It was sweet revenge for Charminar Cricket Club as they pulled off a 70-run win over Imperial Cricket Club in the first round of the HCA A Division T20 League-cum-knock-out Tournament 2026-27 on Tuesday.
Charminar had lost to Imperial by one-wicket in the final of the HCA’s B Division (2-day) League Championship final in March this year.
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On Tuesday, the tables were turned as Imperial were at the receiving end. Batting first, Charminar ran up 245 for seven in their allotted 20 overs with Satwik Reddy hammering 92 and Karan Yadav scoring 61. Nomaan Ahmed chipped in with an unbeaten 41 to ensure that Charminar had a handy score on the board.
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In reply, Imperial batters failed to last their quota of overs as they finished with 175 in 16.2 overs. M Siddu Nayak topscored with 45. Syed Ghazi Abbas took four for 31 and Urvesh Kakkad claimed three for 34 to crown a good beginning for Charminar in the new season.
Rishiket Sisodia struck a century to power Deccan Wanderers to a thumping nine-wicket win over Balaaji in what turned out to be quite a one-sided affair.
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Balaaji, batting first, made 185 for seven with B Nishanth Reddy scoring 54. In reply, Deccan Wanderers made 189 for one in just 13.5 overs. Rishiket scored a 40-ball 101 with four fours and 11 sixes and Harshit Choudhary made 69.
In another match, Mote Jashwanth slammed an unbeaten century to power Central Excise to an eight-wicket victory over Combined District-2.
Jashwanth struck nine sixes and eight fours in his 50-ball 107 as Central Excise replied with 221 for two in 16.2 overs. C Abhinav Tej scored 86.
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Earlier, Combined Districts-2 made a competitive 216 for seven with Mohd Arfaz Ahmed making a top score of 60.
Chandan Sahani struck a century and Aaron George Varghese a half-century to set up Evergreen’s 102-run victory over Combined District-1. Batting first, Evergreen ran up 243 for two in 17 overs with Chandan scoring a 46-ball 110 with six fours and 11 sixes. Aaron contributed a handy 86 to the total.
In reply, Combined District-1 were bowled out for 141 with Saqlain Arafat taking four for 24 and Arjun G claiming three for 34. RL David Kripal Roy topscored for Combined Districts with 40.
Brief scores: A Division T20 League-cum-knock-out tournament: Round I: Balaaji 185/7 in 20 overs (Paras Raj 33, K Krithik Reddy 47, B Nishanth Reddy 54, Tejavath Harish 3/41) lost to Deccan Wanderers 189/1 in 13.5 overs (Rishiket Sisodia 101, Harshit Choudhary 69).
Gemini Friends 167/6 in 20 overs (Aditya Javvaji 58, K Nitesh Reddy 33) lost to Deccan Chronicle 168/4 in 16.2 overs (M Pratyush Kumar 40, Murugan Abhishek 69no).
SCRSA 181/5 in 20 overs (S Dhruva Kumar Reddy 58, Shaik Sameer 43, Sarthak Bharadwaj 34) beat R Dayanand 124 in 16 overs (Naman Agarwal 37, T Ravi Teja 30, K Yajwan Kumar 3/21).
Combined District-2 216/7 in 20 overs (GSK Reddy 42, T Harshwardhan Singh 39, Mohd Afreedi Ahmed 41, Mohd Arfaz Ahmed 60) lost to Central Excise 221/2 in 16.2 overs (Mote Jashwanth 107no, C Abhinav Tej 86).
Charminar 245/7 in 20 overs (Satwik Reddy 92, Karan Yadav 61, Nomaan Ahmed 41no) beat Imperial 175 in 16.2 overs (S Loknath Naik 40, M Siddu Nayak 45, Syed Ghazi Abbas 4/31, Urvesh Kakkad 3/34).
EMCC 151 in 19.4 overs (Sacheit Binjrajka 34, S Venkat Karthik 36) beat MP Colts 118 in 19.1 overs (C Advaith Reddt 34, Nishanth Saranu 3/35, Aashish Abhay 4/19).
Evergreen 243/2 in 17 overs (Aaron George Varghese 86, Chandan Sahani 110) beat Combined District-1 141 in 14.5 overs (RL David Kripal Roy 40, Arjun G 3/34, Saqlain Arafat 4/24).
SBI 98/3 in 15 overs (B Sumanth 39no) lost to UBI 100/2 in 10.3 overs (Wafi Kachhi 39).
