Big wins for HCA XI, Kerala

Hyderabad: A rollicking 113 by P Akshath Reddy put to shade an equally brilliant unbeaten 113 by DB Ravi Teja as HCA XI whipped Andhra Colts by 80 runs in a Group ‘A’ first round match of the All India Coromandel Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold
Cup-2017 cricket tournament that got underway here on Tuesday.

Reddy’s 109-ball blitzkrieg comprised of seven hits to the fence and give towering heaves over the ropes. HCA XI’s 305 for five in the stipulated 50 overs also saw Tanmay Agarwal (88) and Ambati Rayudu (63) striking it big. The opponents were restricted to 225 for nine, despite Teja’s magnificent effort.

In other matches, Vidarbha defeated Goa in a truncated match, Baroda pipped Combined Districts XI, while Kerala made light of HCA President XI’s 232 target to post a comfortable four-wicket win, thanks to Fabin Farook Ahmed (89no) and Rohan Kunnummel (74).

Brief scores: Round-1-Group-A: HCA XI 305 for five (Tanmay Agarwal 88, P Akshath Reddy 113, Ambati Rayudu 63, Venu V 2/70, P Girinath Reddy 2/61) bt Andhra Colts 225 for nine (DB Ravi Teja 113no, M Ravi Kiran 2/58, CV Milind 2/38, Mehdi Hasan 2/20, Akash Bhandari 2/49-Points- HCA XI-4, Andhra Colts-0); Vidarbha 242 for four (Sachin K 75, Jitesh Sharma 50, Apurvs Wankhede 63no, Urvesh Patel 32)

bt Goa (Revised Target 234 in 48 overs-190 for seven(Swapnil Asnodkar 59, Darshal Misal 36, Aditya T 3/42-Points-Vidarbha-4, Goa-0; Group-B: Baroda 289 for nine (Prabhav Thaker 34, Parth Kohli 36, Karthik Kakde 51, G Madhu 3/59, Md Khayyum 3/54) bt Combined Districts 207 for seven

(T Sukanth 91, TVS Narayana Teja 36, Md Wajiduddin 34, Karan Pawar 3/32, Dhruv Patel 2/37-Points- Baroda-4, Combined District-0); HCA President XI 231 (Mir Jaweed Ali 53, Rohit Reddy P 42, Chandan Sahani 42, Rabin Krishna 3/34) lost to Kerala 232 for six in 45.4 overs (Fabin Farook Ahmed 89no, Rohan Kunnummel 74, Sajomon Joseph 31, Praneeth Reddy 2/26, Tanay Tyagarajan 2/35-Points- Kerala-4, HCA President XI-0)