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Alok guides Raichur to victory

BANGALORE: Alok Deshpande cracked a 131-ball unbeaten 109 to propel Raichur to 210 for five in its 50 overs against Shimoga in the KSCA inter-moffusil under-22 cricket tournament here.

Shimoga, in reply, folded up for 156 in 38.1 overs with Kiran Patil claiming four for 26.

Dharwad and Mysore too registered fluent victories over Mangalore and Tumkur respectively.

The scores: Dharwad 258 for eight in 50 overs (Nitin Bhille 86, Shishir Bhavani 32, C. Raghavendra 58, Arif Mukka three for 38) bt Mangalore 149 in 38.1 overs (Sachin V. Shenoy 47, Ankith Karkera 31, Ashok Waddar three for 28, Anand Kammar four for 26).

Tumkur 96 in 26.4 overs (Aditya B. Sagar four for 32, Somshekar four for 28) lost to Mysore 100 for three in 20.5 overs.

Raichur 210 for five in 50 overs (Alok Deshpande 109 n.o.) bt Shimoga 156 in 38.1 overs (D. Raghavendra 70, Gokul G. Rao 37; Kiran Patil four for 26).

Century by Rahul

S. Rahul struck a brilliant unbeaten 133, and along with Ovaise (76 not out), gave Delhi Public School (South) a mammoth 215-run win over Sindhi HS in the Boost Cricket Cup under-16 inter-school cricket tournament here.

DPS (South) made an imposing 282 for four in 30 overs with the two making merry. In reply, Sindhi HS was bowled out for a meagre 67 in 18 overs with Rahul (three for 14) and Abhishek (four for 17) sharing the spoils.

DPS (North) too registered a thumping six-wicket win over Mirambika School.

The scores: Sri Kumaran Children’s Home 160 in 30 overs (Om Shiva three for 15) bt Sai Vidyakendra 66 in 12.4 overs (Manohar three for 18, Swaroop three for 10).

Jyothi Kendriya Vidyalaya 72 in 15.4 overs (Prahalad six for four) lost to Ryan International School (Yelahanka) 73 for four in 11.2 overs.

Delhi Public School (South) 282 for 4 in 30 overs (S. Rahul 133 n.o, Ovaise 76 n.o.) bt Sindhi HS 67 in 18 overs (Rahul three for 14, Abhishek four for 17).

Venkat International Public School 172 in 27 overs (Harsh 36, B.J. Abishek 78, Robert Sebestain four for 24) bt Lilly Rose English School 148 in 24.5 overs (Moghal Musaddiq 49).

Mirambika School of New Age 124 for nine in 30 overs (Adarsh 33, Nakul 34 n.o.) lost to Delhi Public School (North) 127 for four in 22.3 overs (Sharan 40 n.o., Arjun 33, Yash 31 n.o.).

New Cambridge HS 66 in 18.3 overs (K. Roshan four for 10, R. Sankesh three for 11) lost to Cathedral HS 70 for three in eight overs.

BBUL Jain Vidyalaya 29 in 9.3 overs (A. Sajeel three for six, S. Sanchit six for 14) lost to Bishop Cotton Boys School 30 for one in four overs.

The PTA School 116 in 25.4 overs (Tejas three for 18) lost to Daffodils English School 117 for six in 19.5 overs (Rahul 33 n.o., Arun Kumar 33).

National HS 183 in 30 overs (Rajesh Rathod 73, T. Karthik four for 27) bt The Oxford Senior Sec. School 59 in 16.3 overs (S.R. Pavan Kumar three for eight).

Carmel High School (Basaveshwarnagar) 108 in 20.5 overs (Shreyes 32, Abhishek three for 26, Nitin four for 26) lost to Ryan International School (HAL) 109 for two in 21.4 overs.

KBA’s novel venture

The Karnataka Badminton Association, along with Go Sports and Sportz Village, will conduct a mega event to celebrate badminton — Sprite Invitation Bangalore Challenge — which will have players of the past and present.

The event, scheduled to be held on July 12, would feature Prakash Padukone, Vimal Kumar and the Beijing-bound Anup Sridhar. They will play exhibition matches along with Czech Olympic qualifier Petr Koukal, Sri Lanka qualifier Thilani Jayasinghe and the English junior players who are training at the Tata Padukone Badminton Academy.

Announcing the event, N.S. Sudhir, secretary of KBA, said: “We wish to make this an annual event. It will give an opportunity to watch the players of the past and present.”

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