Published: October 30, 2026 at 9:17 pm
A Takshith Rao hit an unbeaten century to steer Sporting XI to a thumping nine-wicket win over Imperial in the HCA’s A Division (one-day) league-cum-knock-out championship in Hyderabad on Friday.
S Rehaan Roshan
Batting first, Imperial could muster a modest 250 despite S Rehaan Roshan scoring 138 off 134 balls with seven fours and nine sixes. B Rathan Teja did the most damage with a four for 75 haul and Md Umar bagged three for 56.
In reply, it was Takshith Rao all the way as he hammered a sizzling 163 not out of only 54 balls. It was a massacre as Takshith toyed with the Imperial attack. Anvith Reddy helped himself to an unbeaten 85 as Sporting routed Imperial.
N Surya Teja
N Surya Teja hit a century and C Tarun Kumar bagged five wickets to help Central Excise score a 59-run win over MP Colts in a high-scoring game.
Batting first, Central Excise posted a formidable 371 for seven with Surya Teja scoring 142 off 93 balls with 14 fours and five sixes. Shaumik Kapoor missed out on a century by just six runs.
In reply, MP Colts fought well with S Vaishnav Reddy (77) and Rishit Reddy A (62) scoring half-centuries but they could only manage 312 for nine with Tarun Kumar taking five for 48.
C Tarun Kumar
Abrar Mohiuddin took five wickets to set up Balaaji’s thumping nine-wicket win over State Bank of India. Abrar bagged five for 10 in five overs as SBI were restricted to 129 for eight in 24 overs. Balaaji replied with 132 for one.
Another bank team bite the dust as Deccan Chronicle scored a 66-run win over Union Bank of India. Vishal Kommu struck 111 off 126 balls with 10 fours and a six as Chronicle made a modest 278. However, UBI failed to reach the target as they were bowled out for 212.
Abrar Mohiuddin
C Abhinav Tej scored an unbeaten 93 to help R Dayanand score a five-wicket win over Evergreen. After bowling out Evergreen for a lowly 177, Dayanand made 182 for five with Tej doing the bulk of the scoring.
Brief scores: Budding Star 85 in 20.1 overs (Salman Khan 3/12, A Nithin Varma 3/24) lost to Deccan Wanderers 87/0 in 7.4 overs (Rishiket Sisodia 57no).
Central Excise 371/7 in 47 overs (Shaumik Kapoor 94, N Surya Teja 142, C Pradhyumn 57, C Hitesh Yadav 3/59) beat MP Colts 312/9 in 43.5 overs (S Vaishnav Reddy 77, Rishit Reddy N 62, C Advaith Reddy 49, Rishikesh B 46, C Tarun Kumar 5/48).
EMCC 275/9 in 45 overs (D Janmesh Singh 78, S Venkat Karthik 49, T Deekshith 78, Sashanth B 3/58) beat Combined Dist-2 212 in 39.1 overs (GSK Reddy 50, T Harshvardhan Singh 35, Aashish Abhay 4/19, Rishab Baslas 3/24).
Vishal Kommu
SBI 129/8 in 24 overs (Vishal Sharma 33, Pavan Kumar 44, Abrar Mohiuddin 5/10) lost to Balaaji 132/1 in 19 overs (K Sri Harsha 69no, Sheshi Kumar 52no).
Deccan Chronicle 278 in 49.1 overs (Vishal Kommu 111, Murugan Abhishek 44) beat UBI 212 in 44.3 overs (Nitin Nayak 56, MA Khader 46, M Pratyush Kumar 3/45).
Evergreen 177 in 30 overs (ASV Anurag 39, Madhukar Mane 3/27, MS Karthikeya 3/45) lost to R Dayanand 182/5 in 25 overs (C Abhinav Tej 93no, Saqlain Arafat 3/20).
AOC 158 in 34.2 overs (Nakul Verma 86, B Sudhakar 4/24, Shaik Ismail 3/41) lost to SCRSA 162/1 in 23.3 overs (S Dhruva 72no, Sarthak Bharadwaj 32, Shaik Sameer 50no).
Imperial 250 in 44.3 overs (S Rehaan Roshan 138, Manish Singh 34, Md Umar 3/56, B Rathan Teja 4/75) lost to Sporting XI 252/1 in 15 overs (A Takshith Rao 163no, Anvith Reddy 85no).
Combined District-1 305/5 in 48 overs (David Kripal Roy 34, Abdul Rafeay 54, TVS Narayan Teja 74, Srinath Yadav 58) beat Cambridge XI 163 in 24.5 overs (Bhagath Varma 63, Arhaan Satwalkear 44 no, Shaik Azhar 4/54).
