JOIN US Yashas, Madhu and Vinay slammed half-centuries as MEL Polytechnic defeated Young Cricketers Association, Kolar, by 13 runs in the KSCA Group I Division V tournament for the Sri JB Mallaradhya Trophy here.
Batting first, MEI rode on fine knocks from Yashas (50), Madhu (59 n.o.) and Vinay (52 n.o.) to post a challenging 255/5 in 50 overs.
Madhusudhan (4/70) and Swaroop (3/34) then shone with the ball as Young Cricketers were bowled out for 241 in 42.2 overs
Brief scores: MEI Polytechnic: 255/5 in 50 overs (Yashas 50, Shashibhushan 27, Madhu 59 n.o., Vinay 52 n.o.; Manjunath 2-38) bt Young Cricketers Association, Kolar: 241 all out in 42.2 overs (Punith DG 46, Raghavendra 29, Punith Kumar 25; Madhusudhan 4-70, Swaroop 3-34).
Young Pioneer Cricket Club: 274/9 in 50 overs (Manjunath 44, Kiran 39, Aman Khan 79; Prakash 2-29, Khadeer 4-38) bt Victory Cricket Club: 197 all out in 40.4 overs (Darshan 29; Aman 3-38, Mushtaq 3-26).
Jaihind Cricket Club: 229 all out in 41.5 overs (Keshava 48, Mahesh 27, Shiv 29, Hatti 41; Pavan 2-30, Hirshad 3-22) bt Anekal Town Cricket Club: 78 all out in 2.3 overs (Dilip 3-8, Mahesh Hatti 4-8, Manjunath 2-32).
Hari shines
Sri Hari captured four wickets to spur Dell Sports Club to a six-wicket win over ITI Sports Club in the KSCA Group II Division II league match.
After bowling out ITI for a paltry 108 in 23.1 overs, thanks largely to Hari’s 4/31, Dell chased down the target in just 23.4 overs.
In anotler match, SBI Sports Club defeated CIL Sports Club by seven wickets.
Brief scores: ITI Sports Club: 108 all out in 23.1 overs (Satish Kumar 28; Dhanu Vijay 2-28, Sri Hari 4-31) lt to Dell Sports Club: 113/4 in 23.4 overs (Manikanth 38; Md Taha 2-11).
CIL Sports Club: 161 all out in 30 overs (Dayananda 44; Prakash S 3-18, Suresh 2-9) lt to SBI Sports Club: 162/3 in 27.3 overs (Ravinandan Roy 44, Prashanth MV 25, Anup 42 n.o., Rajkumar 27 n.o.).