Rahil Shah shines for TNCA President’s XI

Buchi Babu cricket

Left-arm spinner Rahil S Shah celebrated his call-up to the Board President's XI team to face the visiting Australians with a five-wicket haul for TNCA President's XI against Assam in the Buchi Babu All-India cricket tournament.

His performance (5 for 54) helped the home team restrict Assam to 176 in 61.5 overs

Assam won the toss and chose to bat but failed to take advantage of the same despite half centuries by Ryan Parag (65) and Abhishek Thakuri (55).

In response, TNCA President's XI was 105 for 1 in 28 overs, needing 72 more runs for a win.

Another Tamil Nadu left arm spinner R Aushik Srinivas too fared well and scalped five wickets for TNCA XI, but K Sumanth's ton powered Hyderabad to 354 for nine in the allotted 90 overs.

In another match, Chhattisgarh made 350 against Mumbai riding on half centuries from Rishabh Chaubey, Amandeep Khare and Avnish Dhaliwal.

Brief scores: Assam 176 in 61.5 overs (Ryan Parag 65 (96b, 8x4, 2x6), Abhishek Thakuri 55 (139b, 7x4), Rahil S Shah 5 for 54, Malolan Rangarajan 3 for 40 versus TNCA President's XI 105 for one 28 overs (L Suryapprakash 35 batting, R Rohith 47 batting).

Saurashtra 296 in 89.2 overs (Snell Patel 26, Avi Barot 46, Harvik Desai 49, Sheldon Jackson 36, Jaydev Shah 26, Dharmendra Jadeja 53 not out (64b, 6x4s, 1x6), D T Chandrasekar 3 for 81, W Antony Dhas 2 for 32, R Sai Kishore 2 for 61) versus TNCA Districts XI.

Hyderabad 354 for 9 in 90 overs (Tanmay Agarwal 82 (141b, 10x4, 1x6), P Akshath Reddy 67 (87b, 9x4, 2x6), K Sumanth 103 not out (150b, 10x4, 1x6), K Rohit Rayudu 33, Mehdi Hasan 26, R Aushik Srinivas 5 for 103, S Kishan Kumar 2 for 110) versus TNCA XI.

Chhattisgarh 350 for 8 in 90 overs (Rishabh Choubey 70 (141b, 11x4, 1x6), Aishwarya Marya 34, Avnish Dhaliwal 64 (137b, 10x4), Amandeep Khare 92 (110b, 11x4, 1x6), Subham Agrawal 38 not out, Darshan Bandekar 2 for 28, Shams Mulani 3 for 100) versus Mumbai.