Bengaluru: Fifties from skipper Pavan Deshpande and Arjun Hoysala guided KSCA Colts to 260 for 5 against Cricket Association of Bengal on the opening day of the KSCA Dr. (Capt.) K Thimmappiah Memorial four-day cricket tournament here on Friday.
Electing to bat at the Alur 2 grounds, Colts were off to a decent start with openers Hoysala (64, 107b, 8x4) and youngster Nikin Jose (33) adding 87 runs for the opening wicket.
After a top-order collapse, left-handed Deshpande (68, 90b, 10x4) and ’keeper-batsman Chiranjeevi GS (40 batting) stitched a crucial 60-run stand for the fifth wicket to put the hosts in a comfortable position at close of play. Aamir Gani and Writtick Chatterjee picked up two wickets for the visitors.
Brief scores: RSI (T): Dr. DY Patil Cricket Academy: 145 for 6 in 62 overs (Shubham Ranjane 54, Shashank Singh 35, U Manukrishnan 2/26, Fabid Farook Ahmed 2/32) vs Kerala (match called off due to rain).
Alur 1 (T): Tripura: 238 for 2 in 90 overs (Bishal Ghosh 94, Samrat Singha 38, Udiyan Bose 85 batting, Shreyas Gopal 1/71, David Mathias 1/42) vs KSCA XI.
Alur 2 (T): KSCA Colts: 260 for 5 in 92 overs (Arjun Hoysala 64, Nikin Jose SJ 33, Pavan Deshpande 68, Chiranjeevi GS 40 batting, Aamir Gani 2/79, Writtick Chatterjee 2/34) vs Cricket Association of Bengal.
Alur 3 (T): Himachal Pradesh: 265 for 6 in 83.3 overs (Ankush Bains 59, Paras Dogra 33, Amit Kumar 75, Ankit Kaushik 43, Rishi Dhawan 44 n.o, Basant Mohanty 2/62, Deepak Behera 2/45) vs Orissa.
