Captain Teja’s ton takes President’s men to semis
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Sept. 16: Hyderabad President’s XI, Uttar Pradesh, Goa and Orissa made it to the semifinals of the Moin-ud Dowla cricket tournament being played at various grounds in Hyderabad.
D.B. Ravi Teja’s scintillating unbeaten 111 helped script a six-wicket victory over Andhra in a match played at the ECIL ground.
Batting first, Andhra made 190 runs in 42 overs, losing seven wickets. Ravi packed off three batsmen conceding three wickets for 44 runs.
Ravi then shone with the bat making a mighty 111 in 113 balls. His brilliant knock was adorned with seven boundaries and five sixes.
The Hyderabad President’s XI thus booked a semifinal berth scoring 195 runs in 38.1 overs.
However, it was curtains for Hyderabad Colts as they lost to Goa by 63 runs.
Electing to bat, Goa had earlier made 260 runs. In reply Hyderabad Colts were restricted to 197 in 74.2 overs.
Meanwhile, despite HCA XI’s victory, the team failed to qualify for the semis. HCA XI, who earlier accumulated 364 runs, registered a 122-run win over Kerala.
Brief Scores
w Andhra 190 for 7 in 42 overs (D.B. Ravi Teja 3 for 44, M.A. Khader 1 for 32, Kanishk Naidu 1 for 43) lost to Hyderabad Presidents XI 195 for 4 in 38.1 overs (D.B. Ravi Teja 111 n.o. (113b, 7x4, 5x6), B. Sandeep 28 (43b, 2x4), Shanker Rao 2 for 64).
w Goa 260 bt Hyd Colts 197 in 74.2 overs (P. Shashank Nag 71 (123b, 9x4), Amol Shinde 38 (92b, 6x4), Sher Bahadur Yadav 2 for 52, Saurav Bandekar 2 for 25, Rayan D’Souza 2 for 21, Amit Yadav 3 for 52).
w HCA XI 364 bt Kerala 242 for 9 in 90 overs (C.M. Tejas 88 (162b, 10x4, 1x6), S. Anthony 47 (76b, 5x4), Akash Bhandari 3 for 63, Vishal Sharma 2 for 64, Ahmed Quadri 2 for 13, P.M. Sarvesh Kumar 1 for 28, M.P. Arjun 1 for 43).
w Jharkhand 170 in 37.5 overs (Siddharth Raj Singh 61 b (80b, 4x9), Ishank Jaggi 53 n.o. (52b, 3x4), Kuldeep Sharma 25 (20b, 2x6), Marlon Rangarajan 4 for 48) bt Tamil Nadu 169 in 37.4 overs (Kaushik Gandhi 59 (67b, 4x4, 1x6), Ashwin V. 27 (33b, 1x4, 1x6).
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