Sai Vikas scores 359; Tanmay hits 194, Sai Pragnay 149 not out and Ravi Teja makes 116

There was no stopping Sai Vikas Reddy as the batter struck a triple century to help Team B post 600 against Team C in the HCA Senior Men’s Super League at the HPS Begumpet cricket ground in Hyderabad on Wednesday.

Sai Vikas Reddy smashes unbeaten double ton; Loknath Naik hits a century

Resuming at their overnight score of 358 for three with Sai Vikas Reddy batting on 241, Team B lost wickets at regular interval but Sai Vikas kept one end up.

Sai Vikas Reddy was the last man to fall after making 359 off 402 balls with 35 fours and 20 sixes

Vikas falls after making a mammoth score

He found a partner in C Hitesh Yadav and the duo added 84 for the ninth wicket. Hitesh scored 71 off 52 balls with 10 fours and three sixes. Sai Vikas was the last man to fall after making 359 off 402 balls with 35 fours and 20 sixes. Pranav Varma took four for 174 and Rahul Dhanagara got three for 114.

In reply, Team C were 96 for one with Yash Satwalekar and Nihaal Reddy on 30 each.

Sai Pragnay Reddy struck a timely century to help Team E to make a spirited reply to Team G’s 342. At stumps on the second day, Team E were 263 for three with Pragnay Reddy batting on 149 off 182 balls with 15 fours and six sixes and giving him company was Rahul Buddhi on 31.

Sai Pragnay Reddy was batting on 149 off 182 balls with 15 fours and six sixes

Team E had a disastrous start as they lost C Siddharth Rao (0) and P Arvind (0) in the second over of the game as Tarun Raj struck with his first and third ball.

However, opener Shashank Lokesh and Pragnay Reddy steadied the ship with a fighting 174-run partnership for the third wicket before Shashank was caught by Hrishikesh Simha off Aniketh Reddy after making 71 off 123 balls with six fours and a six.

Pragnay and Rahul have added 83 for the unbroken fourth wicket.

Earlier, T Ravi Teja scored 116 off 227 balls with five fours and six sixes to prop up Team G, who were bowled out for 342. Ruthvik Yadav bagged five for 97.

T Ravi Teja scored 116 off 227 balls with five fours and six sixes to prop up Team G, who were bowled out for 342

Opener Tanmay Agarwal fell short of a double century by six runs, but his herculean effort helped Team D take the first innings lead against Team A.

Replying to Team A’s 347, Team D went on to make 416 for seven by stumps on the second day.

Openers Tanmay Agarwal and Shrey Singh put up 149 for the first wicket to lay a solid platform for their side.  Shrey Singh fell to Nishanth Saranu for 64 off 126 balls with 10 fours. Tanmay went on to add 74 for the fourth wicket with Ganesh Gadugu (40) and 59 for the fifth wicket with Naman Agarwal (12) before falling.

Tanmay was caught by Nishanth off Ashish Srivastav after scoring 194 off 174 balls with 22 fours and five sixes. Nishanth got three for 72.

Brief scores: Team F 226 in 73.5 overs & 354 in 64.2 overs (Aman Rao P 61, Alankrit Rapole 43, A Prateek Reddy 88, A Varun Goud 64, Aawez Ahmed 48, Shanmukha Aswhin 3/86, Madhukar Manne 3/27) vs Team H 99 in 26.3 overs (Chandan Sahani 30, Murugan Abhishek 4/37, M Dheeraj Rao 3/15) & 69/2 in 8 overs (A Avanish Rao 39 batting).

Team E’s Ruthvik Yadav took five for 97 to restrict Team G to 342

Team G 342 in 107.5 overs (T Ravi Teja 116, Aniketh Reddy 69, Ruthvik Yadav 5/97) vs Team E 263/3 in 63 overs (Shashank Lokesh 71, Sai Pragnay Reddy 149 batting, Rahul Buddhi 31 batting).

Team A 347 in 83 overs vs Team D 416/7 in 81 overs (Shrey Singh 64, Tanmay Agarwal 194, Harshith Sai 30 batting, Nishanth Saranu 3/72).

Team B 600 in 138.3 overs (Sai Vikas Reddy 359, Aryan Krishna 64, C Hitesh Yadav 71, Rahul D 3/114, Pranav Varma 4/174) vs Team C 96/1 in 33 overs (Nihaal Reddy 30 batting, Yash Satwalekar 30 batting).