Published: November 13, 2026 at 8:28 pm
Murugan Abhishek and Ali Kachchhi trumped VVS Sarvajit’s splendid effort as Deccan Chronicle scored a six-wicket victory over Imperial in a high-scoring game in the HCA’s A Division (one-day) league-cum-knock-out tournament at the SKY Park cricket ground in Hyderabad on Friday.
Murugan Abhishek
Batting first, Imperial lost an early wicket when S Loknath Naik (0) was trapped leg before by pacer Amith Kumar Singh. However, skipper Rahul Singh G and VVS Sarvajit steadied the innings with a solid partnership. The experienced Rahul and the young Sarvajit, son of the legendary VVS Laxman, put the Deccan Chronicle attack to the sword. Both the left-handed batters thrived at the expense of the Deccan Chronicle bowlers.
Rahul and Sarvajit added 160 off 138 balls for the second wicket with Rahul contributing a 78-ball 85 and Sarvajit getting 72 off 62 balls. However, the going was too good to last as Rahul fell three short of his century. Rahul was caught by Abhishek off Amith for 97 which came off 84 balls with 16 fours and a six.
Ali Kachchhi
Shaik Rehaan Roshan (7) fell early but Sarvajit found an able partner in M Siddhu Nayak and the duo added 67 off 64 balls for the fourth wicket with Siddu Nayak doing the bulk of the scoring before he fell for 40-ball 46 with 1 four and four sixes.
Thereafter, the Imperial innings fell apart as none of the batters stayed long enough with Sarvajit, who was left to hold the innings together.
Rahul Singh
Sarvajit remained unbeaten on 135 off 111 balls with 12 fours and seven sixes as Imperial scored a competitive 324 for eight.
However, the total proved insufficient to put Deccan Chronicle under pressure. Though Deccan Chronicle lost M Pratyush Kumar (34 off 19 ballls with four fours and two sixes) and Ashesh Singh (5) with 44 on the board, Ali and Abhishek took the fight to the enemy camp.
They added 195 off 138 balls for the third wicket as Imperial bowlers were unable to contain their rivals. Abhishek, who was the aggressive of the duo, contributed 118 off 73 balls while Ali made a 65-ball 67 before Abhishek fell to Siddu Nayak. He made 118 off 73 balls with eight fours and nine sixes. Nayak then got rid of Kunal Daswani (2) to reduce Deccan Chronicle to 251 for four but Ali and Vishal Kommu ensured a comfortable win with an unbroken 76-run partnership off 71 balls as Chronicle reached 327 for four in 41.1 overs.
Ali remained unbeaten on 111 off 111 balls with 12 fours and a six, while Vishal was not out on 36 off 31 balls with three fours and two sixes.
Brief scores: Imperial 324/8 in 48 overs (Rahul Singh G 97, VVS Sarvajit 135no, Siddu Naik 46; Mohd Abdul Adnan 2/76, Amith Kumar Singh 2/67, Thota Akshith Reddy 2/52) lost to Deccan Chronicle 327/4 in 41.1 overs (M Pratyush 34, Ali Kachchhi 111no, Murugan Abhishek 118; Siddu Nayak 2/65).
Ashish, Nikshith, Siddharth, Akash, Hishanth shine
S Ashish Vardhan hit an unbeaten century to steer Osmania University to a comfortable eight-wicket win over Raju Cricket Club in the B Division (one-day) league-cum-knock-out tournament.
A Nikshit
Batting first, Raju made a modest 202 and Osmania University replied with 204 for two as Ashish scored 109 off 96 balls with 14 fours and five sixes.
Avula Nikshith hammered a 127-ball 235with 23 fours and 13 sixes to help Oxford Blues score a 313-run win over Mega City. Siddharth Vasireddy bagged six for 29 for the Blues.
Akash Kurre took eight for 55 to set up Hyderabad Blues’ three-wicket win over Beema.
B Varshith Reddy
B Hishanth Prem Charan took seven wickets to help Medak District score a 146-run win over CCOB. Batting first, Medak made 333 for nine and then bowled out CCOB for 187 with Hishanth taking seven for 36.
Swargam Suraj took five wickets and J Ritik made an unbeaten century to propel Apex to a seven-wicket win over Team Speed.
Team Speed, batting first made 180 despite M Koushik Reddy scoring an unbeaten 105 off 98 balls with 12 fours and four sixes. Suraj bagged five for 30. In reply, Apex made 183 for three with Ritik scoring 117 off 68 balls with 17 fours and four sixes.
Rithvik Goud scored 113 off 77 balls with 15 fours and two sixes to take Manchester to a three-wicket win over West Marredpally.
Rithvik Goud
B Varshith Reddy made 112 off 102 balls with eight fours and five sixes but Brothers XI lost to Adilabad District by 65 runs.
S Koushik made 107 off 135 balls with nine fours and a six to help Saleem Nagar score a 118-run win over Galaxy.
Brief scores: Raju Cricket Club 202 in 41.4 overs (Sreekruthan A 38, S Gaurav Reddy 3/46) lost to Osmania University 204/2 in 27.3 overs (S Ashish Vardhan 109no, KJ Dheeraj Reddy 69no).
