Prateek, Kushal star in Max Muller's win

Prateek KL slammed a century and Kushal Gowda bagged a five-wicket haul to fashion Max Muller Public School’s massive 166 runs victory over Kensri School in the KSCA under-16 Group I, Division II, inter-school tournament here.

Prateek struck 131 (134b, 14x4) while Rohan A Patil (70) and Abhishek S (54) notched up half-centuries as Max Muller posted a huge total of 338 all out in 50 overs.

Max Muller then bundled out Kensri for 172 in 30.3 overs, with Gowda (5/31) doing most of the damage. Syed Qanit Ahmed scored a valiant 91 for Kensri but the rest of the batsmen failed to show stomach for fight.

Brief scores: Quarterfinals: Max Muller Public School: 338 all out in 50 overs (Prateek KL 131, Rohan A Patil 70, Abhishek S 54, Pranav P 28; Suraj Patil 5-65) bt Kensri School: 172 all out in 30.3 overs (Syed Qanit Ahmed 91; Kushal Gowda 5-31, Gaurav 3-33).

St John’s High School: 186/6 in 50 overs (R Prithvi Maharaj 33, Shreyas 94; Shray Singh 2-25) lt to Delhi Public School, East: 187/3 in 26.1 overs (Shray Singh 30, Pruthvi S 32, Yashwanth BN 64 n.o.).

Army Public School: 381/4 in 50 overs (Nilesh KS 32, Chinmay CK 30, Vishal V 141, Sanket SB 46, Raghu GM 52, Abhishek U 38 n.o., Arnav S 69) bt Mallya Aditi International School: 338/6 in 50 overs (Manoveer 64, Johann 104, Jasper 58, Ahaan M 26, Arnav 27 n.o.; Abhishek U 2-55).

Carmel High School, B – 79: 295/7 in 50 overs (Chandan M 31, Animesh Sahu 120 (88 balls, 16 X 4, 3 X 6); Ashutosh 2-24, Yashovardhan 3-40) bt Sri Kumaran Children’s Academy, B – 62: 179 all out in 47.5 overs (Yashovardhan 60; Nitish Gowda S 3-39, Chirag 2-31, Tarun Sridar 3-19).