Sukruth, Ronith do star turn

Bengaluru: Powered by an all-round performance by Sukruth J (65 & 5/19) and Ronith N’s fine century (106), President’s XI registered a massive 206-run win over Tumkur Zone in the KSCA men’s U-14 inter-zonal tournament here recently.In their first essay, President’s put up 267 in 67.2 overs before being bowled out. Sukruth and Ronith were the best among the batters, while Rohith K returned a three-wicket haul for the bowling side. In reply, Tumkur were all out for 94. Sukruth was well supported by Sai Teja Thokala and Atharv Deshpande, who picked up two wickets apiece.

Declaring at 137/6 in the second innings, President’s left Tumkur with a mountain to climb but with Atharva Deshpande claiming five wickets, they were bundled out for 109.Brief scores: President’s XI: 267 all out in 67.2 overs (Sukruth J 65, Ronith N 106 (149b; 19x4); Jatin Kuhar 2-44, Rohith K S 3-54, Shreyash Depavat 2-38) & 137/6 in 35.4 overs (Sanjit Sathish 45, Aalapkrishna Manikandan 35; Rohith KS 3-43, Sai Samarth 2-11) bt Tumkur Zone: 94 all out in 36.4 overs (Vishnu Swaroop 27; Sai Teja Thokala 2-16, Atharv Deshpande 2-17, Sukruth J 5-19) & 109 all out in 32.5 overs (Vishnu Swaroop 42, Rohith Reddy 32; Prathyush Shetty 3-22, Atharv S Deshpande 5-43).Shivamogga Zone: 88 all out in 48.4 overs (Guruprasad TG 27; Suvik Gill 2-7, Tanshh Krishna 2-6, Aadrith 4-5) & 115/4 in 39.3 overs (Rohan A 48, Dayan Khan 26, Bhargav D 27n.o; Rithivk HM 2-8, Suvik Gill 2-16) drew with Vice-President’s XI: 316/7 in 90 overs (Tanshh Krishna 55, Ryan Aaron Minj 26, Shahan Shadab 95, Kush Kumar Jha 62).Bangalore City XI: 323 all out in 82.5 overs (Thushar Khande 32, Arush Jain 118 (183b; 15x4), Shiven Gupta 117 (13b; 9x4); Abhishek Shivashimpager 3-41, Vishwesh Alagundagi 5-52) & 128/2 decl. in 30 overs (Rishik A 27, Thushar Khande 58n.o, Nithin R 26n.o; Abhishek Shivashimpager 2-13) drew with Dharwad Zone: 128 all out in 44 overs (Siddu Yalaburgi 33; Advaith Kamesh 3-30, Suhaan Bhandary 4-41, Arush Jain 2-8) & 110/4 in 24 overs (Siddu Yalaburgi 32, Abhinav Sharma 29; Shiven Gupta 2-11).Bangalore Zone: 394 all out in 80.3 overs (Arsh 115 (134b; 14x4; 1x6), Syaamantak Anirudh 172 (153b, 14x4; 6x6), Dhruv Akki 38; Dhakshath 4-41, Ajay H 3-39) drew with Mangalore Zone: 84 all out in 39.5 overs (Akshaj Kathuria 2-17, Reyes Madhusudhan 5-20) & 168/9 in 68 overs (Jnyan Karkera 25, Avaneesha SN 71, Krithin 38; Ishan Kausthubh 3-54, Manish Patil 2-40, Navaneeth Krishna 2-19).Secretary’s XI: 185 all out in 58.4 overs (Rithvik Kulasekar 43, Harish Bam 69n.o; Shreyas Indian 2-28, Mohammed Shamsheer 4-58) & 143/7 in 44 overs (Harish Bam 30, Rithvik Kulasekar 47; Chetan Rangraj 4-30) drew with Raichur Zone: 241/7 decl. in 83.5 overs (Mohammed Nihan 34, Kashif Ali 70, Vishnuvardhan Pukale 66; Narasimha 2-47, Nikhil Gowda 2-37).Mysore Zone: 211 all out in 72 overs (Chavanth Gowda 28, Dheemanth KM 60, Krushik Krishna 36; Tanay Dalmia 4-28, Prayag Bijesh 4-47) & 220/3 in 31 overs (Chavanth Gowda 74, Dushyanth Gowda 28) drew with Combined City XI: 288 all out in 87.4 overs (Nitish Arya 86, Aaryansinh Chavda 46, Aditya Jha 61, Neeraj Kulkarni 26; Yatharth S 3-67, Samarth Kulakarni 3-42).