Himalay Agarwal smashes big ton; Benjamin, Jayaram miss

Hyderabad: Sporting XI’s attacking batsman Himalay Agarwal thrashed the rival bowling to bits with a belligerent 138 not out to take Thursday’s honours in the Hyderabad Cricket Association’s top division league.

The scathing attack by Himalay boosted Sporting XI to 250 for 4 against Deccan Chronicle. The right handed batsman smashed 20 boundaries and a couple of sixes while facing 159 balls. Mir Jaweed Ali played second fiddle to his teammate by scoring an unbeaten 52 as they stitched a good partnership.

In another match, EMCC posted 225 for 9 in reply to Income Tax’s 240. The score was built on a 96-run knock by Benjamin Thomas. The 145-ball innings comprised a six and 13 boundaries.

Hapless Benjamin fell four runs short of what would’ve been a deserving century. Teammate Mickil Jaiswal contributed an unbeaten 35. Income Tax’s talisman bowler H. Joshi snared three wickets while conceding 35 runs while Praneeth Kumar too snapped 3 for 60 runs.

In another clash, Hyderabad Bottling rode on Jayaram Reddy’s 97 as the team posted 170 for 3 in reply to the India Cements 197. Unfortunately, Jayaram fell three runs short of century. Teammate Vinay Goud contributed 36 runs.

Brief scores:
THREE-DAY LEAGUE
Pool A, Day 1:
Sporting XI 250/4 in 53.1 overs (Himalay Agarwal 138 n.o. — 159b, 20x4, 2x6, Mir Jaweed Ali 52 n.o.) vs Deccan Chronicle

Day 2:
Income Tax 240 in 57 overs vs EMCC 225/9 in 82 overs (Tushar Noutiyal 38, Benjamin Thomas 96 — 145b, 13x4, 1x6, Mickil Jaiswal 35 n.o., H. Joshi 3/35, Praneeth Kumar 3/60).
n Andhra Bank 386 in 94.1 overs (K. Bhagath Varma 6/130, A. Lalith Mohan 4/125) vs R. Dayanand 127/6 in 48 overs (Srikanth K. 40, Kushal Parvez Jilla 35).
Jai Hanuman 152/2 in 62.2 overs (K. Rohit Rayudu 80 n.o., Anurag Vittal 40 n.o.) vs BDL.

Pool B, Day 2:
India Cements 197 in 93.2 overs (Syed Muzzamil Hussain 3/38) vs Hyderabad Bottling 170/3 in 44 overs (Jayaram Reddy 97, Vinay Goud 36).

Continental 121 in 48.1 overs (A. Sai Pranay 56, Divesh Pathania 4/35, Abhishek Sinha 3/9) vs AOC.

Evergreen 118/3 in 42.3 overs vs Gemini Friends.

Day-1:
SCRSA 188/2 in 60.5 overs (M. Suresh 81, S. C. Mohanty 76) vs Cambridge XI.