Aditya, Adnan shine; Prachotan slams double ton
Mehul, Sunil, Abdul, Balaji, Anvith, Rithvik, Lakshan, Yuganand, Yash, Jayant, Rohit, Praveen, Dinesh, Sai, Sankeerth also do well
Aditya Mangat and Adnan Ahmed were the only performers in the Hyderabad Cricket Association’s three-day league matches played on Thursday.
Aditya (105) smashed a century while Adnan (5/40) bagged fabulous fifer but unfortunately couldn’t save Charminar from going down to Secunderabad Nawabs.
Sai Prachotan led the performers in the two-day section. He smashed an unbeaten 208 to lead Secunderabad Gymkhana to a gigantic score of 525 for 7 against Mayura. Prachotan’s
259-ball knock was decorated with 25 boundaries.
G. Rithvik of S. K. Blues was another good show. He took 6/49 to rip through Hyderabad Academy, for whom Anvith Reddy scored a brilliant 130. Meanwhile, Bharat’s Lakshan Shiva Keerth (6/127) rocked Adams XI. for whom M. Balaji scored 146 that included 25 fours and four sixes.
Shanti XI’s Mehul Dayani
(187), Sunil Sirvi (152) of Rushiraj and CCOB’s Abdul Khaliq Khan (149) were the next best on the show with their stupendous knocks.
Meanwhile, Elegant’s Yuganand Sree (132), Cheerful Chums’ Yash Satwalekar, (117), Jayant Reddy (114) of Lords and Shalimar’s Rohit V (111) also hit
centuries.
In other matches, Manikumar’s Praveen Kumar
(5/16) & P. Dinesh (5/89), Sai Krishna (5/54) of WMCC and Acrylic’s Sankeerth Dhatrak
(5/84) also did well with the ball.
Brief scores:
THREE-DAY
LEAGUE
Day-3
■ Secunderabad Nawabs 472 in
89.2 overs & 223 in 38.1 overs (T. Harish Singh 72, Pramod Mahajan
46, Adnan Ahmed 5/40) bt Charminar 225 in 72 overs &
326/6 in 40 overs (Aditya Mangat
105 — 99b, 12x4, 1x6, N. Sathwik Reddy 87, Omer Rizwan 47). Points: Secunderabad Nawabs 6, Charminar 0.
■ Sportive CC 418/8 in 90 overs &
292/9 in 40 overs (Benjamin Thomas 86, C. H. Chandrasekhar
48, Shaik Sameer 75, Prithvi Reddy 3/60) bt Khalsa 383 in 90 overs & 225/8 in 40 overs (Sarthak Bharadwaj 60, Harshith
65, C. P. Venkatesh 32, Abhishek Murugan 3/30). Points: Sportive
6, Khalsa 0.
■ Sri Chakra 423/6 in 83 overs bt Jai Bhagwathi 188 in 71.5 overs &
193/9 in 36.3 overs (Abrar Mohiuddin 53, Zafarullah Khan
4/45). Points: Sri Chakra 6+2, Jai Bhagwathi 0.
TWO-DAY
LEAGUE
■ Secunderabad Gymkhana 525/7 in 90 overs (Sai Prachotan 208 n.o — 259b, 25x4, Md Adil 45, Sourab 68, Rohit Reddy 65) vs Mayura.
■ Shanti XI 357 in 89 overs (Mehul Dayani 187 — 247b, 33x4, Nanda Kishore 43) vs Hyderabad Panthers.
■ Rushiraj CC 371/9 in 90 overs (P. Sunil Sirvi 152 — 245b, 15x4, V. Sai Chandra 67, Jiten Rahul 45, Abhishek 5/87) bt Greenlands 95 in 54.5 overs (Mihir Dange 5/16 —
10-6-16-5). Points: Rushiraj 5, Greenlands 0.
■ CCOB 339 in 66.4 overs (Abdul Khaliq Khan 149 — 143b, 23x4,
2x6, Basheeruddin 42, Dhanush
4/89, Manish 3/85) vs Ours 92/4 in 31 overs (Gowtham 34).
■ Adams XI 362 in 54.4 overs (M.
Balaji 146 — 126b, 25x4,
4x6, Lakshan Shiva Keerth 6/127 — 17-1-127-6) vs Bharat 90/1 in 21 overs (Bhargav 54 batting).
■ Hyderabad Academy 277 in
70.5 overs (Anvith Reddy 130 —
134b, 21x4, 3x6, Sahil Parakh 46, Keerthi Pranav 34, G. Rithvik 6/49 — 16.5-6-49-6) vs SK Blues 109/5 in 25 overs (Md Afzal Ali 38, Zaheer Abbas 3/21).
