Even as the bowlers continued to ruffle the feathers of batsmen, A. Jitesh Reddy, Ibrahim and Piyush Joshi emerged centurions in the Hyderabad Cricket Association’s One-Day league championship matches played in Hyderabad. Hyderabad District put a mammoth total of 397 for 5 in 45 overs with the help of Piyush’s brilliant 116 which proved to be more than enough for the Universal CC as the former team bowl out Universal for 127.
In another match Noble CC comfortably chased the target of 186 in 21.1 overs against St Patrick’s without losing any of their batsman. Ibrahim anchored the win for Noble with his spectacular unbeaten 105. Meanwhile, Imperial CC were bundled out for 164 in 40.2 overs in reply to which Saint Sai made a mockery of the target as they chased it down 19.2 overs with Jitesh Reddy scoring an unbeaten 100.
Among the bowlers who came up with spectacular shows were 11-year-old Raghava Pattapu (6 for 34), Akshit (6 for 44), K.V.K. Chaitanya (6 for 46), Arjun (6 for 58) and Prem Sunder, who snared 6 for 62.
Brief scores:
Royal CC 222 in 50 overs (Shiva Shanker 42, S. Nag 31, Mahesh 37 n. o) bt M. L. Jaisimha 91 in 25.3 overs (Raghava 6/34 — 9.3-0-34-6).
Akshit CC 303 in 44.2 overs (Avanish Rao 38, Srikar Reddy 42, Shrunoth 86 n.o; Tejas 4/90) bt Time CC 165 in 38 overs (Hafeez Khan 62, Sundesh 56; Khush 3/39, Akshit 6/44).
Vijay CC 183 in 50 overs (Sai Durga 50, Rishi 36; Aswad Rajiv 4/45, Veera Swamy 3/21) bt CK Blues 148 in 36.2 overs (Raghav 45, Anamitra Banerjee 38, Veera Swamy 47 n.o; Arjun 6/58).
M. P. Blues 220 in 37.3 overs (S. Raju 61; Tahseen 3/40) bt Rushiraj CC 139 in 23.1 overs (Rajesh 30; KVK Chaitanya 6/46).
Mahaveer CC 248 in 43 overs (Sudhakar A. 37, M. Maruthiji 61; Bharath Reddy 4/78, P. Rajesh 3/22) bt Saint Sai 188 in 41.3 overs (A. Jitesh Reddy 66, Nikil Naik 37; Prem Sunder 6/62).
Imperial CC 164 in 40.2 overs (Irfan Malik 62; G. Bharath Reddy 4/42, A Jitesh Reddy 3/37) lost to Saint Sai 165 for 1 in 19.2 overs (A Jitesh Reddy 100 n.o).
St Patricks 185 for 6 in 45 overs (Aryan Cariappa 44, Shashi Kumar Yadav 39; Himanshu 3/28) lost to Noble CC 186 for no loss in 21.1 overs (G. Anirudh Kapil Goud 56 n. o, Ibrahim 105 n.o).
Hyderabad District 397 for 5 in 45 overs (Manav Agarwal 75, Piyush Joshi 116, Dhruv 51 n.o) bt Universal CC 127 in 22.3 overs (Eshwar 48, Piyush Joshi 3 for 8).
Abhinav Colts 140 in 30.1 overs (Irfan Ali 30, Asheer 55; Charan Teja 5/32, Abhay Swaroop 4/44) lost to SUCC 144 for 2 in 15.1 overs (Rajni 69, Raghu 46).
Golconda CC 220 in 36.2 overs (Ezaz 32, Suresh 41, Sai Nitesh 40; Rahul Reddy A. 5/50, Sai Krishna 4/47) lost to Lucky XI 221 for 4 in 31.4 overs (Rahul Reddy A. 82, Mahesh 50).
Secunderabad Club 216 for 8 in 35 overs (Sanjeev Reddy 46, Jai Dev Reddy 32, Ajay Patel 36 n.o; K. Vinay 3/50, Uma Maheshwar 3/39) lost to Mahesh CC 218/7 in 33.1 overs (Balaji 78, K. Vinay 35; C. V. Anand 3/38, Anoop Singh 3/43).
Vimco CC 98 in 30 overs (Srikanth Kesari 3/1, Bharath 3/34) lost to Amberpet CC 103 for 6 in 14.1 overs (Rizwan 40; Vamshi 3 for 32).
Vijaypuri Willowmen 244 in 37.5 overs (Shakir Ahmed 38, Vikram Arcot 72, Md Afroz Pasha 42; Anoop Singh 3/39) bt Secunderabad Club 204 in 37.4 overs (Sanjeev Reddy 83; Shakir Ahmed 3/32).
Manikumar 270 for 7 in 50 overs (Gangadhar 54, M. Sunil Kumar 82, Govind Reddy 59; Mirza Maaz Jabal Khan 4/43) bt Boys Town 122 all out in 24 overs (Md Farees Shareef 32; S. Sai Karthik 4/25).
Swastik Union 192 in 36.5 overs (Kumar Vijay 74; Hanmanthu 3/34, Shashi 4/20) bt Young Citizen 133 in 29.4 overs (Hanumanthu 60, Rudra Shiva 3/37, K. Vijay Kumar 3/22).
International CC 166 in 35.4 overs (Murly 42; B. Rahul Reddy 4/39, Durga Prasad 4/29) bt Shanthi XI 124 in 29.3 overs (M. Sathwik 3/10, Upender 3/10).
