Centuries and five-wicket hauls light up HCA under-14 inter-schools cricket tournament

The HCA under-14 inter-schools cricket tournament in Hyderabad saw standout performances, including centuries by Yash Raj Singh, Rana and Dakshdeep, and five-wicket hauls by Zaheer, Haneesh, Aaryan, Venkata Krishna and Rishank. Adilabad, Oakridge and Gowtham schools registered dominant wins

Hyderabad: Centuries by Yash Raj Singh (109) for Adilabad, Rana (150 n.o.), who also claimed five for 16, for Oakridge International School, and M Dakshdeep (122) for Gowtham Model School (Ameerpet) were some of the highlights of the HCA Inter-schools (under-14) one-day knock-out tournament here on Monday.

Fine spells by Zaheer (five for 11) and C Haneesh (five for eight) for Adilabad, Aaryan (five for one) for Sage School (Medipally), T Venkata Krishna (five for 22) for Academic Heights Public School, and Rishank Yarramshetti (five for 27) for Nalgonda were the significant individual performances.

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The scores:

A-Division T-20 league-cum-knock-out: Deccan Wanderers 148 in 19.2 overs (P Aashish Abhay 3/26) bt East Marredpally 135 in 19.5 overs (S Rohit Reddy 43, Salman Khan 3/24, Ashish Srivastav 3/18).

Women’s under-15 selection matches:

Team F 158/6 in 35 overs (Ashritha 51, A Jucitha 31, N Vareesha 32) lost to Team C 159/3 in 24.1 overs (K Prateeka 36, Bhavishya 53).

Team B 111/5 in 35 overs (Neetha Shashwatha 51, K Deekshaja 3/13) lost to Team G 112/3 in 23.5 overs.

Team E 146 in 31.5 overs (Sai Druvigna 63, P Deepika 4/20) lost to Team D 147/1 in 24.1 overs (P Shanvi 57, B Geetika Priyadarshini 30).

Inter-schools under-14 one-day knock-out:

Adilabad District 293 in 35.5 overs (Yash Raj Singh 109, J Anwesh Kumar 33) bt St Anthony’s Grammar HS (Dammaiguda) 19 in 6 overs (Zaheer 5/11, C Haneesh 5/8).

Sage School (Medipally) 180 in 31.3 overs (D Aarav 60, V Roshan 44, MSN Abhinava 4/21) bt Amrita Vidyalam (Mahendra Hills) 23 in 11.1 overs (D Aarav 3/7, Aaryan 5/1).

JRS International School (Ghatkesar) 89 in 21 overs lost to Nizamabad District 91/4 in 20.5 overs (D Karthikeya 38 n.o., Syed Ahmed 31).

Oakridge International School (Bachupally) 307/8 in 50 overs (Rana 150 n.o., Srihan Reddy 48, Harshith Kumar 3/42) bt Akshara International School (Kukatpally) 53 in 13.2 overs (Rana 5/16).

Academic Heights Public School 197 in 30.2 overs (Druvanth Eshwar 61) bt Hidayah Islamic International School 59/9 in 19.2 overs (T Venkata Krishna 5/22, Hare Krishna Pradhan 3/4).

Hyderabad School of Excellence (Rajendranagar) 172 in 32 overs (Prem Naik 30, Haarshiv 4/32) bt Genesis School (Beeramguda) 107 in 24 overs (Shaik Eshan 33, M Sai Charan 3/32, Abubakar 3/18).

Nalgonda District 170 in 36.1 overs (Y Rishank 40, Kanishk 43, Lohendra Reddy 4/33) bt Akshara International School (LB Nagar) 108 in 33.1 overs (Rishith 58, Rishank Yarramshetti 5/27).

Gowtham Model School (Ameerpet) 289/9 in 50 overs (M Dakshdeep 122, Sayeesh Bhandarkar 4/44) bt St Peters High School (Bowenpally) 77/7 in 24.3 overs.

Cal Public School (Kapra) 179/9 in 47 overs (Vivaan Michael 36, PVSSS Yashwanth 38, Aditya Kiranveer 3/23) lost to The Future Kids School (Rajendranagar) 180/8 in 43.4 overs (M Arnav Reddy 62, V Aarush 63).

Karimnagar District 172 in 36 overs (Prem Sai 44, G Athyunnath Anand 54, Bhargav 4/17) bt Vignan Vidyalaya (Nizampet) 166 in 42.1 overs (PL Anshuman 69, Chinthala 4/34).