Pradeep, Mudassir, Shashank shine
V. L. Sashank of Balaji CC took six wickets of Zinda Tilismath while conceding 31 runs to bowl them out for 106 in reply to Balaji’s 286.
Hyderabad: A. R. Satwick, S. K. Majeed hit centuries; M. Pradeep performed well with both the bat and the ball while, Khaja Mudassir, V. L. Sashank, Prateek Sehgal, Mohammed Zaki, K. Rakesh, S. Bhanu, Prafull Kumar, Sumeet Joshi, Pavan Reddy, Susikshit Reddy, Nitesh and Trishank Gupta were bowlers who came up with brilliant performances at Hyderabad Cricket Association’s two-day league matches.
M. Pradeep of Adilabad district hit an unbeaten 110 off 144 balls with six boundaries and four sixes to his credit to help his team post 263 for 5 in 48 overs. Later, he also took five wickets while conceding 49 runs to consign Megacity to defeat.
Khaja Mudassir of Mahmood CC snared eight HUCC wickets while giving away just 30 runs to bowl them out for a paltry 94 in reply to Mahmood CC’s 265 for 8.
In another match, V. L. Sashank of Balaji CC took six wickets of Zinda Tilismath while conceding 31 runs to bowl them out for 106 in reply to Balaji’s 286.
Prateek Sehgal of Sri Chakra was the other bowler who performed exceptionally well. He scalped seven wickets to limit Pasha Beedi to 128 in 39 overs.
Satwick was the other centurion. He hit 102 not out as Oxford Blues made 184 for 6 in 42 overs and then bowled out Elegant for 142.
S. K. Majeed and Mohammed Zaki put up a splendid show for Nalgonda District. Zaki took five wickets to restrict Apex CC to 192 in 41.5 overs. Majeed then hit 105 with 16 boundaries as Nalgonda replied with 194 for 5 in 42.2 overs.
Team Telangana’s K. Rakesh and S. Bhanu took five wickets each to bowl their side to victory over WMCC, for whom Prafull Kumar also took a five-for. Replying to Telangana’s 160, WMCC were all out for 151.
In another match, Nitesh took five wickets for 31 runs for Brothers XI who beat Raju CC by seven wickets. Susikshit Reddy of PKMCC also got five wickets although his team lost to MCC. Other bowlers took five-fors were Warangal’s Pavan Reddy (5 for 63), Sumeet Joshi (5 for 30) of Osmania and Charminar’s Trishank Gupta (5 for 26).
Brief scores:
TWO-DAY LEAGUE
Adilabad District 263/5 in 48 overs (M. Pradeep 110 n.o. — 144b, 6x4, 4x6, Rakesh Goud 73, Gaurav 2/68, Nihal 3/58) bt Megacity 205 in 43.3 overs (Ariyan 46n.o., Ravi Kumar 78, Rakesh Goud 4/75, Pradeep 5/49 —11.3-1-49-5). Points: Adilabad 4, Megacity 0.
Mahmood CC 265/8 in 71 overs (Karthik 83, C. Vinay Kumar 64, Vishnu 4/62) bt HUCC 94 in 40.5 overs (Mehul 33, Khaja Mudassir 8/30 — 5-1-30-8). Points: Mahmood CC 4, HUCC 0.
Sri Chakra 314 in 68.4 overs (Arun Kumar Goud 42, Sai Samarth 47, Shankar Yadav 73, Satish Yadav 33 n.o., Swachit Kumar 3/39) Pasha Beedi 128 (9 wkts) in 39 overs (Taukeer 30, Prateek Sehgal 7/36 — 14-4-36-7). Points: Sri Chakra 4, Pasha Beedi 0.
Balaji CC 286 in 52.2 overs (Paras Raj 56, Anil. T 97, Neel Chakravarthy 4/134) bt Zinda Tilismath 106 in 34.1 overs (Obaid 44, V. L. Sashank 6/31 — 13-2-31-6). Points: Balaji CC 4, Zinda Tilismath 0.
Rakesh XI 95 in 34.5 overs (Trishank Gupta 5/26 — 17-6-26-5, Adnan Ahmed 4/37) lost to Charminar 96/0 in 19.1 overs (Gopinath Reddy 51 n.o, Adnan Ahmed 44 n. o). Points: Charminar 4, Rakesh XI 0.
Hyderabad Titans 136 in 58.2 overs (Yash Satwalekar 46, Sumeet Joshi 5/30 — 21-4-30-5) lost to Osmania 137/5 in 38.2 overs (Anish Rao 36 n.o.). Points: Osmania 4, Hyderabad Titans 0.
Raju CC 74 in 30.2 overs (Nitesh 5/31 — 15-3-31-5)) lost to Brothers XI 75/3 in 14.3 overs (Varun Goud 58). Points: Brothers XI 4, Raju CC 0.
MCC 123 in 33.3 overs (Srinivas Yadav 54, Susikshit Reddy 5/41 — 13.3.-5-41-5)) bt PKMCC 46 in 28.2 overs. Points: MCC 4, PKMCC 0.
Manchester 145 in 46.5 overs (Abhilash 34, Pavan Reddy 5/63 — 18.5-5-63-5, Sushmith 3/24) lost to Warangal District 146/2 in 31.1 overs (M.A. Meraj 52, B. Kumar 61). Points: Warangal 4, Manchester 0.
Apex CC 192 in 41.5 overs (Vineeth S. 49, Rama Krishna 48, Mohammed Zaki 5/68 — 16.5-2-68-5) lost to Nalgonda District 194/5 in 42.2 overs (S. K Majeed 105 n.o. — 133b-4x16), B. Buchibabu 47, K. Pramood 3/57). Points: Nalgonda 4, Apex 0.
Telangana 160 (9 wkts) in 51.1 overs (Prafull Kumar 5/84 — 24.1-4-84-5) bt WMCC 151 in 38.1 overs (Prafull Kumar 30, Harsh Patel 55 n.o, K. Rakesh 5/80 — 19-1-&0-5), S. Bhanu 5/41 — 15.1-2-41-5). Points: Telangana 4, WMCC 0.
Oxford Blues 184/6 in 42 overs (A. R. Satwick 102 n.o — 123b, 6x4, 3x6), Mohd Afzal 3/46) bt Elegant 142 in 35.1 overs (Ajay 47, Mani Gowtham 3/22, Bharadwaj 3/50). Points: Oxford Blues 4, Elegant 0.
New Blues 281 in 39.4 overs (Maharshi Shukla 91, Sumitav Nayak 70, Siddhanth 4/47, Shabbir Ali 3/42) bt Jai Bhagwathi 96 (9 wkts) in 24.1 overs. Points: New Blues 4, Jai Bhagwathi 0.
Postai 199/7 in 40 overs (Md Shakeer Ahmed 73, M. Suresh 38 n.o.) bt Sayi Satya 104 in 24.4 overs (Omer 45, Bhargav Anand 3/12). Points: Postal 4, Sayi Satya 0.
Cheerful Chums 56 in 20 overs (Vishal Singh 3/10, Anmol Sethi 3/8) lost to Green Turf 60/2 in 12 overs. Points: Green Turf 4, Cheerful Chums 0.
HBCC 125/9 in 56 overs (Ruthik Yadav 53 n.o., C. H. Lokesh 3/37) lost to Kosaraju 127/3 in 26.2 overs (V. Harshith 68). Points: Kosaraju 4, HBCC 0.