N Anirudh bottles up rivals with fiery 5-wicket haul

Hyderabad: Himalay Agarwal scored a whopping 156 to take Sporting XI to a strong total of 476 against BDL on second day of the Hyderabad Cricket Association’s top division league. BDL in reply lost an early wicket with the score at 40 by close of play.

Meanwhile, in a Group ‘B’ match mediumpacer N. Anirudh scalped 5 for 58 to help Gemini Friends restrict Hyderabad Bottling to 28-run first inning lead after being bundled out for 207. In their second innings, Gemini Friends scored 87 for the loss of one wicket at the end of second day’s play.

Resuming at his overnight score of 125, Himalay continued his momentum and added another 31 runs. He hit 17 fours and two sixes off 398 balls during his knock. Mir Jaweed Ali, Yudhvir Singh and Sunny Patsa also lend valuable support as they scored 89, 92 and 58 respectively.

Brief scores:
THREE-DAY LEAGUE
Group-A Day-2:

• Sporting XI 476 in 144.1 overs (HimalayAgarwal 156 — 398b, 17x4, 2x6, Mir Jaweed Ali 89, Sunny Patsa 58, Yudhvir Singh 92, Mudassar Hussain 3 for 116, Akash Sana 3 for 67) vs BDL 40 for 1 in 15 overs 
• Income Tax 109 in 34.5 overs vs Jai Hanuman 133 for 3 in 49 overs (G. Shashidhar Reddy 48, Vittal Anurag 64). Day-2 washed out due to overnight rains.
• Andhra Bank 230 for 8 in 68 overs (M. Suresh 3 for 49) vs SCRSA. Day-2 washed out due to overnight rains.

GROUP-B

• Gemini Friends 179 in 64.5 overs & 87 for 1 in 33 overs (M. Abhirath Reddy 62 not out) vs Hyderabad Bottling 207 in 77.5 overs (E. Jayaram Reddy 42, Vinay Goud 79, N. Anirudh 5 for 58 — 20-4-58-5, Rathan Teja 4 for 57).
• MP Colts 113 for 4 in 45 overs (A Vaishnav Reddy 51, A Akash 49).
• Evergreen vs India Cements (Day-2 washed out without a ball being bowled due to overnight rains).