Bengaluru: Bharath Kondajji (7/47 & 2/40) spun a web as Herons Cricket Club snatched first innings lead over Jayanagar Colts in the drawn encounter of the KSCA Group I - II Division cricket league for the MAT Acharya Shield.
Batting first, the left-arm spinner Kondajji’s seven-wicket haul crashed Colts for a modest 146. Only Nagesh V Rao showed some resistance with 26.
In reply, the former top flight side Herons were bowled out for 221 as medium pacer Dominic Fernandes and leg-spinner Tanu Basvaraj picked up three wickets apiece. Opener Rohith Gowda led the charge with 78 while Dhanush B (41) and Nithin M (40) chipped in with useful scores to help their side take three points. Supporting Dominic and Tanu, Varun Pandit took two wickets.
Trailing behind by 75 runs, Colts were 145 for 5 in the second innings. Pradeep Gangadhar remained unbeaten on 57 while Bipin KP made 31. For Herons, Sachin NS bagged two wickets.
In another clash, Fifties from Manoj Kumar (56), Nadeem (51) and Raghuveer HB (52 n.o) helped Rajajinagar Cricketers play out a draw against Jupiter Cricket Association.
Prajwal P and Raghuveer HB picked up a four-wicket haul each to bowl out Jupiter for 216. In reply, Rajajinagar made 261 to take three crucial points virtue of first innings lead.
Brief scores: Jayanagar Colts: 146 all out in 62.2 overs (Nagesh V Rao 26, Bharath M Kondajji 7/47) & 145 for 5 in 33 overs (Bipin KP 31, Pradeep Gangadhar 57 n.o, Sachin NS 2/41, Bharath Kondajji 2/40) drew with Herons CC: 221 all out in 69.1 overs (Rohith Gowda 78, Dhanush B 41, Nithin M 40, Dominic F. 3/48, Tanu B 3/68, Varun Pandit 2/36)
Jupiter CA: 216 all out in 69.4 overs (Vishwanathan M 59, Bharath Prashanth 37, Prateek Patil 34, Pandu N 2/71, Prajwal P 4/64, Raghuveer HB 4/49) & 207 for 2 in 34 overs (Madhusudhan V 137 n.o, Prateek Patil 44) drew with Rajajinagar Cricketers: 261 all out in 78.5 overs (Manoj Kumar HV 56, Nadeem 51, Raghuveer HB 52 n.o, Sachin Gankal 2/63, Lochan Appanna 4/31, Bharath Kumar V 3/23)
Jolly Cricketers: 193 all out in 60.4 overs (Mashooq Hussain 64, Mohith BA 28, Abhishek Ahlawat 26, Rahul Gautam 3/57, Adhoksh 5/84, Syed K Moinuddin 2/30) & 95 for 3 in 26.5 overs (Parikshith 43, Syed K Moinuddin 2/18) drew with Vijaya CC: 237 for 8 in 53.4 overs (Rahul V Kaashyap 106, Adhoksh 25, Abhishek Ahlawat 6/61, Kushaal Wadhwani 2/52)
Modern CC: 146 all out in 54.1 overs (Ankith Udupa 63, Shimon Luiz 5/38, Rohith Sundar 3/38) drew with Jawahar SC (2): 203 for 8 in 64 overs (Abheet Kuthpady 62, Rohith Sundar 68, Abdul Patel 2/33, Yuvraj R 2/19, Gnan Akash N 2/40)
Bangalore SC: 293 all out in 85.4 overs (Santosh Krishna P 76, Karthik M 28, Chethan S 63, Vishwanath HK 70 n.o, Kushal Pramesh 2/65, Gopinath Saandra N 2/53, Aditya HN 2/54, Pranesh Desai 3/45) drew with (Day 1 washed off due to wet outfield) Young Lions Club: 177 for 3 in 28.2 overs (Gopinath Saandra N 102 n.o, Aditya HN 53, Karthik R 2/8).
