Nitin, Anand spur Visweswarapuram to crushing win over Vikram

 Viswesw-arapuram Cricket Club (2) rode on a well-timed 67 by Nitin Gopalakrishna to beat Vikram Cricket Club in the Group I, Division IV league cum knock-out cricket tournament for the Metro Shield here.

Batting first, Visweswarapuram manged 179/ 9 in their 50 overs. In reply, the Vikram side were bundled out for 65 with Anand Katti claiming five for 22.

Brief scores: Visweswarapuram Cricket Club (2): 179/ 9 in 50 overs (Varun Rao 30, Nitin Gopalakrishna 67; Dhaval Patel 2-33, Benedict Raj 2-20, Praveen 2-40) bt Vikram Cricket Club: 65 all out in 23.5 overs (Jibran 3-14, Anand Katti 5-22).

Sangam Cricket Association: 297/ 5 in 48 overs (Ankit 82, Arun 75; Ajay 2-65, Arvind 2-32) vs City Gymkhana: 47/ 4 in 12 overs (Tilak 3-28) (Match called off due to heavy rains).

Palar Sports Club: 156 all out in 49.4 overs (Amit Pandey 62 n.o.; Chethan Kumar AC 3-30, Sunil 4-26) lt to Young Challenging Cricketers: 157/ 8 in 45.3 overs (Sri Karthik 64; Ishtiyak Alam 3-29, Shiva Kumar 2-22).

Merchants Cricket Club (1): 272 all out in 50 overs (Shafiaz 76, Manu Ravindra 52, Keshav 65; Shareq Ahmed 3-49) bt Rajajinagar Colts CA: 184 all out in 45 overs (Arjun 36; Vijay 3-41, Shan 3-37).