Hyderabad: B. Yathin Reddy, Bhagath Varma, Akash Bhandari, Y. Anirudh Reddy and Shreyas Vala hit centuries while Kaneshkk Naidu came up with a six-wicket haul to emerge best performers in the Hyderabad Cricket Association’s top division league matches that ended on Thursday.
Yathin Reddy produced a magnificent innings of 170 with 20 fours and six sixes and Bhagath Varma added 148 to the scoreboard with 20 fours and three sixes as Income Tax drew with Dayanand CC. Both the right handers were ruthless.
Andhra Bank’s right arm medium pacer Kaneshkk Naidu scalped 6 wickets while conceding 42 runs to rip through the BDL batting line-up to bundle them out for 137 in their second innings to as Andhra Bank bagged 7 points for the 10-wicket win.
Akash Bhandari smashed 115 with 16 boundaries and four sixes to put SBI in the driving seat with 342 in 86.4 overs while EMCC struggled in the run chase at 244.SBI grabbed 3 points from the drawn match. EMC had to be content with just one.
In a Group ‘B’ match, Anirudh scored 108 with 17 fours to lead Continental with aggression. Mohammed Azharuddin claimed 4 wickets for 17 while Syed Mehdi Hasan scalped 4 for 48 for Ensconse.
In another match, a blistering 136 by Shreyas Vala laced with 20 fours and two sixes could not save India Cements from losing to Gemini Friends. Chasing Gemini Friends’ 429, India Cements replied with 165 and 237, of which Shreyas scored 136. M. Radhakrishna grabbed 4 wickets while conceding 43 runs while E. Sanketh claimed 3 for 40. Earlier in the first innings, Rathan Teja turned in a good bowling spell to come up with fine figures of 4 for 44 as Cements folded for 165. In a two-day league match, Zinda Tilismath were out for 217 against Deccan Wanderers.
