JOIN USChethan Kumar’s well-timed 93 came to Elite Blues rescue as they beat IISc Gymkhana in the KSCA Group I, Division IV league cum knock-out tournament for Metro Shield here.
Batting first, the Blues banked on Chethan’s knock, with Rakesh TR (54) and Pradeep K (32) playing the supporting role, and managed 262 before being bowled out in the final over of their innings.
For IISc, Ashith did most of the damage with the bowler claiming six for 54.
Though Ashith returned to trouble the Blues with the bat, topscoring for IISc with 66 — it wasn’t enough as Elite Blues eked out an eight-run win.
Brief scores: Elite Blues CC: 262 all out in 49.5 overs (Gopi 27, Pradeep K 32, Chethan Kumar 93, Rakesh TR 54; Ashith 6-54) bt IISc Gymkhana: 254 all out in 49.5 overs (Kiran 27, Ashith 66, Praveen 27, Varun 27, Nagaraju M 31; Keshava 4-40, Rakesh TR 2-26, Beerappa 2-28).
Vikram Cricket Club: 199 all out in 48.4 overs (Prasanna 35, Manav 89; Janardhan 4-15, Santhosh 2-40, Kishuwanth 2-29) bt Gary Cricketers: 112 all out in 29.4 overs (Rohith S 2-38, Manav 2-7, Benedict 4-21).
City Gymkhana: 403/ 9 in 50 overs (Ravindra 144, Vijay 37, Shekar R 47, Sachin 40, Ajay 44 n.o.; Yash 2-80, Girish 2-47, Ajith 3-60) bt Jaidur Cricketers: 229 all out in 28.1 overs (Rishabh 30, Girish Rao 68, Roshan 36, Arvind 41 n.o.; Ajay 3-52, Sachin 2-75, Achyuth 3-29).
Rajajinagar Colts CA: 112/ 7 in 30 overs (Pranesh 43, Prateek 35; Sarfaraz 4-28] bt Young Pioneer CC: 65 all out in 16.4 overs (Rajeev 5-28, Shareek 3-18, Pramodh 2-3). (Start was delayed due to wet outfield).
Friends Union, KGF: 247/ 9 in 50 overs (Saif 56, Ganesh 73, Uday 46, LN; Gowda 2-37, Rezwan 2-55, Prabhushankar 3-44) bt Star Sports Club, Nelamangala: 172 all out in 47.1 overs (Ravikumar V 47, Pradeep 25)
Visweswarapuram CC (1): 273/ 9 in 50 overs (Lakdawala 33, Prithvi 77, Nitin Mulki 66, Sumit Dhawani 51 n.o.; Manjunath R 2-50, Raja S 2-40, Yogesh PH 2-17) bt Magadi CC: 113 all out in 26.2 overs (Prasad SR 34; Joseph 2-22, Shetal Kesar 4-30).
Minerva CC: 144 all out in 38.5 overs (Chirag 56, Narasimha; Murthy 3-39, Arun K 2-3) lost to Sangam CA: 145/ 1 in 16.3 overs (Vinod 51 n.o., Mithun 79).
Bharat CC: 289/ 8 in 50 overs (Hariharan 62, Shivaprasad 43, Naveen 46, Kiran Kumar BM 73 n.o.; Ambreesh 2-36, Venu 3-54, Suraj Vijay 3-56) bt Indiranagar Cricketers: 263 all out in 47.5 overs [Suraj Vijay 58, Kushal R Shakthi 34, Venu Madhav 39, Bhagwan 49; Kiran Kumar BM 2-46, Naveen 3-49, Shivaprasad 3-19).