Hyderabad: G. Sankeerth of Continental Cricket Club was Wednesday’s best performer with a double century in the Hyderabad Cricket Association’s top division league matches even as six others hit centuries and three bowlers took five or more wickets.
Sankeerth smashed 202 in 380 balls, of which 34 were sent to the boundary to boost Continental’s total to 491 for 9 against Gemini Friends. Hrishikesh played second fiddle with 76 on the second day of their three-day match.
Trivendra of AOC had the best figures among bowlers. His 6 for 21 sent India Cements reeling to a humiliating 76 all out in the face of AOC’s 481 for 9 declared.
Rakshan Reddy was next best. The right arm mediumpacer took 5 for 50 as BDL were all out for 256 against Income Tax, whose innings of 323 for 3 was boosted by centuries from MSR Charan (115 — 179b, 12x4, 4x6) and P. Akshath Reddy (114 — 152b, 20x4, 2x6).
E. Jayaram Reddy was the third bowler to claim a five-wicket haul, his second of the match following his 6 for 55 in the first innings. The right arm mediumpacer’s 5 for 81 along with No.9 Syed Chand Pasha’s whirlwind 157 was instrumental in Hyderabad Bottling’s innings and 34 runs victory over Cambridge XI who were bowled out for 174 and 129 rins in their two innings.
Earlier, Chand Pasha walked in with Bottling in dire straits at 127 for 7 and built a match-winning partnership of 204 with captain E. Sreecharan (50) to power Bottling to 337. Pasha wielded his willow wildly. His 64-ball knock was embellished with 18 fours and 13 sixes as he raised a whopping 150 runs of his 157 in boundaries.
Mohul Bowmick was the other centurion. He hit 135 with the help of 23 boundaries as MP Colts put up 339 for 3 against Ensconse. A. Vaishnav Reddy and Nikhilesh Surenderan made 72 and 74 runs respectively.
Jai Hanuman contributed two centurions. G. Shashidhar Reddy (146 — 267b, 13x4, 2x6) and N. Surya Teja (107 — 196b, 13x4) were the stars in a team total of 512 for 7 declared against Andhra Bank. A. Prateek Reddy (82) also did well for Hanuman.
In another match, Deepansh Buchar hit a brilliant 104 that included 15 fours and a six as R. Dayanand took a first innings lead against Sporting XI.
