Arun wrecks Hyd Bottling

Hyderabad: Mahabubnagar were in trouble despite T Arun Kumar claiming nine for 55 to dismiss Hyderabad Bottling for 145 in their second innings of their HCA A1 Division three-day league match on Thursday. Having made 317 in the first innings, Bottling came unstuck against Arun in the second but with a first inning lead of 174 runs, they still are in the driver’s seat as set a target of 319 to win, Mahabubnagar were two for one in the second innings. Syed Askari and Chirag Yadav scored tons for Khalsa.Brief scores: Apex 102 & 98 in 32.5 overs lost to Deccan Chronicle 344 in 76.5 overs (M Pratyush Kumar 65, A Vaishnav Reddy 57, J Seshi Kumar Yadav 50, Md Abdul Adnan 102, Syed Firasuddin 4/76). Medak Dist 248 in 55.5 overs vs R Dayanand 299/6 in 90 overs (Vaishnav Reddy 109). Balaaji 377 & 174 in 42.4 overs (V Sai Chand 58) vs Khammam Dist 200 in 56.3 overs (Shaik Fareed 72, TVS Narayana Teja 43; G Arjun 4/74, Geeta Krishna 5/35). Hyd Bottling 317 & 145 in 33.3 overs (T Arun Kumar 9/55) vs Mahabubnagar Dist 143 in 38.2 overs (T Arun Kumar 45; K Sriharsha 4/35) & 2 for 1 in 3 overs. Warangal Dist 181 & 27/5 in 13 overs vs Khalsa 546/8 decl in 116 overs (Sarthak Bharadwaj 68, Syed Askari Jussain 165, Chirag Yadav 101, Karan Yadav 53). Secunderabad Nawabs 180 & 360/3 in 86 overs (Raghavendra 184) vs Nizamabad Dist 246 in 56.3 overs (T Vamshi 76no). Gouds XI 119 in 45.2 overs (M Sandeep Rat 40; Sachin Shinde 4/23) vs AOC 188/2 in 38 overs (Karan Jadhav 105no). A3 Division (one-day): Safilguda 151 in 27.2 overs (Karthik 4/17) bt Sutton 138 in 29.4 overs (Praveen 45).