Bangalore: Abubakar and Keshav S produced telling displays with both bat and ball to lead Merchants Cricket Club to a seven-wicket win over Duleep Cricketers in the KSCA Group I, Division IV Super League for the Metro Shield on Tuesday.
Batting first, Duleep Cricketers were bowled out for 118 in 38.3 overs with Keshav picking up two wickets while Bhavesh jain and Abubakar scalped three each.
In reply, Merchants reached their target in just 29.3 overs with Keshav (52 n.o) and Abubakar (41) again causing havoc, this time with the bat, for the opposition.
Brief scores:Duleep Cricketers: 118 all out in 38.3 overs (Santhosh S 26, Sumukh S Bharadwaj 33, Keshav S 2/23, Bhavesh Jain 3/29, Riyaz 2/22, Abubakar 3/9) lt to Merchants Cricket Club (1): 119 for 3 in 29.3 overs (Keshav S 52 n.o, Abubakar 41, Srinivas Ganesh 2/19) by 7 wickets. Friends XI Cricket, Doddaballapura: 121 all out in 36 overs (MK Manjunath 37, CR Sachin 30, Sri Harsha Bhat 2/42, Pavan 5/11) bt Dolphin Cricketers: 91 all out in 28.3 overs (Chethan William 2/26, Naziruddin 3/19, Devraj T Patil 4/23) by 30 runs. Hammonds Cricket Club: 187 for 8 in 50 overs (Gururaj 29, Nirav Varma 43, R Prakash 2/23, Sai Niranjan 2/21) bt Jeevanbhimmanagar Cricket Club: 161 all out in 42 overs (Ganesh 42, Nagendra K 2/30, Nirav Varma 3/26, Sirish M P 3/23, Arvind 2/7) by 26 runs. Young Challenging Cricketers: 138 all out in 43.3 overs (Manju 32, N Nischith 2/21, K Karthik 2/28, Krishna 2/18) lt to Chinthamani Sports Association, Chinthamani: 140 for 2 in 25.1 overs (Manikanth 59, Niduvan 66, Sanath Naik 2/24) by 8 wickets.
Karnataka lads in control
DC Correspondent
Bangalore: Karnataka took a stranglehold against Himachal Pradesh in the U-25 Col C.K. Nayudu Trophy on Tuesday. Having extended their first innings total to 602 after resuming at 549 for nine, Karnataka reduced HP to 265 for five at stumps on Day 3. S.L. Verma (121 batting) kept the hosts in the hunt with Kaushik (52 batting) for company.
Earlier, the visitors added 53 runs in the moring with tailenders Aditya B Sagar (61) and K. Hoysala (50) helping themselves to half-centuries.
Brief scores: Karnataka: 602 for 9 Decl. in 189 overs (Aditya B Sagar 61 n.o, K Hoysala 50 n.o, AP Vasisht 3/128, AK Kaushik 3/131) vs Himachal Pradesh: 265 for 5 in 79 overs (SL Verma 121 batting (189 balls, 17x4, 1x6), AR Kalsi 34, AK Kaushik 52 batting, Aditya B Sagar 2/37, David Mathias 2/52)
Easy win for DYES ‘B’
Two goals each from Santosh and Mahesh S Mudkar saw DYES ‘B’ breeze past Belgaum District HA 6-2 in the KSHA ‘A’ Division hockey league match on Tuesday.
Results: ITI 3 (Surendra 24; Somanna 36, 49) bt S.B.M.Jain College 2 (Gautham 28; Hassan Basha 30); DYES “B” 6 (Bharath 21; Santosh 42, 44; Mahesh S Mudkar 48, 58; Shashank 49) bt Belgaum District H A 2 (Sachin Pawar 41, 46); ASC Boys 2 (James Nag 5; Maheshwar Nag 29) drew with BSNL 2 (Raja 27; Bopanna T.J 46)
Chinmayi have it easy
Three first half goals saw Chinmayi Vidyalaya defeat Bright School 3-0 in the D.S. Murthy Memorial inter school girl’s hockey tournament match on Tuesday.
Result: Chinmayi Vidyalaya 3 (Afsana 9; Swathi 19, 22) bt Bright School 0
Elangovan, Prathiba claim titles
Surya Elangovan and Prathiba Prasad Narayan emerged champions in the boys and girls categories respectively in the KTPPA-AITA Under-14 Championship Series tennis which concluded at TAMS courts here on Tuesday.
Elangovan overpowered Pralok Ikkurthy in the boys final 7-6 (4), 6-4 while Prathibha beat the third seed Prarthana Prabhakar 6-4, 6-3.
Results (final): Boys: Surya Elangovan bt Pralok Ikkurthy 7-6 ( 4 ), 6-4. Doubles: S Elangovan/ Harshit Selvaraj bt Boopath Y S/ Aditya Rao 5-3, 5-3
Girls: Prathiba Prasad Narayan bt Prarthana Prabhakar 6-4, 6-3. Doubles: Prarthana P /Aadhya bt Chala bt Prathiba/Pragathi 4-1, 5-3.
Thrishul emerges triumphant
C Trishul emerged champion in the U-12 chess tourney for unrated players conducted by the Mysore Chess Institution at the Sri Vinayaka Samaskritha Temple Sangha, Alanahalli Layout, Mysore on Sunday.
Murthy, Kumar finish on top
Bengaluru’s Chidananda Murthy and Sujith Kumar BS claimed the national title in the Pro Stock Class after winning the 14th Chander Memorial Rally, the fifth and final round of the FMSCI Indian National TSD Rally Championship over the weekend. The duo, represents Tata Motors and Sidvin.
Results: Pro Stock Class: 1. Chidananda Murthy/ Sujith Kumar.B.S(00:01:45), 2. Alfred A Raymond/ Sugumaran (00:03:12), 3. R. Dilip Kumar Jain/ Adi Aanthony (00:06:09) Overall/ Pro Expert Class: 1. S.K. Ajgar Ali (00:00:47), 2. K.P. Karthick Murthi (00:00:49), 3. Babno Machaiah 00:00:57
Karate nationals from Jan. 11
Bengaluru will host the second national open karate championships at the Koramangala Indoor stadium on Jan. 11-12. Korean mats will be used in the tournament along with digital scoreboards and projectors to show transparency. In addition, free self defence courses for women will also be provided.
For more information contact Naveen: 966-353-5179.
Swimming coaches course from Jan. 27
The Swimming Education Research and Development Foundation will organise an advanced American Swimming Coaches Association Level-III course conducted by John Leanard (American coach and executive director of ASCA) in association with the Karnataka Swimming Association under the banner of Swimming Federation of India at the City Institute Hall from January 27-29.
