Rohith, Tanay, Baljeet, Mehdi top performers in HCA top division league matches
Hyderabad: P. Rohith Reddy, Tanay Thyagarajan and Baljeet Singh Bhatia scored a century each while Mehdi Hasan took a five-wicket haul to emerge top performers in Friday’s action at the Hyderabad Cricket Association’s top division league matches here. Rohit was batting on 149 that included 21 boundaries and came off 144 balls as Gujrati reached a massive 317 for 3 on the first day of their three-day match against BDL. Baljeet was Gujrati’s second centurion. He is unbeaten on 121 that includes 19 fours.
The match between Cambridge and Ensconse too threw up two performers. Left-hand batsman Tanay Thyagarajan struck 135 that contained 15 boundaries and two sixes to prop up the Cambridge total despite left-arm spinner Mehdi Hasan’s 5 for 86.
Brief scores:
Three-DAY league
Pool A, Day 1:
SBH 175 in 54.2 overs (Akash Bhandari 68, Vishal Sharma 36, Ashwin Kumar 3/31, Koteshwar Rao 4/33) vs AOC 79 /4 in 18 overs (G Rahul Singh batting 35, Alfred Absolem 3/27)
Gujrati 317/3 in 50 overs (Ganapathi Hemanth 31, P. Rohith Reddy batting 149 — 144b, 4x21, Baljeet Singh Bhatia batting 121 — 109b, 4x19) vs BDL
Continental 152 in 49.2 overs (Pratek Pawar 46, Prajwal Manot 50, K Rakesh 40, S Naveen Kumar 4/12) vs Gouds XI 138/3 in 38 overs (J Vijay Goud batting 69, K Revanth Sai batting 35)
Pool B, Day 1:
Andhra Bank 264/5 in 48 overs (Abhinav Kumar 89, Ashish Reddy batting 95, A Nanda Kishore 36) vs Income Tax.
Cambridge 274/9 in 90 overs (Tanay Thyagarajan 135 — 201b, 4x15, 6x2, J Mallikarjun 35, Shaik Nafeez 30, Mehdi Hasan 5/86 — 38-14-86-5) vs Ensconse.104 (104)-4,0- 65 (58), 76 (68)-0); David Lilley (England) bt Robert Milkins (England) 4-2 (85 (56)-9, 80-5, 27-64, 71 (51)-39, 51(51)-69, 61-6).
