tournament knockout matches played on Thursday.
Abdul Ela Quraishi, M. Ravi Kiran, G. Aniketh Reddy and N Chand were the next best on show, taking four wickets each.
Tilak thumped a 44-ball 105 which included nine boundaries and eight sixes to guide Gemini Friends to 171 for 8. In reply, EMCC folded for just 72 in 14 overs, thanks mainly to fine bowling by Abdul Ela Quraishi, who 4/16. P. Vishnu supported him with 3/9.
At the ECIL ground, Shubham Sharma scalped 5 for 15 to bundle South Central Railway Sports Association for a paltry 73. Rohit XI romped home in 13.3 overs with six wickets in hand.
M. Ravi Kiran’s 4 for 19 restricted Union Bank of India to 122 for 9 but State Bank of India could only reply with 112 for 7 despite a fine 47 by T. Suman.
Aniketh’s 4 for 16 bowled out Sporting XI for 100 as they tried to chase Evergreen’s 159 for 7.
N. Chand took 4 for 32 as Khalsa stopped India Cements at 168 for 7. However, Khalsa lost the game thanks to a fine fielding effort by India Cements player M. Samhith Reddy, who effected two crucial runouts with direct hits.
BRIEF SCORES
Gemini Friends 171/8 in 20 overs (Yash Gupta 33, N. Thakur Tilak Varma 105 — 44b, 9x4, 8x6, Shashi Shekar 3/18, Harish Thakur 2/32, Rishab Baslas 2/31) bt EMCC 72 in 14 overs (Jesal Pravin 2/11, Abdul Ela Quraishi 4/16, P Vishnu 3/9)
SCRSA 73 in 15.2 overs (K Sagar 22, Shubham Sharma 5/15 — 4-115-5, Mohd Arsalan Rizvi 3/13) lost to Rohit XI 74/4 in 13.3 overs (Rasheed Shaik 23 n.o, B Sudhakar 2/17)
Union Bank of India 122/9 in 20 overs (K Krithik Reddy 35, A Avanish Rao 29, M Ravi Kiran 4/19, Vishal Sharma 2/18, Danny Derek
Prince 3/18) bt State Bank of India 112/7 in 20 overs (T Suman 47, Amol Shinde 2/16, N Nitin Sai Yadav 3/27)
Evergreen 159/7 in 20 overs (Vignesh Agarwal 25, Mayank Gupta 44, G Aniketh Reddy 27, A Manish Reddy 3/33) bt Sporting XI 100 in 15.3 overs (Aman Upadhay 3/23, G Aniketh Reddy 4/16)
India Cements 168/7 in 20 overs (Sagar Chaurasia 56, Maruthi Reddy 40, Shreyas Vala 42, N Chand 4/32) bt Khalsa 154/8 in 20 overs (Syed Askari 35, Rishiket Sisodia 41, K Sundesh 3/32, Arvind Swamy 2/25)
Concorde 102/9 in 20 overs (Tushar Tripathi 42 n.o, Mohd Mansoori 2/22) lost to Budding Stars 105/3 in 12.3 overs (P Nitish Reddy 69 n.o)
R Dayanand 107 in 19.3 overs (K Vamshi Krishna 3/19, B Gopinath 2/15, A M Rajendra 2/15) lost to Cambridge XI 110/5 in 16 overs (B Venkat Sampath 44, CH Reddy 2/28)
Hyderabad Bottling 126/8 in 20 overs (M Kanthi Kiran 47 n.o, Prateek Pawar 28, P Srimukh Reddy 3/27, K Jaydev Goud 2/12) bt BDL 117/8 in 20 overs (B Revanth 33, M A Shanmukha 28, Mohd Taha Sheikh 2/20, K Sriharsha 2/11)