Preetham, Deeraj on fire for Shivamogga

Shivamogga Zone secured a nine-wicket win over Bangalore City XI in the KSCA Under-16 Inter-Zonal tournament in Bengaluru.

Bengaluru: K Preetham Raj's five-wicket haul in the first innings and K Deeraj's match-haul of five wickets guided Shivamogga Zone to a handsome nine-wicket win over Bangalore City XI in the KSCA Under-16 Inter-Zonal tournament here.  

Brief scores: At Green Sports Village: Bangalore City XI: 77 all out in 28.3 overs (Deeraj K 3-22, Preetham Raj K 5-18) and 80 all out in 35.1 overs (Gaurav Venkatesh 26; Aryan M K 3-45, Gagan D R 4-23, Deeraj K 2-1) lt to Shivamogga Zone: 143 all out in 54.5 overs (Mohammed Ishaan 59; Monish P 4-37, Aakash Suresh 2-10) and 15/1 in 4.3 overs. Shivamogga: 6 points; BCXI: -1. 

At Kini Sports Arena: Secretary’s XI: 237/8 in 90 overs (Adhrit Rao 66, Arya J Gowda 84; Kushmith D B 2-51, Dhyaan Mahesh Hiremath 2-39) drew with Mysore Zone: 109 all out in 49.2 overs (Dushyanth Gowda C 25, Vyshak Nagaraj 40 n.o.; Yeshwanth N 3-17, Sriee Krish R A 2-14, Arya J Gowda 2-27) and 142/7 in 36 overs (Chavanth R Gowda 58, Akshay Rangan A 25; Aryan Jain 3-23, Sasmith S Shetty 2-27). SXI: 3; Mysore: 1.

At Rail Wheel Factory: President’s XI: 272 all out in 76 overs (Shivu M 168 n.o., Atharv S Deshpande 29; Abhinav Sharma 2-31, Sampathkumar H Bevoor 3-69) drew with Dharwad Zone: 126 all out in 69.3 overs (Arnav Kundap 43, Sampathkumar H Bevoor 31; Khush Kothari 3-21, Suhaan Bhandary 2-42, Atharv S Deshpande 3-22). PXI: 3; Dharwad: 1. 

At The Sports School: Raichur Zone: 264 all out in 89.4 overs (Kashif Ahmed Ali 64, Samarth Kulkarni 26, Mohammed Shamsheer 63, Syed Jawadd Ali 36; Sunny Kanchi 2-20, Arjun Ramesh 4-55) and 96/9 in 28 overs (D Sanju Kumar 45; Yogesh S Chavan 2-28, Samarth Patil 2-7, Arjun Ramesh 2-19, Aryansh Singh 2-30) drew with Bangalore Zone: 208 all out in 64.5 overs (Chiranth D 64, Anvay Dravid 59; Chetan Rangraj 5-31, Syed Jawadd Ali 3-41, Mohammed Shamsheer 2-68). Raichur: 3; Bangalore: 1.

At Alur (3): Combined City XI: 369/7 in 90 overs (Syaamantak Anirudh 105, Karan Raghavendra 121, Arhaan Jai Singh 36, Manish Benjamin John 31 n.o., Dheeganth S Mavinkere 27 n.o.; Mohammed Akram Sayeed 2-59, Abhishek P 4-85) and 109/5 in 32 overs (Manish Benjamin John 46, Arhaan Jai Singh 45; Mohammed Akram Sayeed 2-35, Partha G Jois 2-4) drew with Tumkur Zone: 102 all out in 43.2 overs (Rohith 25, K Akhil 27; Karthik HN 5-30, Gurucharan A G 2-10). CCXI : 3; Tumkur: 1. 

At Spartans Cricket Arena: Mangalore Zone: 218 all out in 79 overs (Rennell Pais 55, Ayush S Acharya 89; Nihal Malik 3-32, Rathan B R 3-33, Dhruv Krishnan 3-33) vs Vice President’s XI: 264 all out in 85.2 overs (Dhruv Krishnan 82, Assad M 103, Tejas M 27; Ayaan Sharmod Kumar 4-63, Gagan 3-21). VPXI: 3; Mangalore: 1.