Mrunal Deodhar scored 146 (158b, 24x4, 1x6) and Saurav Wakaskar an unbeaten 129 (163b, 16x4) as Railways defeated TNCA XI by nine wickets on day two of the second round Group ‘B’ match of the Kalpathi AGS Buchi Babu all-India invitational cricket tournament here. The pair added 274 for the first wicket.
Hyderabad posts winIn Group ‘C’, Hyderabad posted an 80-run victory over TNCA Districts XI. C. Hari Nishaanth top-scored with 65 (91b, 11x4, 2x6) for Districts XI.
The 160-run fifth-wicket partnership between Sarfaraz Khan (96, 72b, 11x4) and Sandeep Tomar (71, 67b, 12x4, 1x6) proved insufficient as UPCA fell 27 runs short of the target against Chhattisgarh in Group ‘A’. M.S. Sanjay’s four for 40 helped TNCA President’s XI beat Jharkhand by 109 runs. Virat Singh (86, 191b, 7x4) and Ishank Jaggi (58, 119b, 6x4) added 103 for the fourth wicket to help Jharkhand’s cause.
The scores: Group ‘A’: TNCA President’s XI 366 bt Jharkhand 257 in 78.5 overs (Virat Singh 86, Ishank Jaggi 58, M.S. Sanjay four for 40).
President’s XI 4(4); Jharkhand 0(0) .
Chhattisgarh 383 bt UPCA 357 in 84.1 overs (Shivam Chaudhary 49, Sarfaraz Khan 96, Sandeep Tomar 71). Chhattisgarh 4(8); UPCA 0(4) .
Group ‘B’: Hyderabad 409 bt TNCA Districts XI 329 in 82.3 overs (C. Hari Nishaanth 65, N. Jagadeesan 48, Anand Subramanian 56).
Hyderabad 4(4); TNCA Districts XI 0(4) .
TNCA XI 285 lost to Railways 286 for one in 54.2 overs (Saurav Wakaskar 129 n.o., Mrunal Deodhar 146).
Railways 4(4); TNCA XI 0(4) .
