K Thimmappiah tournament: David Mathias, More in stunning fightback

Bengaluru: David Mathias (79) and last-man Ronit More (41 n.o.) staged a spectacular fightback as KSCA XI, seemingly down for the count, stymied Himachal Pradesh CA’s bid to seize the first innings lead on the third day of the K Thimmappiah Memorial tournament at the Aditya Global grounds on Friday.

Resuming at 246 for nine in reply to HPCA’s 337, KSCA XI’s last wicket pair added a stunning 115 runs (170b) to thwart the visitors hopes before being all out for 342 in 102.4 overs.

The slender five-run lead counts for a lot, provided KSCA XI hold their nerve on the final day as the hosts bowling out HPCA for 223 in their second innings with Shreyas Gopal (4-73) and Abrar Kazi (4-63) striking repeatedly, need 219 for victory. At close KSCA XI were 18 without loss in five over.

Brief scores: At Bengaluru: Green Sports Village (T): Orissa CA: 540 all out in 155.4 overs vs Tripura CA: 294 for 6 in 112 overs (Samrat Singh 26, Yashpal Singh 123 n.o.  (275 balls, 18 X 4, 1 X 6), Nirupam Sen Choudhury 28, Gurinder Singh 53 n.o., Deepak Behera 2/26, Govind Poddar 3/55)

RSI (T): Baroda CA: 364 all out in 104.1 overs and 2nd Innings: 263 for 9 decl. in 66.1 overs (Vishnu Solanki 70, Ajitesh Argal 42, Irfan Pathan 36, Sagar Mangalorkar 33, Suchith J 5/92) vs KSCA President’s XI: 219 all out in 62 overs and 2nd Innings: 126 for 4 in 32 overs (Nischal D 37, Liyan Khan 42 n.o., Sadiq Kirmani 11 n.o. , Jaydev Patel 4/33)

Just Cricket (T): Dr.DY Patil CA: 336 all out in 96.3 overs and 2nd Innings: 192 all out in 62.3 overs (Vikrant Auti 59, Kevin Almieda 28, Iqbal Abdullah 36, Pavan Deshpande 4/34, Praveen Dubey 4/39) vs KSCA Colts: 324 all out in 102.2 overs (Praveen Dubey 107 (159 balls, 12 X 4, 1 X 6), Bhavesh Gulechha 30, Iqbal Abdullah 2/76, Sarvesh Damle 3/30) and 2nd Innings: 5/0 in 1 over

Alur (1): CAB: 402 all out in 131.2 overs and 2nd Innings: 170 for 3 in 28 overs (Ritwik Roy Chowdhury 28, Sudip Chatterjee 29, Manoj Tiwary 58 n.o., Pankaj Shaw 38 n.o., Sandeep S Warrier 2/26) vs Kerala CA: 266 all out in 105.1 overs (Salman 54, Vinod Kumar 25 n.o., Mukesh Kumar 2/56, Amit Kuila 2/53, Pragyan Ojha 2/55, Aamir Gani 2/45)

BGS (T): Haryana CA: 341 all out in 101.4 overs and 2nd Innings: 169 for 7 in 58 overs (Rahul Dewan 39, Rohit Sharma 25, Rahul Dagar 36 n.o., Ravi Thakur 3/14) vs Vidarabha CA: 272 all out in 102.4 overs (Akshay Karnewar 46, Shrikant Wagh 29, Rajneesh Gurbani 25 n.o. , Sanjay Pahal 2/42, Rahul Tiwatia 3/69, Poonish Mehta 3/43, Amit Rana 2/37)

Aditya Global (T): Himachal Pradesh CA: 337 all out in 91 overs and 2nd Innings: 223 all out in 51.4 overs (Rishi Dhawan 37, Prashant Chopra 98, Abrar Kazi 4/63, Shreyas Gopal 4/73) vs KSCA XI: 342 all out in 99 overs (David Mathias 79, Ronit More 41 n.o., Rishi Dhawan 4/48, Gurvinder Singh 2/77, Mayank Dagar 3/104) and 2nd Innings: 18/0 in 5 overs (Samarth R 15 n.o.)

At Mysuru: JCE (T): Punjab CA: 246 all out in 78.5 overs and 2nd Innings: 364 all out in 106.5 overs (Taruwar Kohli 40, Gurkeeret Mann 107 (98 balls, 18 X 4, 4 X 6), Anmolpreet Singh 43, Jaskaran Singh 57 n.o. , Royston Dias 3/65, Badre Alam 2/48, Vishal Dabholkar 2/80) vs Mumbai CA: 184 all out in 54.3 overs and 2nd Innings: 67/0 in 23 overs (Swapnil Pradhan 37 n.o. )

SDNRW (T): Gujarat CA: 600 for 3 in 180 overs decl. vs Andhra CA: 288 for 4 in 86 overs (KS Bharat 121, DB Prasanth Kumar 25, M Praneeth 37, AG Pradeep 35 n.o., Karan Patel 3/87)