Division cricket league: Cheluvaraj, Sharan Gouda shine

Bengaluru: V. Cheluvaraj scored a century while Sharan Gouda bagged a five-wicket haul in Mount Joy Cricket Club’s drawn encounter against Swastic Union Cricket Club (2) in the KSCA Group I – I Division cricket league for the Mirza Ismail Shield.

Cheluvaraj’s 226-ball 151 (16x4) guided Mount Joy to 363.  Samarth Ooty (94) missed out on a ton while Praveen made 46.  Off-spinner Gowtham K picked up six wickets while Karthik CA and Arshdeep Singh Brar grabbed two apiece.
In reply, Swastic Union were bowled out for 208.  Nishith Raj led with 59 while Ashish Dhar (37) and Karthik CA (45) came up with useful contributions. Pacer duo Prasidh and Aditya Somanna took two wickets each to help their side grab three first innings points.

With a healthy 155-run lead, Mount Joy were 113 for 5 in the second innings with Praveen scoring 61. Satish Bharadwaj claimed three wickets and medium pacer Vishnu Prabhas took two.

Brief scores: Mount Joy CC: 363 all out in 88.3 overs (Praveen 46, V. Cheluvaraj 151, Samarth Ooty 94, Karthik CA 2/64, Gowtham K 6/99, Arshdeep Singh Brar 2/52) & 113 for 5 in 20 overs (Praveen 61, Vishnu Prabhas 2/15, Satish Bharadwaj 3/16) drew with Swastic Union CC (2): 208 all out in 51.2 overs (Nishith Raj 59, Ashish Dhar 37, Karthik CA 45, Prasidh M 2/36, Aditya Somanna 2/57, Sharan Gouda 5/35).

Friends Union CC (1): 139 all out in (Sri Krishna 47, Koushik V 5/22, Darshan MB 2/43) & 112 for 2 in 30 overs (Sri Krishna 41, Chiranjeevi GS 41 n.o) drew with The Bangalore Cricketers: 213 all out in 74.3 overs (Manjunath SP 57, Akshay CK 64, Deepesh Poonia 2/33, Praveen Kumar ML 3/73, Suneel Raju 2/20, Naveen B 2/33)

Jawahar SC (1): 222 all out in 81.4 overs (Nikin Jose SJ 36, Shashindra 78, GM Rishab 34, Darshan Machaiah BP 2/31, KP Appanna 4/74, Zeeshan Ali Sayyed 3/67) drew with Bangalore United CC (1): 257 all out in 85.2 overs (Aman Raj 86, Shivam Mishra 92, J Suchith 5/91, Suresh Karani 3/59)

Vultures CC: 306 all out in 88.4 overs (Prateeksh R 44, Sujith Gowda 25, Anirudha Joshi 77, Lakshmikanth L 61, Syed Sufiyan 45 n.o, Anand D 7/88, Abdul Majid 2/14) drew with Bangalore Occasionals: 320 for 9 in 80.3 overs (Abhishek Reddy 59, Mir Kayan Abbas 41, Abdul Majid 76, Naga Bharath 29, Prashanth S 30, Nikith S 43, Punith S 4/104, S Suraj 2/21)

Malleswaram Gymkhana: 131 all out in 37 overs (Liyan Khan 26, Praveen Dubey 28, Kranthi Kumar 52 n.o, Shreyas Gopal 5/64, Abrar Kazi 2/20, SL Akshay 2/25) & 306 for 5 in 50 overs (Sadiq Kirmani 93, Liyan Khan 102 n.o, Praveen Dubey 68, Sagar 27 n.o, Shreyas Gopal 2/86, Abrar Kazi 2/72) drew with Swastic Union CC(1): 304 for 5 decl. in 62.1 overs (Samarth R 59, Naveen MG 48, Siddharth 38, CM Gautam 105 n.o, Jonathan 41, Mitrakant Yadav 2/83, Kranthi Kumar 2/44)

Social Cricketers: 237 all out in 75 overs (Rohan Kadam 96, Ritesh Bhatkal 28, KC Cariappa 44, Prateek Jain 4/34, Dikshanshu Negi 3/45) & 19 for 2 in 7 overs drew with Jawans CC: 222 all out in 81.3 overs (Devdutt Padikkal 39, Md. Taha 92, Dikshanshu Negi 30, KC Cariappa 5/62, Ritesh Bhatkal 5/69).