Khammam District 193 in 42.3 overs (Bunny Jagam 75, M Shiva Nagendra Kumar 34, N Nitesh Naik 4/27) lost to Mahmood 197/5 in 31.1 overs (Akhileshwar Reddy S 40, N Chetan Reddy 47, K Akhil 38no).
Postal 113 in 25.2 overs (N Sudheev Venkat 4/25, Mohd Taha Sajid 3/16) lost to Kosaraju 115/2 in 12.5 overs (Seshikanth Reddy K 33, Jaikeerth Reddy 62no).
Team Speed 180 in 36.1 overs (M Koushik Reddy 105no, Swargam Suraj 5/30) lost to Apex 183/3 in 21.3 overs (J Ritik 117no, P Shaunak Ram 35).
Siddharth Vasireddy
Continental 146 in 36 overs (Mohd Mosiq Uddin 65no, Daiwik Khatri 3/41) lost to Hyderabad Union 147/7 in 28.4 overs (Sidharth K 53, Daiwik Khatri 40).
PKMCC 140 in 31.3 overs (Abhay Gopinathan Nair 31, B Aayush Goud 69, J Akhil Naik 3/49, C Durga Prasad 4/22) lost to Vijay Hanuman 141/2 in 17.1 overs (C Lehar Vishal 32, K Sree Avinash 50no).
Hyderabad Titans 219/9 in 43.4 overs (T Shiva Rama Krishna 79, Rohan Boppana 41, Medhansh Agarwal 3/27) lost to Venus Cybertech 220/9 in 44 overs (Lakshay Lal 42, Varshith G 42, Devender Reddy 50no, Yoginath U 3/24, Sri Harsha 3/55).
Ensconse 346/5 in 42 overs (Musharaf Ali 43no, Huzaifa Imran Khan 81, K Pranay 57, Mohd Azharuddin 84) beat Gouds XI 195 in 40.3 overs (Abhishek Yadav 34, Naksh Reddy 31, N Pranav 34, Satyanarayana K 34, Mahaveerdev G 3/46).
West Marredpally 237/7 in 47 overs (Homavedh Peta 37, Abhiram Dakoji 46, Mohd Alishaan Ali 44, Subham Tripathy 39) lost to Manchester 240/7 in 41.5 overs (Jeevan 40, Rithvik Goud 113, Priyansh 57, Subham 3/62).
Medak District 333/9 in 48 overs (Rathod Rahul Nayak 36, B Hishanth Prem Charan 63, Ganne Chandu 76, Y Kaushik Kumar 3/49, Syed Azizuddin 3/31, Bhagya Prasad 3/64) beat CCOB 187 in 40 overs (G Murali Akshith 55, Nihal Reddy N 38, P Charan Teja 34, B Hishanth Prem Charan 7/36).
Oxford Blues 402 in 44.5 overs (Avula Nikshith 235, S Guru Vidhwan 41, P Abhinandhan 35, Syed Mujtaba Hussain R 3/14) beat Mega City 89 in 19.5 overs (Siddharth Vasireddy 6/29).
Adilabad District 300/8 in 46 overs (Ade Santosh 71, G Ashrith 52, Shahnawaz Azeez 77no, R Sai Charan 37) beat Brothers XI 235/8 in 46 overs (B Varshith Reddy 112, Vasu Dev Sahoo 51).
Beema 208 in 39.3 overs (Utkarsh Bhave 62, VS Vishnu Vardhan 39, Akash Kurre 8/55) lost to Hyderabad Blues 214/7 in 27.5 overs (P Harshil Reddy 48, VVS Akshay Krishna 31).
Swaroop, Jaydev, Rayyan, Srikar, Santosh, Surya, Ronak and Tameem shine in B Division
Saleemnagar 262/7 in 50 overs (R Harshith Goud 39, G Harshavardhan Reddy 55, S Koushik 107) beat Galaxy 144 in 25.3 overs (K Sravan 30, U Atharv 3/44, B Samaksh 4/32).
Sri Chakra vs Rakesh XI (Sri Chakra claimed walkover as Rakesh XI did not turn up).
Districts women’s T20: Orchids-F 196/4 in 20 overs (B Geethika Priyadareshini 63, V Jeniksha 56, D Shravani 41no) beat Roses-A 84 in 18.1 overs (T Greeshma 35, Lakshmi A Buragadda 3/16).
Roses-A 98/7 in 20 overs (Sai Sahasra C 31no, T Sanjana Sai Sri 4/3) lost to Marigold-H 100/4 in 15.4 overs.
Tulips-D 111/8 in 20 overs beat Lillies-C 59 in 15.2 overs (Hanvitha Barla 3/13, K Krishna Priya 4/7).
Jasmines-E 149/8 in 20 overs (Bhavishya 56, G Manjali 3/28, Ruksar Unnisa 3/19) beat Hibiscus-B 73 in 16.4 overs (Vaishnavi Yadav K 6/13).
Marigold-H 189/4 in 20 overs (M Akshita Goud 83, M Sri Chaithra 69no) beat Orchids-F 141/6 in 20 overs (D Shravani 52).
Roses-A 97/8 in 20 overs lost to Lotus-G 98/2 in 15 overs (Deepshika Bokka 45no, Tamana Kak 30no).
