Hyderabad: Bhagath Varma, Mickil Jaiswal, Mohul Bhowmick and A. Vaishnav Reddy were the fab four batsmen on top of their game,s scoring centuries, while M. S. Shravan, Ashish Srivastav and Akash Bhandari were among the wickets at the Hyderabad Cricket Association’s three-day league championship matches played on Wednesday.
Shravan was star bowler for Evergreen. He took 5 wickets while conceding a miserly 14 runs as India Cements cracked against his spell to be all out for a paltry 82.
Bhagath Varma from R. Dayanand made 159 off 208 balls with 17 boundaries and five sixes to his credit against SBI, whose star bowler Akash Bhandari took 5 for 94.
MP Colts captain Mickil led the way for his team as he stroked an unbeaten 142 slamming 17 boundaries and two sixes while teammate A. Vaishnav Reddy chalked up 113 off 118 balls with 16 boundaries and two sixes.
Mohul Bhowmick from EMCC was the other centurion. He scored 125 off 220 balls whils smashing 17 boundaries and one six. It was Mohul’s second century of the season.
Ashish Srivastav also put up a splendid show, taking 5 for 75 for Cambridge XI in their game against Ensconse, who made 259 for 7 by close of play.
Brief scores:
THREE-DAY LEAGUE
Group-1 (Pool-A), Day-1
R. Dayanand 284/7 in 90 overs (Bhagath Varma 159 — 208b, 17x4, 5x6, Yathin Reddy 44, Rohit Reddy 39, Akash Bhandari 5/94 — 33-9-94-5) vs SBI.
EMCC 247/7 in 77 overs (Mohul Bhowmick 125 — 220b, 17x4, 1x6, Sai Abhinay Penna 84, Raju Yadav 4/45) vs Income Tax.
Jai Hanuman 283 in 73.2 overs (G Shashidhar Reddy 58, N Anirudh Reddy 72, K Sumanth 53, N Suya Teja 43, Divesh Singh 4/41) vs Sporting XI 38/1 in 14 overs.
SCRSA 151 in 51.2 overs (L Hemant Singh 69, Hitesh Yadav 3/46, Amol Shinde 4/47) vs Andhra Bank 130/6 in 36 overs (Amol Shinde 35 batting)
Deccan Chronicle 209/5 in 51 overs (Khusru Chisty 38, Varun Goud 95 batting, C. V. Milind 41 batting, Mudassir 4/66) vs BDL.
Pool-B
India Cements 82 in 32 overs (Shreyas Vala 46, Vinay Kumar 4/41, M S Shravan 5/14 — 12-3-14-5) vs Evergreen 93/3 in 32 overs (Manoj Kumar 37 batting).
MP Colts 399/4 in 90 overs (Mickil Jaiswal batting 142 — 191b, 17x4, 2x6, A. Vaishnav Reddy 113 — 118b, 16x4, 2x6, Akash A 63, Sireesh Goud batting 39, Alim 3/116) vs Continental.
Enconse 259/7 in 85 overs (Saivrath 32, Junaid Ali 52, Owais 84 batting, Askari 58, Ashish Srivastav 5/75) vs Cambridge XI.
TWO-DAY LEAGUE
Group-1 (Pool-A), Day-2
Khalsa 470/8 decl in 71 overs bt Jai Bhagwathi 141 in 34.2 overs (Vibhu 43, Amit Kumar Singh 5/57 — 13.2-3-57-6, Ankur Kumar 3/70). Points: Khalsa 4, Bhagwathi 0.
