Kaushik cracks century
Hyderabad, Sept. 10: Tamil Nadu batsmen K. Kaushik Gandhi and Vijay Shanker hit a century each to hog the opening day’s honours in the Moin-ud Dowla cricket tournament that got underway at various grounds here on Friday.
Electing to bat, the Tamil Nadu pummelled the Goa bowling attack via Kaushik and Vijay to pile 361 for the loss of 9 wickets in their 90 overs at the Osmania University ground.
Kaushik was the star, belting 14 boundaries in his mammoth 162. He was a picture of absolute authority during his 235-ball innings that boosted the team total.
Kaushik was well-supported by Vijay, who smashed 112. Vijay’s knock contained 13 well-timed hits to the fence and came off 189 deliveries.
With the two in full flow, the Goa bowlers could not do much. Saurabh Bandekar (2/39) and Robin D’Souza (2/67) were the only ones of note.
In another match, three half-centuries propelled Hyderabad President’s XI to an impressive 341 for 6 in 90 overs against Vidarbha. Benjamin Thomas, N. Arjun Yadav and Abhinav Kumar came up with useful knocks to put the hosts in a position of strength by the end of the first day’s play.
Benjamin blasted 15 fours in his 95-ball 73, Arjun made an aggressive 88 which contained four sixes and and five boundaries while Abhinav contributed 55 in 93 balls, three of which were despatched to the RGICS boundary. Captain Ravi Teja chipped in with 43 which included eight fours.
The Hyderabad main team did not fare that well though, allowing Orissa score 325 for 7 in their 90 overs after electing to field at the NFC ground.
The Beheras — Natraj and Niranjan — came good with the bat, scoring 87 and 51 respectively. Biplab Samantray (66) too proved a thorn for HCA XI, for whom only Ahmed Quadri was impressive. The allrounder lived up to his reputation of being a consistent performer by taking 4 wickets for 69 runs.
Brief Scores
At RGICS: HCA President’s XI 341 for 6 in 90 overs (Benjamin Thomas 73 (95b, 15x4), D.B. Ravi Teja 43 (84b, 8x4), N.S. Arjun Yadav 88 (170b, 5x4,4x6), Abhinav Kumar 55 (93b,3x4), Habeeb Ahmed 31 n.o. (22b, 4x4), Sandeep Singh 3 for 84, Srikant Wagh 1 for 36, Azar Shaik 1 for 61) vs Vidharba.
At NFC: Orissa 325 for 7 in 90 overs (Natraj Behera 87 (168b, 11x4, 1x6), Shiv Sundar Das 30 (53b, 5x4), Niranjan Behere 51 (116b, 5x4), Biplab Samantray 66 (87b, 3x4, 2x6), Subrajith Sahoo 42 (48b, 6x4) Ahmed Quadri 4 for 69, P.M. Sarvesh Kumar 1 for 63, M.A. Basheer 1 for 20, Akash Bhandari 1 for 74) vs HCA XI.
At Osmania: Tamil Nadu 361 for 9 in 90 overs (K. Kaushik Gandhi 162 (235b, 14x4), Vijay Shanker 112 (189b, 13x4), Saurabh Bandekar 2 for 39, Robin D’Souza 2 for 67, Amit Yadav 1 for 91, Harshad Gadekar 1 for 32) vs Goa
At Gymkhana: Day One of the match between Rajasthan and Bengal washed out due to wet outfield.
At ECIL: Day One of the match between HCA Colts and Jharkhand washed out due to wet outfield.
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