Published: May 15, 2026 at 8:35 pm
R Dinesh bowled Cambridge XI to a thumping nine-wicket win over Imperial in the league phase of the HCA A Division T20 tournament in Hyderabad on Friday.
Batting first, Imperial batters put up a shoddy show as they were bowled out for a lowly 111 in 17.1 overs. R Dinesh was the pick of the bowlers as he claimed five for 22 in his four overs.
In reply, Cambridge XI knocked off the runs in 9.1 overs as they raced to 115 for one. K Bhagath Varma made an unbeaten 56.
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PS Chaitanya Reddy missed out on a century, but his effort ensured a seven-wicket win over Central Excise over Deccan Wanderers in a high scoring game.
Deccan Wanderers, batting first, made a competitive 224 for five in 19 overs with Rishiketh Sisodia making 89 and Harshit Choudhary getting 85. However, the total was not sufficient to prevent Central Excise from gaining full points from the game.
PS Chaitanya Reddy
Central Excise batters took up the challenge and scored 230 for three in 17.2 overs with Chaitanya Reddy making 94 and C Abhinav Tej scoring an unbeaten 54.
Sporting XI brought Charminar to the ground with a 19-run win. Sporting XI made 197 for six with A Takhshith Rao getting 61 and A Varun Goud scoring 57. In reply, Charminar were restricted to 178 for nine despite Bhavesh Seth scoring 53.
In another high-scoring game, EMCC scored a 50-run win over Deccan Chronicle. EMCC ran up a massive 259 for four in their 20 overs with half-centuries from the blades of A Avinash Rao (57) and Sancheit Binjrajka (53). In reply, Deccan Chronicle were bowled out for 209 in 19.4 overs with Nishanth Saranu taking three for 50.
Abhirath Reddy scored an unbeaten half-century to steer Jai Hanuman to a five-wicket win over Evergreen. Abhirath made 84 and A Prateek Reddy scored 58 as Jai Hanuman made 200 for five in 16.4 overs.
Earlier, Evergreen scored 198 for six with Sai Vikas Reddy making 54 and Aaron George Varghese scoring 52. Shanmukha Ashwin took three for 32 for Jai Hanuman.
Balaaji scored a seven-wicket win over State Bank of India. SBI made a modest 147 for four with B Sumanth scoring an unbeaten 49. In reply, Balaaji made 148 for three with Prateek Pawar scoring an unbeaten 42.
Raghava Pattapu scored an unbeaten 67 to power R Dayanand to a seven-wicket win over Combined District-2.
Brief scores: UBI 211/6 in 20 overs (Alankrith Rapole 57, Neeraj Bist 51, Nitin Sai Yadav 32no, A Sai Adrit Reddy 3/29) beat SCRSA 175/8 in 20 overs (Sarthak Bharadwaj 65, Shaik Sameer 48, Wafi Kachchhi 3/21, Md Abdul Khader 3/38)
EMCC 259/4 in 20 overs (A Avanish Rao 57, Sacheit Binjrajka 53) beat Deccan Chronicle 209 in 19.4 overs (C V Milind 38, Nishanth Saranu 3/50).
Hyderabad Bottling 208/8 in 20 overs (K Prajwal 49, K Hima Teja 35, Y Harshith Sai 42no) beat Budding Stars 183/6 in 20 overs (G Rithish Reddy 56no, Pranav Varma 32).
SBI 147/4 in 20 overs (B Sumanth 49no) lost to Balaaji 148/3 in 14.1 overs (HK Simha 49, Prateek Pawar 42no).
Evergreen 198/6 in 20 overs (Aaron George Varghese 52, Sai Vikas Reddy 54, Shanmukha Ashwin 3/32) lost to Jai Hanuman 200/5 in 16.4 overs (Abhirath Reddy 84no, A Prateek Reddy 58).
Sporting XI 197/6 in 20 overs (A Takshith Rao 61, A Varun Goud 57, Shaik Sohail 37no) beat Charminar 178/9 in 20 overs (Karan Yadav 38, Bhavesh Seth 53, Shrey Singh 33no).
MP Colts vs AOC (AOC did not turn up MP Colts claimed walkover).
Imperial 111/10 in 17.1 overs (Aryan Krishna 35, R Dinesh 5/22) lost to Cambridge XI 115/1 in 9.1 overs (Shashank Lokesh 41, K Bhagath Varma 56no).
Deccan Wanderers 224/5 in 19 overs (Rishiketh Sisodia 89, Harshit Choudhary 86) lost to Central Excise 230/3 in 17.2 overs (Jashwanth Mote 30, Ps Chaitanya Reddy 94, Sai Varun 32, C Abhinav Tej 54no)
Combined District -2 155/8 in 20 overs (Md Arfaz Ahmed 41no) lost to R Dayanand 157/3 in 16.2 overs (Raghava Pattapu 67no, Naman Agarwal 74, Sathwik D 3/39).