■ Elegant 258 in 51.1 overs (Yuganand Sree 132 — 121b, 28x4, Syed Rehman 64, Abdul Abid Ali
4/99) vs Adilabad Dist 130/1 in
22.2 overs (Mahesh 74 batting, Srinivas 40 batting).
■ Cheerful Chums 260 in 73 overs (Mannaus 59, Yash Satwalekar 117 — 202b, 16x4, Vamshi Acharya
4/58) vs Rakesh XI 46/4 in 18.4 overs (Kotesh 4/16).
■ Lords CC 267 in 53.1 overs lost to Tirumala CC 271/4 in 76.5 overs (Jayant Reddy 114 n.o — 194b,
9x4, Krishnag Rao 84). Points: Tirumala 5, Lords 0.
■ Shalimar 317 in 62.5 overs (Rohit V 111 — 94b, 19x4, 1x6, Fardeem Umani 56, Advaith Pillai
50, Ronit Singh 37, Azharuddin
3/29) vs HUCC 73/2 in 19 overs.
■ Abhinav Colts 218 in 39.5 overs (M. Varun Tej 31, Sachit Naidu
30, P. Dinesh 5/89 — 16-1-89-5, Praveen Kumar 5/16— 6.5-1-165) lost to Manikumar 149 in 39 overs (Praveen Kumar 45, Vinod Yadav 36, Sachit Naidu 3/30, Nara Sunder 3/35). Points: Abhinav Colts CC 5, Manikumar CC 0.
■ National 106 in 28.2 overs (Praneeth 31, Sai Krishna 5/54 —
12-0-54-5) lost to WMCC 107/1 in
23 overs (S. V. Adithya 52, N. Anish 35). Points: WMCC 5, National 0.
■ Acrylic 185 in 55.3 overs (Aamer
74, Naga Charan Chary 42, Saurish Yadav 3/8) lost to XI Masters 186/9 in 27.1 overs (S. Prajwal Rao 75, Kalyan Mani 50, M. Sai Prateek 4/60, Sankeerth Dhatrak 5/84). Points: XI Master
5, Acrylic 0.
■ Team Speed 236 in 67.3 overs (P. Arvind 98, Deepansh Chowhan
50, S. Dixit 36, Abdul Nayeem
4/35, J. Rohit Kumar 3/49) vs Nizamabad 46/3 in 17 overs.
■ Venus Cybertech vs PKMCC
242/9 in 90 overs (Raj Navneeth
64, M. Rusheel 45, Aditya Singal
42, B Srujan Kumar 35, Srunoth Rao 4/27, Rishith Reddy 3/48) vs Venus Cybertech.
■ Noble 196 in 63.1 overs (Ashwin Suraj 60, Ansh Nayan Gupta 44, P. Praveen 4/52) lost to Karimnagar Dist 200/4 in 35 overs (Rishwanth Goud 87). Points: Karimnagar 5, Noble 0.
■ Warangal 281 in 69.4 overs (B. Kumar 30, A. Ganesh 43, K. Sukruth 80, Ayub Khan 3/61, Chandralok 3/12) vs Vijaypuri Willowmen 33/0 in 12 overs.
■ Crown 220 in 65.2 overs (P. Tarun Sai Krishnamurthy 51, D. Shrank 34, Apratim Pandey 3/40, Yash Dubey 3/59) vs HBCC 136/4 in 27 overs.
■ Saint Sai 56 in 25.5 overs (Chakravarthy 3/14) lost to Vijayanand 57/0 in 7.5 overs (Aryan Raj 31 n.o). Points: Vijayanand 5, Saint Sai 0.
■ Victoria 63 in 28.1 overs (M. A. Jaweed 4/28, Dheeraj 3/17, Srinivas 3/12) lost to Canara Bank
66/2 in 17.3 overs (Arvind Shetty
45 n.o). Points: Canara Bank 5, Victoria 0.
St. John’s (Antigua and Barbuda), March 4:
West Indies captain Kieron Pollard on Wednesday became only the third man to hit six sixes in an international over in his team’s fourwicket Twenty20 victory over Sri Lanka.
The feat came in the sixth over of a bizarre West Indies innings, bowled by off-spinner Akila Dananjaya who moments earlier in his previous over had been celebrating taking a hattrick. Pollard followed in the footsteps of South Africa’s Herschelle Gibbs against the Netherlands in the 2007 World Cup and India’s Yuvraj Singh, who also achieved the feat in the 2007 Twenty20 World Cup against England.
Pollard was eventually out for 38 off 11 balls as the West Indies chased 132 to win at the Coolidge Cricket Ground, reaching their target in the 14th over when Jason Holder clobbered his side’s 13th six. “I felt I could hit six sixes after the third one,” said 33-year-old Pollard.
