Bangalore: Riding on a stellar overall performance, BEL RC registered a comprehensive nine-wicket victory over Gary Cricketers in the KSCA Group I, Division IV tournament for the Metro Shield, on Wednesday .
Batting first, Gary Cricketers were shot out for 137 in 39.3 overs with M Rajesh breathing fire for the bowling side picking up six for 15. In reply , BEL chased down their target in 25 overs with Suresh Babu scoring a well-crafted unbeaten 65 while Rajiva Lochan scored an unbeaten 56 as BEL chased down the target with ease losing just one wicket in the process.
Brief scores: Vivekanagar Cricketers 111 all out in 28.3 overs (Bhagesh 42, Aditya 4/19, Anand 3/18, Shivu 2/34) lt to Friends Cricket Team 113 for 3 in 17.4 overs (Raja 36, Subhash Katke 26 n.o, Pandu 2/10) by 7 wickets.
Unique CC 238 all out in 49.3 overs (Rakesh 34, Sanjay 30, S Pramod 80 n.o, Anantesh S Bajri 4/23, N Prajwal 2/33) bt City Gymkhana 148 for 5 in 35 overs (Shiraz 31 n.o, Teja P 31 n.o, Rajesh Shah 2/14, Chiraag 2/42) by better run rate Spartons SC 236 for 6 in 50 overs (Yashish 49, Vineet 60, Gautam 30, Verma 58 n.o, Govind 3/25) lt to Shanthinagar Cricketers 156 for 4 in 26.5 overs (Vijay Singh 35, Binwanth Singh 25, Ullas 36, Prajwal 37 n.o, Vineeth 3/34) by better run rate Gary Cricketers 137 all out in 39.3 overs (Karan 30, Nitesh 39, Mallya 29, M Rajesh 6/15, R Kishan 2/17) lost to BEL RC 138 for 1 in 25 overs (Suresh Babu 65 n.o, Rajiva Lochan 56 n.o) by 9 wickets.
Duleep Cricketers 341 for 7 in 50 overs (Santhosh 33, Naveen 42, Manish 34, Ashiok 67, Bharath 67, Sumuk 28 n.o, Sunil 3/65, Suranath 2/51)
drew with Deccan UCC due to rain Southern Cricketers 198 for 9 in 45 overs (Sujay 36, Vijay Kumar 64, Nagaraj 4/39) lt to Young Challenging Cricketers 199 for 8 in 39.1 overs (Sanath Nayak 75 n.o, Guruprasad 42, Vishesh Khanna 3/37, Siddith 2/34) by 2 wickets.
Freelancers CC 227 for 8 in 50 overs (Rajesh Shinde 50, Pradeep Kumar 52, Prasad 47, Deepak 4/41, Santhosh 3/37) drew with Hanumanthanagar CC 47 for no loss in 7.2 overs (Surendra 35 n.o) Minvera CC 195 for 9 in 50 overs (Shekar 41, Kushal Reddy 27, Vineeth Ashok 44, Nagaraj 33, Joseph 4/35, Karthick 2/29, Shiva Yogi 2/39) bt Visweswarampuram CC (2) 100 all out in 31 overs (Kushal Reddy 2/19, Abhilash 3/12, Mohan Kumar 5/9) by 45 overs.
Crescent CC (1) 102 all out in 29.2 overs (Shoaib 32, Deepak 36, Vinay Gowda 2/25, Manikanth 5/37) lost to Chinthamani SA 116 for 3 in 24.3 overs (Manikanth 34, Subramanya 45 n.o, Ritesh 2/41) by 7 wickets.
