Naga Nithin of Picket Cricket Club smashed an unbeaten 156 to emerge the higest individual scorer in the Hyderabad Cricket Association’s One-Day League Championship matches held in the city. Nithin’s knock and Vallabh Reddy’s 100 propelled Picket CC to 428 for 8 in 35 overs and put the game virtually out of Ranga Reddy District’s reach. RR eventually folded for just 47. In another match, C. V. Anand hit an unbeaten 100 to guide Secunderabad Club to a six-wicket win over Amberpet CC, which had made 239 for 5 in 35 overs. IPS officer Anand led the willow charge for Secunderabad Club with his belligerent knock as the team overhauled the target in 33 overs to hand Amberpet their first defeat in 13 games this season. The Sporty Supercop made good on a promise he had made earlier in the week to hit a century in the upcoming league match.
Jai Kisolklar played second fiddle with a steady 78. In another match, Kumar of Tarakarama scored an emphatic 117 not out against Hyderabad Patriots. Riding on Kumar’s ton, Tarakarama made 269 for 4. In reply, Hyderabad Patriots were bowled out for 205. Mahesh and Vijay scored 64 and 30 runs respectively while Abhishek and Akhilesh snared four and three wickets each for Tarakarama.
K. Srinivas took the bowling honours. He scalped 5 wickets while conceding 33 runs to lead IICT to a win over Syndicate Bank. Batting first, the Bankmen found Srinivas too hot to handle and were out for a mere 126. IICT chased the target in 20 overs as K.S. Srinivas and Hari Krishna Reddy scored 39 and 34 respectively even as Jayanand Patel picked 4 wickets for Syndicate Bank.
Brief scores:
One-Day League
Picket CC 428/8 in 35 overs (Ch. Naga Nithin 156 n.o., E. Vallabh Reddy 100, Etishwar Reddy 3/83) bt Ranga Reddy District 47 in 14.5 overs (Nitheesh Reddy 5/20).
Tarakarama 269/4 in 40 overs (Vikram S. K. 47, Kumar 117 n.o.) bt Hyderabad Patriots 205 in 35.4 overs (Vijay 30, Mahesh 64, Akhilesh 3/50, Abhishek 4/18).
Amberpet CC 239/5 in 35 overs (Srikanth 78, Rizwan 62, Minaz 33 n.o., Akshat 3/41) lost to Secundrabad Club 242/4 in 33 overs (C.V. Anand 100 n.o., Jai Kisolklar 78).
Kishore sons 214 in 44 overs (Srinivas Yadav 81, Chirag 34, Raza Moosavi 4/40, B.H. Raj 4/33) lost to Lal Bahadur CC 215/8 in 41 overs (Sridhar Sharma 70, Parmeshwar Reddy 35, Nitin 3/45).
Southern Stars 98 in 30.1 overs (Ashok 3/15, Naveen 3/13) lost to Manikumar 99/4 in 20 overs (Sunil 51).
PNYCC 210/9 in 40 overs (Srikanth 59, Haseeb 32 n.o.) bt Red Hills 180/9 in 40 overs (Abrar 37, Narasimha 3/29).
Mahaveer CC 270/9 in 45 overs (Venkat Reddy 31, Ganesh P. 46, Sudhakhar Adla 60 n.o., Chinmay M. 52, Vamshi Krishna 3/33) bt Deccan Colts 133 in 27.5 overs (G. V. S. Narendra 40, Deep Shah 4/34).
Raju CC 252 in 32.4 overs (Shravan 56, Kamal 64, Kundan 41, Akshith Reddy 3/72, Ronak 4/22) bt Akshith CC 176 in 40 overs (Shashank 48, Saikant 3/25, Dinesh 3/28).
Hyderabad Wonderers 165 in 45 overs (Ghoush 32, Dheeraj G. 4/15) lost to International 166/1 in 31 overs (Sai Pratheek 63, Anirudh Damaraju 30, Aryan Gaddam 36).
Satya CC 151 in 30 overs (Rishikesh 62, Rihasa Reddy 35, Kapil 3/42, Sanjay 3/24) lost to Universal CC 152/1 in 14.3 overs (Eshwar 71 n.o., Rahul 53 n.o.).
Institution League
Syndicate Bank 126 in 23 overs (M.A. Javed 60, Jayanand Patel 30, K. Srinivas 5/33) lost to IICT 127 in 20 overs (K.S. Srinivas 39, Hari Krishna Reddy 34, Jayanand Patel 4/47).
APCS 248/2 in 30 overs (K. Ranjeeth 92, Vamshi Mohan 51, R. Abhimanya 40 n.o., P. Naveen Kumar 41 n.o.) bt Parshiram Bhavan 103 in 27.2 overs (Narendhar 3/10).
APCOB 180 in 29.5 overs (Ravikanth Reddy K. 44, B. Bharath 34) bt Central Bank of India 77 in 19.2 overs (Vipin 33, Pavan 5/27).
VST 88 in 30 overs (Mahesh 32, Varun 3/9, Ravinder Reddy 4/14) lost to HMWS&SB 89/3 in 20 overs (Shamsunder 35 n.o.)