“Once I had five sixes I knew I had the bowler on the back foot. He was going around the wicket and it was difficult for him. I just told myself: ‘Go for it’.”
Sri Lanka skipper Angelo Mathews hailed his opposite number.
“Pollard as we know is very destructive,” Mathews told the postmatch presentation.
“What I told Akila was to go for his wicket even if he gets hit for six sixes. If he miscued one we could have got him out.
I felt I could hit six sixes after the third one. Once I had five sixes I knew I had the bowler on the back foot. He was going around the wicket and it was difficult for him. I just told myself: ‘Go for it’.
KIERON POLLARD West Indies captain after hitting 6 sixes
Unfortunately happen.”
Only eight men have hit six sixes in an over in all forms of cricket with fellow West Indian Garfield Sobers the first to do so in an English county game in 1968.
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Evin Lewis and Lendl Simmons bludgeoned 52 off the first 20 balls as the two-time T20 World Cup winners looked comfortably on course.
However, having hit three sixes off three balls off Mathews’ opening over, Lewis was caught by
Danushka Gunathilaka in the deep off Dananjaya for a brisk 28. That brought 41-year-old Chris Gayle to the crease for his first international appearance in two years. But he lasted just one ball when he was plumb lbw to Dananjaya who then completed his
hat-trick by having Nicholas Pooran caught behind by Niroshan Dickwella. — AFP
Brief scores: Sri Lanka 131/9 in
20 overs (Nissanka 39, Dickwella
33, McCoy 2/25) lost to West Indies 134/6 in 13.1 overs (Pollard
38, Holder 29 n.o, Hasaranga
3/12, Dhananjaya 3/62)
FOR ME, HOLIDAYS ARE ALL ABOUT FOOD AND CHILLING OUT. I DID TRY OUT DIFFERENT CUISINES, INCLUDING JAPANESE AND THAI. THE BREAKFASTS WE HAD WERE LAVISH SPREADS THAT LEFT US FULL EVERY TIME! JUST LOOKING INTO
THE SEA, EXPERIENCING THE BREEZE AND BEING SURROUNDED BY SCENIC LANDSCAPE WAS REVITALISING.”
Badminton player Jwala Gutta and actor Vishnu Vishal have just returned from their short, fun-filled holiday in Maldives. And unlike the trips the soon-to-be-married-couple normally take, this trip included Jwala’s friends too. Revealing that the holiday to Maldives, which was a collective decision, was their first trip with her friends, Jwala admits she was initially a little sceptical about how her beau would take it. “Both Vishnu and I have travelled together a few times earlier as he travels a lot for his shoots. This was the first time we went on a holiday with my friends, and we all gelled well and had a great time throughout the holiday,” elaborates Jwala.
Despite the added protocols of undergoing several medical tests, formalities and paperwork owing to
COVID-19, the holiday was rejuvenating and mentally refreshing to the 2011 World Championship bronze medallist.
Calling the entire experience soul-stirring, she adds, “The whole of last year was very bad and stressful for everyone, and we couldn’t do anything. Also, both of us have been busy with our respective schedules, but now with flights from Hyderabad being operational again, we thought it was the right time to cool our heels for a quick short break.”
Maldives being a hotspot adventure and water sports, we wondered if Jwala, who’s also the winner of the
2010 Commonwealth Games Gold and the 2011 Badminton Asia Championship Bronze, wanted to try out any adrenalin-racing sports. “I didn’t try any of those. For me, holidays are all about food and chilling out. I did try out different cuisines, including Japanese and Thai. The breakfasts we had were lavish spreads that left us full every time,” she says thinking back fondly. “And while for me just looking into the sea, experiencing the breeze and being surrounded by scenic landscape was revitalising enough, my friends and their kids had a blast trying their hand at various adventurous sports.”
Incidentally, Jwala, who reassures us that she and Vishnu will get married soon, has recently launched her own badminton academy in Hyderabad. However, terming the experience as new and something to learn from, she confesses that managing the academy is rather tough. “Although I am not coaching, my academy activities have been keeping me occupied throughout the day. I have also started to train and play. I am working on myself and want to get better, so I am figuring out things in case I have to play,” she adds.
Although I am not coaching, my academy activities have been keeping me occupied throughout the day. I have also started to train and play. I am working on myself and want to get better, so I am figuring out things in case I have to play — Jwala
The women of today are focused, feisty and raring to go in pursuit of their true calling. And nothing seems to be holding them back. Because she knows exactly what she wants and is growing increasingly immune to petty criticism and stereotypical judgements.
In a fun chat, a bunch of women speak about the inanest comments that came their way when they chose to follow their heart. And what needs to change, as we celebrate another year of Women’s Day!
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