Cambridge XI and Deccan Wanderers romped to easy victories in the semifinals of the HCA’s A Division one-day league-cum-knock-out tournament in Hyderabad on Friday. Cambridge XI thumped East Marredpally by nine wickets and Deccan Wanderers posted an eight-wicket victory over Sporting XI.
Batting first, Sporting XI made a competitive 282 in 49 overs with Jasmeet Nain slamming a 98-ball 152. His knock was studded with 13 fours and 10 sixes. Shaik Sohail chipped in with 53, while B Rathan Teja made 40. Tejavath Harish took three for 51 for Wanderers.
In reply, Wanderers made 283 for two in 38.4 overs. Rishiket Sisodia hammered 15 boundaries and hit 11 over the fence in his 89-ball 161. P Nitish Reddy remained unbeaten on 52 and M Vasu Deva Raju was on 41 when the winning runs were scored.
In the other semifinal, East Marredpally, batting first, ran up 290 for seven thanks to CP Venkatesh’s 126, which came off 122 balls and contained seven fours and five sixes. S Rohit Reddy contributed 55 and Aashlesh Vaman made 30. K Ranjith Kumar took three for 52 for Cambridge XI
N Rakesh and Shashank Lokesh hammered centuries to power Cambridge XI to 293 for one in 44.1 overs. Rakesh made an unbeaten 116 off 125 balls with 12 fours and Lokesh scored a 90-ball 103 which contained 15 hits to the fence. Sunkari Dheeraj remained not out on 62.
Brief scores: Sporting XI 282 in 49 overs (Shaik Sohail 53, Jasmeet Nain 152, B Rathan Teja 40, Tejavath Harish 3/51) lost to Deccan Wanderers 283/2 in 38.4 overs (Rishiket Sisodia 161, P Nitish Reddy 52no, M Vasu Deva Raju 41no). East Marredpally 290/7 in 50 overs (Aashlesh Vaman 30, CP Venkatesh 126, S Rohit Reddy 55, K Ranjith Kumar 3/52) lost to Cambridge XI 293/1 in 44.1 overs (N Rakesh 116no, Shashank Lokesh 103, Sunkari Dheeraj 62no).
Shaumik bags six to bowl Ensconse to victory
Shaumik Kapoor took six wickets to bowl Ensconse to a 40-run victory over Ours in the B Division T20 league-cum-knock-out tournament. Ensconse, batting first, made 139 for seven with Keshav Upadhyay scoring 58 of those. In reply, Ours were restricted to 99 for nine with Shaumik grabbing six for 17.
Brief scores: Sayi Satya 77/7 in 14.2 overs (Ankit Agarwal 36, A Bharath 3/12) lost to Imperial 79/1 in 5.4 overs (S Loknath 52no). Telangana 127/9 in 17.3 overs (Rithwik Raj Goud 70, Ankit Raj 3/32, S Trishir Pavankumar 3/12) lost to Sportive 128/7 in 17.2 overs (E Nihaal Reddy 37). Apex 171/7 in 20 overs (Ritesh Sai Eswar 53, Vignesh Agarwal 39) bt Mahmood 162/6 in 20 overs (Sachin Kalarickal 33, Hariom Singh 57, P Kalyan 30, N Siddharth Reddy 4/38). Ensconse 139/7 in 17 overs (Keshav Upadhyay 58, N Sri Harsha 3/10) bt Ours 99/9 in 17 overs (Shaumik Kapoor 6/17). Vijay Hanuman 126/8 in 20 overs (S Vikas 43) lost to Charminar 127/6 in 19.4 overs (Shaik Muddassir 32, G Sankeerth 31). Venus Cybertech 153/6 in 20 overs (P Harshith 86) lost to Osmania University 156/6 in 18.3 overs (S Vamshhi Kumaar 52, Sudharshan Thanda 3/21). Khammam District 179 in 20 overs (M Tejaram 71, Akash Kurre 3/34, Prerith Reddy 3/19) bt Classic 83/9 in 13 overs (D Janmesh Singh 42). Gouds XI 143 in 19.1 overs (V Nithin Yadav 78, D S Keerthan Praise 4/27) lost to Nalgonda District 147/4 in 17.5 overs (MU Manish 35, G Prakash Reddy 65no).
Aditya to lead Hyderabad U-16 team
Aditya Vardhan will lead the Hyderabad U-16 team for their match against Himachal Pradesh in the Vijay Merchant Trophy at CP ground, Mulapadu, Andhra Pradesh, from December 29 to 31.
The squad: Aditya Vardhan (captain), Harsh Gandra, G Parthiv Varma, Ram Charan Markatta, C Sai Thanishq, P Prince, Guru Vidhwan (WK), B Varshit Reddy (WK), Md Basheer, P Dheeraj, Ved Reddy, Ayush Malhotra, B S Sai Sarath, S Ritvik, G Murali Akshith.
