Hyderabad: Rudra Dande, Zaidi Aarish were the best batsmen on Thursday while Ashish Srivastav flew high after taking six-wicket haul in the Hyderabad Cricket Association’s second division two-day league matches played here at various grounds.
Rudra’s heroic 167 which came in 127 balls catapulted Rohit XI’s to 380. The right-handed batsman played with ease, his belligerent knock comprised 21 boundaries and five maximums.
Uday Singh of Vijay Hanuman scalped five wickets while conceding 78 runs. However, Hanuman’s bowlers couldn’t stop Rudra’s rampage. At stumps Jai Hanuman were 65/3.
In another match, Budding Stars’ Ashish Srivastav picked six wickets to help his team bundle out Apex CC for a paltry 166 and registered a four-wicket victory. The leg-spinner was not too expensive as he conceded 43 runs while picking six wickets. His fine figures read 19-4-43-6.
Rohit Sreenivas made an unbeaten 85 for Budding Stars as his team had last laugh by taking five points.
In another match, HBCC rode on Zaidi’s tremendous innings as he hammered 153 to boost his team score to 302. Batting first HBCC declared at 302/9 even as Sri Shyam’s bowlers Shivang Yadav and Priyanshu Jain snapped four and three wickets each.
Meanwhile, Md. Ibrahim Ali Siddiqui (5/4), Ratan Teja (5/70), P. Vishal Singh (5/43), Trishank Gupta (5/58), Ch. Aswad Rajiv (5/91), Md. Faizanuddin (5/78) had a good day with the ball.
Brief scores
TWO-DAY LEAGUE
Group-1, Pool ‘A’
n Balaji Colts 73 in 30.3 overs (Md Ibrahim Ali Siddiqui 5/4 — 6.3-3-4-5) lost to Jai Bhagwathi 76/1 in 21.5 overs (Mohd Adnan 43 n.o.). Points: Jai Bhagwathi-05, Balaji Colts-00.
n Apex CC 166 in 49.4 overs (Raghavulu 39, Rajesh 31, Chinmay 37, Pasha 30, Ashish Srivastav 6/43 — 19-4-43-6) lost to Budding Stars 170/6 in 34.4 overs (Rohit Sreenivas 85 n.o., Rajesh Meru 3/64). Points: Budding Star-5, Apex-0.
n Sayi Satya 107/6 in 44 overs (Gaganjoth Singh 3/30) vs Khalsa.
n New Blues 304/9 in 90 overs (B. Ajith Singh 68, Akender Kunwar 52, Rahul Kumar Chouhan 49, Shourya Gopal 33 n.o., Alim Dhanani 3/49, Prem Priyank 3/58) vs Visaka.
n Rohit XI 380 in 67.5 overs (Rudra Dande 167 — 127b, 21x4, 5x6), Wasil Sartaj 42, Ajay Pandey 31, Arjun Choudhary 45 n.o., Akash Sharma 32, P. Rithwik Kumar 3/47, Uday Singh 5/78 — 15.5-1-78-5)) vs Vijay Hanuman 65/3 in 20 overs.
n HBCC 302/9 decl in 81.2 overs
(Yudish Surapanenei 59, Zaidi Aarish 153 — 200b,14x4,2x6), Priyanshu Jain 3/77, Shivang Yadav 4/62) vs Sri Shyam.
n Gouds XI 175 in 55.2 overs (Samuel 32, Harish 35, Balaji Singh 68, Rathan Teja 5/70 — 19-2-70-5), Somasekhar 3/29) vs Sri Chakra 37 for no loss in 19 overs.
Pool ‘B’
n Mega City 195 in 50.5 overs (Rahul Khatod Vyas 53 n.o., Amir Bin Ali 4/63, Ammaar Ayub 4/63) lost to Zinda Tilismath 198/2 in 33.2 overs (Azhar Ali 60, Raj Mishra 78 n.o., Md Azharuddin 46). Points: Zinda Tilismath-05, Mega City-00.
Group-2 Pool ‘B’
n Concorde CC 128 in 36.4 overs (Tushar Tripathi 33, Neelam Tarun Raj 38 n.o., P. Vishal Singh 5/43 — 15.4-2-43-5), G. Rahul 3/15) lost to Aggarwal Seniors 132/5 in 21.5 overs (M. Anirudh Yadav 57, P. Gopi Yadav 3/47). Points: Aggarwal Seniors-05, Concorde-00.
n Rakesh XI 186 in 56 overs (M. Vasu Deva Reddy 52, N. Anirudh 30, Trishank Gupta 5/58 — 19-6-58-5), Owais Abdul Wahed 4/40) vs Green Turf 65/3 in 25 overs.
n Saleemnagar 248 in 66.3 overs (Dhyeay Rajul P. 109 — 140b, 17x4, 2x6), M. A. Razzak 32, Vivek Sharma 35, Ch. Ashwad Rajiv 5/91 — 18-1-97-5), Mani Kumar Reddy 3/62) vs Oxford Blues 83/3 in 21 overs (Mani Kumar Reddy 30 n.o.).
n Deccan Arsenal 241 in 66.3 overs (A. Vinay 53, V. K. Siddharth 75, Ilyaan 36 n.o., Saachit K. 4/49, Adnan Ahmed 3/73) vs Elegant CC 18 for no loss in 7 overs.
n Cheerful Chums 205 in 61.5 overs (Abhishek P. 40, M. B. Gurivi Reddy 50, Mohd Faizanuddin 5/78 — 18-3-78-5) vs Mahmood CC 58/5 in 28 overs (Ravi Kumar Vignesh 3/24).
n Manchester 325 in 82.2 overs (Sai Teja 67, Vinay 70, Shiva Datta 107 — 128b, 15x4, 2x6), Venkat 33, T. Akshay 3/38, Sai Kumar Yadav 4/92) vs Nizam College 19 for no loss in 8 overs.
