Md Shahrukh Khan bowled Concorde to a 35-run win over Osmania University in the league phase of the HCA B Division T20 tournament in Hyderabad on Thursday.
Batting first, Concorde made a modest 164 for five in 20 overs with No.3 bat Santosh Kumar Gupta making a topscore of 53 off 37 balls with eight fours.
In reply, Osmania University were bowled out for 129 in 18.1 overs with Shahrukh, who comes for a poor family, taking five for 17 in 3.1 overs. He began by having topscorer S Ashish Vardhan (47) caught by Lalith. The leggie, whose father sells helmets on the roadside, then ran through the lower order to decimate the Osmania challenge.
Shakeer, Sankeerthan shine
Mohd Ahmed Shakeer struck an unbeaten century as Postal carved out a narrow two-run win over Venus Cybertech.
Batting first, Postal made 152 for three in 19 overs with Shakeer making a 60-ball 101 with nine four and six sixes.
In reply, Venus batters fought well but fell short by two runs. They were restricted to 150 for nine in 10 overs with Krishna Pasarla making 55. Srikanth P bagged three for 25 for the winners.
Jai Hari Sankeerthan took four for 24 to set up Rakesh XI’s five-wicket win over Cheerful Chums.
Brief scores: Hyderabad Blues 175/7 in 20 overs (P Harshil Reddy 62, Naman Choudhary 38) beat Hyderabad Wanderers 137/9 in 20 overs (Md Tammeem Hussain 44, Devesh Jain 3/8).
Warangal District 149/6 in 20 overs (M Devendar 64) beat Zinda Tilismath 123/8 in 20 overs (Sai Nehal K 46, J Manideep 41, B Santhosh 3/12).
Concorde 164/5 in 20 overs (Arjun Sai Vasireddy 31, Santosh Kumar Gupta 53) bt Osmania University 129 in 18.1 overs (S Ashish Vardhan 47, Md Shahrukh Khan 5/17).
Secunderabad Nawabs 149/7 in 20 overs (Rithvik R Nishangi 74no, Uthkarsh Vinayak 3/30) beat Sayi Satya 137/2 in 20 overs (Arnav Kothapally 81no)
Ensconse 230/7 in 20 overs (Keshav Upadhyay 37, K Pranay 70, Mohammed Azharuddin 58) beat Galaxy 162/5 in 20 overs (Narlagiri Ramana 61).
Cheerful Chums 114 in 20 overs (Jai Hari Sankeerthan 4/24) lost to Rakesh XI 115/5 in 19.2 overs (Midun Mote 60, Arjun NC 3/16).
Deccan Blues 209/3 in 20 overs (N Anish Reddy 70, K Yogendhar Reddy 50, B Rajashekar 45no) beat Apex 157/8 in 20 overs (Sai Ritesh 49, M Abyan 3/14).
Future Stars 188/4 in 20 overs (Aditya Malhotra 33, Sathvik Peddi 39, Swaran Reddy R 50no) beat Sportive 182/9 in 20 overs (Mota Varun Tej 43, Vallepu Murthy 38, Imam Shareef 55).
Vijay Hanuman 147/7 in 20 overs (Akula Sai Ganesh 3/24) beat Telangana 104 in 17.3 overs (Muntazir Ahmed 44, P Om Dhanush 3/19).
Postal 152/3 in 19 overs (Mohd Ahmed Shakeer 101no) beat Venus Cybertech 150/9 in 19 overs (Nihar K Beeram 32, Krishna Pasarla 55, Srikanth P 3/25).
Medak District 177/9 in 20 overs (P Lohith Reddy 60, Prathik Chowdary 3/29) lost to National 178/2 in 18.4 overs (Prudhvi Raj Chouhan 62no, K Ugendar 53).
PKMCC 128/7 in 20 overs (Abhay Gopinathan Nair 33, Vedhari 3/15) lost to Mahadev 131/5 in 19.2 overs (Kushal Sheerla 35, Khush Agarwal 50no).
WMCC 97/10 in 19.5 overs (Shravan Rathi 34, K Sathish Chandra 3/16) lost to Team Speed 98/0 in 10.1 overs (P Advith Reddy 73no).
Raju CC 171/2 in 20 overs (Syed Arsalan Quadri 40, Sreekruthan A 38no, Aaryan Rath 55no) lost to Elegant 175/4 in 18.2 overs (Md Sitwath Ullah 68, K Karthik 39, Kasheem E 38no).
Income Tax 114/9 in 20 overs (M Vikranth Reddy 3/16, C Ruthwik 3/13) lost to Nizamabad District 115/3 in 14.1 overs (Y Srikar Reddy 43, M Vikranth Reddy 42).
Jai Hanuman down Sporting XI by 14 runs
Jai Hanuman scored a 14-run win over Sporting XI in the A Division T20 league. Jai Hanuman, batting first, made 182 for six with A Prateek Reddy scoring 89. In reply, Sporting XI were restricted to 168 for nine with Ranganath BK taking four for 23.
Brief scores: A Division T20: Jai Hanuman 182/6 in 20 overs (A Prateek Reddy 89) beat Sporting XI 168/9 in 20 overs (A Takshith Rao 41, Anvith Reddy 36, A Varun Goud 42, Shaunak Kulkarni 3/41, Ranganath BK 4/23).
