Hyderabad Cricket Association: Rakesh, Saqlain, Kishore do well
Venkat, Ruthvik, Suraj and Gopinath other performers.
Hyderabad: Gopinath Reddy was the lone batsman to hit a century while, N. Rakesh Goud, D. Kishore, Saqlain Arafat, Venkat Chaitanya, Ruthvik and Suraj Naik did well with the ball in the Hyderabad Cricket Association’s two-day league matches.
Gopinath put up a splendid performance as he hit 104 in 95 balls with 14 boundaries and two sixes to help Charminar CC post 353 for 8 in 72.3 overs against Oxford Bules CC.
Team Adilabad’s Rakesh snared eight wickets while conceding 68 runs to limit Galaxy CC to 174 in 57 overs.
In another match, Kishore of Karimnagar District took six wickets while giving away 62 runs as Concorde were all out for 262 in 79.5 overs.
Team Khalsa secured victory over Gouds XI, for whom Saqlain took six wickets for 101 runs. Replying to Khalsa’s 287, Gouds XI were all out for a paltry 71 in 22.4 overs.
Venkat took five wickets to bowl Team Speed to a nine-wicket victory over Venus Cybertech who were all out for 97 in 39.4 overs.
In another match Ruthvik snared five wickets as Hyderabad Blues (104 for 4) defeated Ours (100 in 43.4 overs).
Suraj of Nizamabad District too performed well. He took five wickets to limit Sri Shyam CC to 113 in 39.1 overs.
Brief scores:
TWO-DAY LEAGUE
DAY-1
Galaxy CC 174 in 57 overs (Prithvi Raj 77, N. Rakesh Goud 8/68 — 22-6-68-8) vs Adilabad 122/3 in 45 overs (G. Ashwik 37 batting, M. Pradeep 36).
Concorde CC 262 in 79.5 overs (Aaron Paul 92, Praneeth 40, CVS Ramana 33, D. Kishore 6/62) vs Karimnagar 54/2 in 18 overs.
Khalsa 287 in 58.4 overs (Sarthak Bharadwaj 35, Vinay 86, Ankur 73, Akshay 30, Saqlain Arafat 6/101 — 21-1-101-6) bt Gouds XI 71 in 22.4 overs (Amit 4/20, Akshay 4/29). Points: Khalsa 4, Gouds XI 0.
Venus Cybertech 97 in 39.4 overs (K. Anirudh Raj 34, Venkat Chaitanya 5/17 — 13-5-17-5, B Thejodaur 4/25) lost to Team Speed CC 101/1 in 26.2 overs (K. Kritik Reddy 41 n.o., Rishikesh Reddy 30). Points: Team Speed 4, Venus Cybertech 0.
Ours 100 in 43.4 overs (Ruthvik 5/24 — 11.4-5-24-5, Aditya 3/39) lost to Hyderabad Blues CC 104/4 in 23.3 overs (Akshay 61). Points: Hyderabad Blues CC 4, Ours 0.
Sri Shyam CC 113 in 39.1 overs (Ibrahim Siddiqui 39, Suraj Naik 5/27 — 11.1-3-27-5) lost to Nizamabad 117/4 in 24.3 overs (Suraj Naik 50 n.o., Rohit Kumar 36, Sai Kishore 3/60). Points: Nizambad 4, Sri Shyam 0.
Charminar CC 353/8(del) in 72.3 overs (Gopinath Reddy 104 — 96b, 4x14, 6x2) Hamza Ahmed 50, Vishesh Sharma 49) vs Oxford Blues CC 39/1 in 15 overs.
Budding Star CC 183 in 51.3 overs (Pranay Kumar 31, Bharat 4/56) vs Balaji Colts 87/6 in 21 overs.
Mahmood CC 239 in 74.3 overs (K. Akhil 75, Vinay Kumar 48, Parimal 4/88) vs Manchester 102/1 in 18 overs (Abhilash Kulkarni 56, Uday 38 batting).
Warangal District 175 in 52 overs (N. Pavan Reddy 41, M. A. Meraj 40, K. Sai Charan 36, Mirza Nomaan 4/12) vs Nizam College 75/4 in 32 overs.
HUCC 191 in 63.1 overs (Rohan Kumar 54, V. Vamshi 43, A. Dheeraj Vishal 3/44) vs Rakesh XI 110/6 in 20 overs (A. Dheeraj Vishal 34, Atul Vyas 4/33).