HCA: Aniketh, Ashish, Bharat, Pranav, Mickil shine

Aniketh Reddy’s 7/8, Ashish Srivastav’s 6/31, Bharat Reddy’s 6/76, and a century by Pranav Suryadevara highlighted a thrilling round of the HCA A-Division two-day league in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Fine spells by Aniketh Reddy (7/8) for Evergreen, Ashish Srivastav (6/31) for Deccan Wanderers, and Bharat Reddy (6/76) for Combined Districts were some of the highlights of the HCA A-Division two-day league cricket championship here on Friday.

In another match, Pranav Suryadevara cracked his second consecutive century (106) for Hyderabad Bottling this season.

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Ranji star Mickil Jaiswal of MP Colts was unlucky to be stranded on 99 in another match.

The scores:
A-Division two-day league:
Deccan Chronicle 164/9 in 34 overs (M. Pratyush 31, Ali Kachchhi 50, Alfred Absolom 3/45) bt SBI 160 in 32.4 overs (Anoop Pai 55, Amit Singh 4/13, Yashveer Goud 3/34).

Balaaji 276 in 69 overs (Vikash Gupta 70, M. Sai Karthikeya 31, Aryan Cariappa 35, Siddharth Naidu 32, T. P. Anirudh 3/63, P. Saketh 3/30) bt Central Excise 157 in 51.1 overs (Saketh Sairam 54, M. Sai Karthikeya 4/27).

Budding Stars 236/7 in 42 overs (Yash Gupta 84, T. Ravi Teja 63, Bhagath Varma 3/40) bt Cambridge XI 109 in 30.2 overs (S. Dheeraj 43, T. Ravi Teja 3/8, C. T. L. Rakshann Readdi 3/8).

AOC 92 in 28 overs (Dhanaji Shinde 40, Aniketh Reddy 7/8) lost to Evergreen 96/1 in 13 overs (Sai Vikas Reddy 67 n.o.).

Sporting XI 221/9 in 45 overs (Jasmeet Nain 50, A. Varun Goud 40, Karthikeya Kak 31, S. Nishanth 3/27) bt EMCC 200 in 43.4 overs (Aman Rao 41, Sai Pragnay Reddy 76, Venkat Karthik 31).

MP Colts 210/4 in 41 overs (Mickil Jaiswal 99 n.o., Rishith Reddy 41) lost to Hyderabad Bottling 214/8 in 33.4 overs (Pranav Suryadevara 106, G. Aryan Reddy 37, Advaith Reddy 3/40).

Gemini Friends 293 in 45 overs (J. Aditya 56, Chirag Yadav 50, Nitesh Reddy 66, Rahul Singh 58, Sriniketh 32, Prithvi Reddy 3/40, Naman Agarwal 3/57) bt R. Dayanand 257 in 43.4 overs (P. Raghava 91, Shaik Rasheed 53, Jagdish 37, Chirag Yadav 4/44, Nitesh Reddy 3/37).

SCRSA 190 in 40.3 overs (Aaron George 88, Y. Jagadeesh 44, Ashish Srivastav 6/31) lost to Deccan Wanderers 191/2 in 34.3 overs (Nitish Reddy 49, Sarthak Bharadwaj 53 n.o., Bhavesh Seth 52 n.o.).

Union Bank of India 365/9 in 74 overs (Khader 37 n.o., Bharat Reddy 6/76) bt Combined Districts 137 in 37.5 overs (Shashank Yadav 4/33, Nitin Sai Yadav 3/44).