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Anirudh, Akshath slam double centuries

HYDERABAD: Ranji star Anirudh Singh (208 not out, 26x4, 1x6)) and P. Akshath Reddy (202, 18x4, 2x6) stole the limelight on the second day in the HCA league cricket championship matches here on Tuesday.

Anirudh and S. Anoop Pai (102 not out, 8x4)) helped State Bank of Hyderabad score 352 for two in reply to MP Colts' 191 on the second day of the A-Division (three-day) league match.

In an A-Division (two-day) league match, Akshath Reddy and P. Sridhar (132, 13x4, 4x6) helped Galaxy record a convincing 133-run win over Ours Cricket Club.

The scores:

A-Division (three-day): MP Colts 191 vs. SBH 352 for two (Anirudh Singh 208 not out, S. Anoop Pai 102 not out); Ensconse 294 vs. BDL 172 for seven; SCRSA 220 vs. Andhra Bank 224 for six (A. Nandakishore 76, Md. Ibrahim Khaleel 40 not out); India Cements 248 vs. Evergreen 358 for nine (P. Vivek 115, Avtar Singh 69, P. Inder Sekhar Reddy seven for 99).

A-Division (two-day) league: Crown 314 and 131 for three (Mohd. Iqbal 51 not out, Seshagiri 51 not out) drew with Zinda Tilismath 196 (Atif 58, Seshagiri five for 51, K. Chandrakanth four for 60); Nizam College 91 (S.S. Patwal five for 12, M. Adak four for 30) and 136 (S.S. Patwal five for 32) lost to AOC 284 (Sanjay 54, Sarabjeet 50); Ours CC 148 (V.V.N. Harish 41, A. Harsh Aditya four for 13) and 93 (A. Harsh Aditya four for 33) lost to Galaxy 374 for three (P. Akshath Reddy 202, P. Sridhar 132); Vijay Hanuman 209 (Aditya Reddy 45, Nimeesh Reddy five for 69) and 169 for three (Sami 84, Md. Taher 60) drew with Gujarati 289 (Vanka Anirudh 65 not out, Abdul Fareed 50, Jagdish Chandra 61); Continental 370 for four (V. Vamsi Ram 132, Sumeet Singh 137) bt Oxford Blues 94 (S. Anil five for 45, Nagaraj five for 36) and 250 (Rafique 40).

B-Division league: HCL 245 (Ali Akbar 70, M. Randhir five for 42) bt Vijay CC 226 (L. Vijay Singh 60).

C-Division league: Universal 106 for eight (Pavan Kumar five for 20) lost to Imperial 110 for three (Azhar 50). — Principal Correspondent

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