Batting first, IISC, riding on the back of Kiran’s 113 and Ashith Shyam’s 67, went on to put up a commanding 290 for eight in 50 overs. In reply, Challenging cricketers trudged along with cameos from MC Vinay (32), Savan (38), BA Vinay (32) and Rakshan Rai (38), but were bundled out for 236 in 43.1 overs. Arindam Ghosh (3/45) was the pick of the bowlers for IISC Gymkhana.
Brief scores: Group I, Division IV for Metro Shield (super league): IISC Gymkhana: 290/8 in 50 overs (Salil Kashyap 26, Kiran G 113, Ashith Shyam 67; Guruprasad M 2-56) bt Young Challenging Cricketers: 236 all out in 43.1 overs (MC Vinay 32, Savan 38, BA Vinay 32, Rakshan Rai 38; Ravi Tejas 2-35, Vikram Chaturvedi 2-33, Arindam Ghosh 3-45, Ashith Shyam 2-32).
Vijaya Cricket Club, Malur: 144 all out in 39.5 overs (J Arun Kumar 53; Nagaraj 4-19, Kumaraswamy 2-25, Naveen 2-20) bt Elite Blues Cricket Club: 133 all out in 32.2 overs (Chandrashekar P 69; Mithun Mulky 5-28, Vincent 2-27).
Hammonds Cricket Club: 160/6 in 33 overs (Ravi 41, Mithun 33, Guruprasad 30; Sunil 2-31, Kushal Reddy 2-34) lt to Minerva Cricket Club: 161/8 in 32.3 overs (Mithun 49, Vineet Ashok 45, Chandraprakash 26 n.o.; Aravind 2-26).
Inter-zonal under-16 tournament (day two): Bangalore Zone: 230/7 in 90 overs and 28/0 in 7 overs (Madhusudan 26 n.o.) drew Shimoga Zone: 182/7 in 90 overs (Suiyan Syed 58, Vijay M Giri 25, Nikhilesh 27 n.o.; Sandesh 2-41, Sadyojath 2-45, Manish 3-45).
Tumkur Zone: 217 all out in 85.1 overs and 101/6 in 52 overs (Sachin M 34 n.o.; Yash Patil 2-18) drew Dharwad Zone: 293 all out in 82 overs (Pratap K 70, Shiva Yogi 54, Parikshith Shetty 70, Shashank Patil 40; Sachin M 2-96, Siddu Monish 4-34).
Raichur Zone: 306 all out in 79 overs and 166/7 in 35 overs (Chandrakanth 45, Rajesh 36; Rajesh 2-34, Likth Bannur 2-13) drew Combined City XI: 318/9 in 90 overs (Abhishek AP 90, Sharath BR 63, Jayaram K 30; Mahesh J 6-51, Venkatesh P 3-71).
Mangalore Zone: 221 all out in 85.1 overs and 62/4 in 29 overs (Abhijith Bhat 21) drew Mysore Zone: 244/9 in 90 overs (Kiran HR 44, Vishnu P 72, Darshan MB 42 n.o., Hemanth AM 31; Mashooq 2-22, Yashwith 3-77, Prajwal Bhaktha 2-58).
Inter-school Dell Cup knock-out, under-16, Division III tournament: Navodaya Vidya Niketan: 117 all out in 28.3 overs (Nithin 32; S Anil 2-15, Kiran 2-18, Manjunath 2-11, Giri 2-18) bt St Ann’s Public School: 88 all out in 32.3 overs (Sanjay 2-16, Ujwal 5-21).
BP Indian HS, Nelamangala: 219 all out in 45 overs (Abhishek 69, Nikhil 67; Thirtesh 3-33, Chethan 2-30) bt Shantinikethan Mico Layout School: 77/9 in20 overs (Nikhil 28; Deepak 3-12, Nikhil 3-20) by better run rate.
BP Indian Public School, B-3: 141 all out in 35 overs (Rishab 53; B Bijoy 3-24, Sunil 3-18) lt to Lilly Rose English School: 142/7 in 37 overs (Ali Musemil 42 n.o., Hemanth 42 n.o.).
St Thomas School: 91 all out in 30.3 overs (Abhishek 25; Akshay 5-33) lt to Ryan International School, B-37: 94/5 in 28 overs (Naveen 3-22).
Auden Int of Education: 152 all out in 31.3 overs (Mithun Bhatt 117; Pranav Vajpayem 3-24, M Dakshith 2-4) lt to BBUL Jain Vidyalaya: 158/5 in 28 overs (Pranav Vajpayem 106 n.o.; Mithun Bhatt 3-32).
Hymamshu Jyothi Kalapeeta: 224/7 in 50 overs (Sudhamsh 29, Arjun 37, Balaji 39; Kush 2-23, Sohan 2-31) bt The International School Bangalore: 222 all out in 49.1 overs (Varshant 36, Vedant 60, Akarsh 35).