Prajwal shines as ours team enter final

Hyderabad: Riding on Prajwal Manot’s batting display, Ours stormed into the final of the Kishan Pershad one-day knockout cricket tournament organised by the Hyderabad Cricket Association in the city.

Chasing 156 for a win, Prajwal with his unbeaten 60 turned the heat on the bowlers as he hit them all over the park. In the end, Ours chased down Charminar’s target in 32 overs, with six wickets in hand.

In another ‘A’ division match, A. Lalith Mohan and Rohan Yadav’s five-wicket hauls went in vain as Hyderabad Bottling lost to Deccan Chronicle by 47 runs. Lalith snared 5/61 from his 17 overs while Rohan picked 5/73 from his 11.3 overs.

Brief scores
Kishan Pershad Elite one-day knockout (semifinal)

Charminar 156 in 32.3 overs (Md. Siraj 43, Prajwal Manot 3/23) lost to Ours 159/4 in 32 overs (Jayawardhane 34, Prajwal Manot 60 n.o.).

BEHRAM-UD-DOWLA TWO-DAY KNOCKOUT (Day-1)

Deccan Chronicle 212 in 40.3 overs (K. Nitesh Reddy 64, D.B. Ravi Teja 50, Vikas Reddy 30, A. Lalith Mohan 5/61 — 17-2-61-5, Rohan Yadav 5/73 — 11.3-0-73-5) bt Hyderabad Bottling 165 in 40.2 overs (S. Ravindar Reddy 45, Rohan Yadav 31, Vinay 4/47, D.B. Ravi Teja 3/17).

TWO DAY ELITE (Day-1)
Zinda Tilismath 183 in 47 overs (Farhan Hamza 33, Sanjay Yadav 36, Kaleem Khan 49, Surya Teja 5/46) vs Gujarathi 190/4 in 37 overs (Srinath 68, Baljeet Singh batting 66).

One-Day knockout

TSRTC 224/9 in 35 overs (Anil 67, Prasad 61, Sai 35) lost to HAL 228/8 in 34.5 overs (Sai 40, Ganesh 51, Upender 37, Gaurav 32).