Five players score tons on opening day of HCA A-Division matches

Centuries by Bhagath Varma, Rithish Reddy, Harshit Choudhary, Jairam Kashyap and Pranav Varma lit up the first day of HCA A-Division league matches across Hyderabad on Tuesday

Hyderabad: Centuries by K. Bhagath Varma (124, 138b, 18×4, 4×6) and G. Rithish Reddy (117, 159b, 13×4, 2×6) for Cambridge XI against Sporting XI were among the highlights of the HCA A-Division League Cricket Championship here on Tuesday.

In other matches, Harshit Choudhary (100, 161b, 15×4, 2×6) for Deccan Wanderers against R. Dayanand and Aditya Javvaji (108, 123b, 14×4, 4×6) for Gemini Friends against MP Colts also notched up fine centuries.

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Jairam Kashyap (117) and Pranav Varma (105 batting) batted well for Budding Stars against State Bank of India.

Scores:
A-Division League Championship – Day 1

Balaaji 239 in 64.1 overs (Krithik Reddy 53, Siddharth Naidu 64, M. Saketh Reddy 30, M. Sai Karthikeya 40; Mohit Kataria 5/38, Irfan Khan 4/49)
vs AOC 33/5 in 13.5 overs

Budding Stars 364/4 in 81 overs (Jairam Kashyap 117, Yash Gupta 59, Alankrit Agarwal 65, Pranav Varma 105*; S.V. Aditya Varma 39*, Vishal Sharma 3/91)
vs SBI

Cambridge XI 374 in 83.2 overs (K. Bhagath Varma 124, N. Rakesh 36, G. Rithish Reddy 117, Pramod 49; Karthikeya Kak 4/44)
vs Sporting XI

EMCC 207/6 in 53.4 overs (Aashlesh Vaman 70, M. Sai Pragnay Reddy 35; V. Yashveer Goud 4/42)
vs Deccan Chronicle

SCRSA 228/3 in 55.2 overs (Dhruva Reddy 69, G. Mani Goutham Reddy 52, Dharani Kumar 73*)
vs Combined Dist.

Deccan Wanderers 325/9 in 84 overs (Harshit Choudhary 100, Bhavesh 33, Rishiket Sisodia 54, Kranthi Kiran 57, Shashank Mehrotra 31*; A. Prithvi Reddy 4/76)
vs R. Dayanand

Gemini Friends 312/4 in 71 overs (Aditya Javvaji 108, K. Nitesh Reddy 86*, G. Rahul Singh 75)
vs MP Colts

Jai Hanuman 361/7 in 71 overs (Abhirath Reddy 182, K. Sai Purnanand Rao 31, Yash Bhansal 50, Rohit Rayudu 62; CH Nishanth Reddy 3/63)
vs Hyd Bottling