Hrishikesh, Shiva, Ashwad, Nihaal, Loknath, Vaishnav, Manikanteshwar, Ali, Advaith shine

Hrishikesh Simha and Shiva P lead the batters’ parade as 13 centuries were recorded in the HCA A Division (one-day) league-cum-knock-out tournament in Hyderabad on Tuesday. Among the batting carnage, C Ashwad Rajiv stood out as he was the only bowler to bag a five-wicket haul.

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P Shiva

Hrishikesh Simha yet again gave the Hyderabad selectors some food for thought with a century which helped Balaaji score a thumping eight-wicket win over SCRSA.

Batting first, SCRSA made a competitive 263 for eight in 49 overs with Nihaal Reddy hitting an unbeaten 101 off 126 balls with nine fours and a six. Sarthak Bharadwaj (62) and G Chanti (53) got half-centuries.

Loknath Naik

But Hrishikesh, who has been in consistent form for the last couple of seasons but has been always overlooked by the selectors, made a mockery of the target. He scored an unbeaten 152 off 140 balls with 23 fours and two sixes to help Balaaji reach 264 for two in 39.3 overs. Shubham Sharma made an unbeaten 50.

Ashwad Rajiv

Shiva P struck his second century of the tournament to power Charminar to a massive 226-run win over Jai Hanuman. Shiva, who had got a century in the first game on Monday, was back in the thick of action. He made an unbeaten 101 off 79 balls with 11 fours and two sixes, while Uday Sing scored 80 as Charminar ran up 298 for seven. In reply, Jai Hanuman were bowled out for 72.

Manikanteshwar

S Loknath Naik and Ashwad Rajiv fashioned Imperial’s seven-wicket win over Evergreen. Batting first, Evergreen made a modest 221 despite A Vaishnav Reddy scoring 133 off 102 balls with 13 fours and five sixes. The damage was done by Ashwad Rajiv who took five for 28 in eight overs.

In reply, Imperial made 225 for three as Loknath Naik scored 106 off 96 balls with 15 fours and a six and M Siddu Nayak made an unbeaten 67.

Gnana Prakash

Manikanteshwar Reddy struck an unbeaten century to power Budding Star to a comprehensive 10-wicket win over State Bank of India. SBI were bowled out for 168 and Budding Star replied with 173 for no loss as Manikanteshwar made 109 off 68 balls with four fours and 11 sixes, while A Jai Ram Kashyap remained not out on 60.

C Advaith Reddy and Rishikesh B hit unbeaten centuries to help MP Colts pull off a comfortable seven-wicket win over Combined District-1. Gnana Prakash Reddy made 101 off 115 balls with eight fours and six sixes as District-1 scored 269.

C Advaith Reddy

In reply, MP Colts made 275 for three with Advaith Reddy scoring 101 off 107 balls with eight fours and three sixes, while Rishikesh hit a 71-ball 100 with 12 fours and four sixes.

Naman Agarwal and T Ravi Teja scored centuries to set up R Dayanand’s narrow 13-run win in a high-scoring game. Naman made 128 off 118 balls with 12 fours and four sixes and Ravi Teja got 103 off 78 balls with 10 fours and two sixes as Dayanand made an imposing 338. However, Sporting XI chased the target in earnestness but fell short by 13 runs as they were bowled out for 325.

Ali Kachchhi scored a century, while Ashesh Singh missed out but their efforts helped Deccan Chronicle score an 86-run win over Combined District-2 in another high scoring match.

Rishikesh B

Ashesh Singh made 96 and Ali scored a 90-ball 133 with 13 fours and four sixes as Chronicle posted 396 for six. In reply, Combined District could reach 310 for six despite C Sainath scoring an unbeaten 160 off 153 balls with 20 fours and three sixes.

Brief scores: SBI 168 in 45.1 overs (Sumanth B 33, Shaik Abubakar Bin Ahmed 42, T Pavan Kumar 33, Lokesh G 4/28) lost to Budding Star 173 for no loss in 18.2 overs (A Jai Ram Kashyap 60no, Manikanteshwar Reddy 109no).

SCRSA 263/8 in 49 overs (Sarthak Bharadwaj 62, Nihaal Reddy 101no, G Chanti 53) lost to Balaaji 264/2 in 39.3 overs (HK Simha 152no, Shubham Sharma 50no).

A Vaishnav Reddy

Charminar 298/7 in 43 overs (Satwik Reddy 43, Shiva P 101no, Uday Sing 80, MA Shanmukha 4/52) beat Jai Hanuman 72 in 19.1 overs (T Aniketh Reddy 3/24).

Combined District-1 269 in 49 overs (Gnana Prakash Reddy 101, RL David Kripal Roy 58, C Hitesh Yadav 3/55, D Rithvik Reddy 4/36) lost to MP Colts 275/3 in 37.4 overs (C Advaith Reddy 101no, Naman Choudhary 48, Rishikesh B 100no).

R Dayanand 338 in 49 overs (Naman Agarwal 128, T Ravi Teja 103, MS Karthikeya 31, Mohd Umar 4/48) beat Sporting XI 325 in 47 overs (Yash Satwalkar 43, A Takshith Rao 59, Anvith Reddy 48, B Rathan Teja 48, P Prince 32, C Abhinav Tej 3/39).

Deccan Chronicle 396/6 in 48 overs (Ashesh Singh 96, M Pratyush Kumar 50, Ali Kachchhi 133, Murugan Abhishek 57, Sashanth B 3/65) beat Combined District-2 310/6 in 48 overs (Sainath C 160no, Md Afreedi Ahmed 61, Md Arfaz Ahmed 34).

Evergreen 221 in 38.1 overs (Adeesh Jain 40, A Vaishnav Reddy 133, C Ashwad Rajiv 5/28) lost to Imperial 225/3 in 31 overs (S Loknath Naik 106, M Siddu Nayak 67no).

Hyd Bottling vs AOC (AOC claimed walkover as Hyd Bottling did not turn up).