Division cricket league: Arvind shines, Skanda's unbeaten ton in vain
Bengaluru: Skanda Rao’s unbeaten century went in vain as Arvind’s all-round show piloted Hammonds Cricket Club to a nerve-wracking one-wicket victory over Visweswarapuram Cricket Club (2) in the KSCA Group I-III Division cricket league for the Nassur Memorial Shield.
Visweswarapuram rode on Skanda’s 139-ball 114 not out (13x4) to post 202 with Yere Gowda contributing 31. Arvind picked up a four-wicket haul while Nagendra K took two.
In reply, Arvind continued his brilliant show with a match-winning 71 to help Hammonds cross the finish line with five balls to spare. Srihari P remained unbeaten on 52 while Vinay R made 38 for the winners. Leg-spinner Yere bagged four wickets while D Santosh Kumar and Saurabh Godbole grabbed two wickets each in the thrilling encounter.
Brief scores:
Jaidur Cricketers: 166 all out in 44.2 overs (Amey Shanbhag 41, Sachin 27, AK Rohit 2/29, Sharan Pinto 3/36, Harsha B 3/18) lost to Dooravani Cricketers (1): 167 for 4 in 35.5 overs (Tony 33, Arjun KY 44, MR Sachin 54 n.o, Abhilash Fernandes 4/30) by 6 wickets.
Neptune CC: 259 all out in 50 overs (Madan 86, D Raghavendra 37, Vijaykumar HR 73, Nischith N 3/47, Indu Kumar 2/23, Amit Verma 3/61) lost to Chintamani SA: 262 for 7 in 49.3 overs (Sarafraj M Ilabad 60, Amit Verma 98, Nidhuvan N Gotadke 29 n.o, Pranav Bhatia 25, Arjun Gowda 2/58, Deepak NJ 2/40) by 3 wickets.
Visweswarapuram CC (2): 202 all out in 49.3 overs (Skanda Rao 114 n.o (139b, 13x4), Yere Gowda 31, Arvind 4/44, Nagendra K 2/31) lost to Hammonds CC: 206 for 9 in 49.1 overs (Arvind 71, Likhith GP 25, Vinay R 38, Srihari P 52 n.o, D Santosh Kumar 2/22, Saurabh Godbole 2/55, Yere Gowda 4/37) by 1 wicket.
Cavaliers CC: 245 for 9 in 50 overs (Shivnayaka 50, Rohith N Jain 53, Prashanth RV 43, Gurudutt P 38, Manoj 3/55, LK Vishwanath 2/22, Vineeth N 2/35) bt City Cricketers: 180 all out in 44.3 overs (Kuldeep 24, Devaraj KN 35, LK Vishwanath 26, Gaurav Narayan 2/22, Nisheet A Doshi 3/31, Darshan MR 2/37) by 65 runs.
Standard CC: 287 all out in 50 overs (Anoop Gandhi V 42, Sasi 49, Abhishek Jadhav 36, Bharath Srinivasan 60, Vinay Vaishnav 27, Brijesh Gowda 3/46, Chetan J 3/56) bt Vijaya CC, Malur: 186 all out in 45.3 overs (Vishnu Prasad 43, Vivekananda Hiremath 26, Vinay Vaishnav 2/31, Anil Kudekallu 2/34, Vishal Kumar 3/45) by 101 runs.
Wilson Garden CC: 215 for 9 in 50 overs (Vishal SD 83, Dhuri 32, Samarth Hegde 40, Abdul Rehman J 2/35, K Mahesh 2/46, Samuel S 2/44, Syed Ibrez 2/47) bt Century Cricketers: 151 all out in 33.3 overs (Syed Ibrez 29, Karthik D 44, George Fernandes 33, Vimal Singh 4/39, Satish Jangir 2/27, Suraj Reddy BN 2/20) by 64 runs.