Avanish hogs the limelight as it rains tons on opening day

Hyderabad: There were centuries galore on the opening day of the Hyderabad Cricket Association’s (HCA) league season on Tuesday. A Avanish Rao (265; 208b, 4x39, 6x6) was the pick of the lot as his century and M Sai Pragnay Reddy’s 164 (142b, 4x17, 6x5) helped EMCC pile up 582 for four against Continental.P Gaurav Reddy (173; 292b, 4x20, 6x2), Yash Kapadia (109; 166b, 4x16, 6x1), Mohd Junaid Ali (111; 124b, 4x17, 6x2), P Srihari Rao (105; 146b, 4x20), B Sumanth (134*, 219b, 4x16, 6x1), P Nitish Reddy (132; 221b, 4x16, 6x2) and G Aniketh Reddy (104; 96b, 4x11, 6x5) were the other centurions in the league.D Manish (8/34) was instrumental in Deccan Wanderers defeating Agarwal Senior by eight wickets in the B Division two-day league. Jasmeet Nain (200*), Anirudh Srinivathsan (133), Adyudaya Pratap Singh (126), K Kritin (112), Jyothi Sai (104), Kamal Yadav (102*), Shanawaz Khan (174) and Mohd Abdul Rahman (117) also had good outings with the bat. S Pavan Kumar (5/9), Y Satya Sai Yashaswi (5/34), E Geeta Krishna (5/34) were the other successful bowlers in the league.Brief scores: A division (three-day): AOC 218 in 47.2 overs (G Rahul Singh 83) vs Deccan Chronicle 80/7 in 28 overs. Income Tax 341/3 in 90 overs (P Gaurav Reddy 173*, Yash Kapadia 109) vs Cambridge XI. Ensconse 245 in 62.2 overs (S Sai Vihari 40, Mohd Junaid Ali 111; Ashish Srivastav 4/82) vs Sporting XI 162/0 in 24 overs (Sagar Chaurasia 81batting, A Takshith Rao 69batting). Hyderabad Bottling 216 in 57 overs (A Vignesh Reddy 54, Ali Kacchi Diamond 54, Prateek Pawar 41; Lokesh 4/67) vs R Dayanand 96/1 in 33 overs (P Raghava 51batting). MP Colts 217 in 74.1 overs (Ashesh Singh 49, C Abhinav Tej 71; K Rohit Raydu 6/60) vs Jai Hanuman CC 60/1 in 13 overs. SBI 390/8 in 90 overs (P Srihari Rao 105, B Sumanth 134*, M Ravi Kiran 50) vs BDL. EMCC 582/4 in 90 overs (P Aman Rao 88, A Avanish Rao 265, M Sai Pragnay Reddy 164, S Rohit Reddy 41) vs Continental. Budding Star 316/2 in 90 overs (P Nitish Reddy 132, Bhavesh Seth 77*, Mir Jaweed Ali 46*) vs India Cements. Evergreen 223 in 49.1 overs (G Aniketh Reddy 104, L Venkata Chaitanya 45; T Arun Kumar 5/77) vs Combined Districts 110/7 in 33 overs (Mohd Afreedi 43). B Division (two-day): Aggarwal Senior CC 87 in 36 overs (D Manish 8/34) lost to Deccan Wanderers 91/2 in 12.1 overs. Concorde CC 65 in 15.1 overs (S Pavan Kumar 5/9) lost to Sportive CC 66/0 in 9.3 overs. Sri Chakra CC 189 in 49.3 overs (A Sai Venkata Anurag 96) bt Khammam District 98 in 27.3 overs (Y Satya Sai Yashaswi 5/34). Venus Cybertech CC 221 in 54 overs (P Aryan Raj 74, Aryan Parakh 71; Utkarsh Jain 5/42) vs Jai Bhagwathi CC 113/2 in 27 overs (M Asutosh Jayanth 44, Y Anish Raj 42no). Manchester CC 97 in 45.3 overs lost to Sayi Satya CC 99/6 in 39.1 overs. Hyderabad Titans CC 254 in 83.1 overs (Anirudh M Srinivathsan 133, B Risala Reddy 55; Mohd Irshad Hussain 4/47) vs Zinda Tilismath CC 63/0 in 12 overs. Ours CC 287/8 in 90 overs (M Rithvik Vigna 69, Goutham V 90) vs Medak District. National CC 297 in 86.3 overs (Harsh Dev Singh 59, G Anshul Varma 98, Mohd Mosiquddin 56; Dharma 4/51) vs Vijay Hanuman CC 42/0 in 9 overs. Hyderabad Blues CC 472/7 in 90 overs (Abhyudaya Pratap Singh 126, KO Deepak 52, Jasmeet Nain 200*, Anil Kumar Yadav 42; Y Vamshi Sai 4/110) vs Secunderabad Nawabs CC. Future Star CC 289/5 in 59 overs (M Sai Karthikeya 52, B Kamal Yadav 102*) vs Visaka CC. Balaaji CC 251 in 52.5 overs (E Geeta Krishna 40, N Vigneshwar 44, K Ritik Swaraj 78) vs Charminar CC 101/7 in 41 overs (E Geeta Krishna 5/34). Nizamabad District 284 in 76.5 overs (D Raja 42, Y Srikar Reddy 82, M Vikranth Reddy 92; Nimesh B 4/43) vs Rakesh Xi 44/0 in 12 overs. HUCC 170 in 57.3 overs (K Kritin 112; P Vishnu 4/59) vs Rohit Xi 108/4 in 27.5 overs (Mirza Houzef Baig 70). Deccan Blues CC 298 in 78.3 overs (D Rohit 48, Shaik Zainuddin 72, Abhay Swaroop 61, S Nipun Reddy 74; Nk Aditya 4/29) vs Sri Shyam CC 30/0 in 9 overs. Postal 282 in 68.1 overs (Mohd Shakeer Ahmed 85, Jyothi Sai K 104) vs Beema CC 82/1 in 23 overs (Likith Karthik 46*). Marredpally CC 213 in 64.4 overs (S Anjan Kumar 67) vs Mega City CC 69/0 in 35 overs. Crown CC 202 in 60.1 overs (Syed Shoaib Arman 50) vs Warangal District 134/3 in 22 overs (A Raj Kumar 50*). CCOB 351/8 in 90 overs (Shanwaz Khan 174, Mohd Abdul Rahman 117; A Devi Dhanush 4/83) vs Cheerful Chums CC.
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