Hyderabad: Evergreen and Sporting XI will contest the final of the HCA one-day league-cum-knockout tournament for A1 Division three-day teams on Sunday. In the semifinals on Saturday, Evergreen defeated State Bank of India by 98 runs and Sporting XI defeated Deccan Chronicle by 14 runs.
Evergreen rode on P Sai Vikas Reddy’s 75 and B Rahul’s 82 to post 248 and dismissed SBI for 150 with Vignesh Agarwal and G Aniketh Reddy claiming three wickets apiece.
S Daniel Manohar was the top scorer for SBI with 52.
In a high scoring match, K Nitesh Reddy scored 83 as Sporting XI piled up 329 and restricted DC to 314 for nine.
Brief scores (SFs): Evergreen 248 in 46.3 overs (P Sai Vikas Reddy 75, B Rahul 82; T Pavan Kumar 4/19) bt SBI 150 in 32.2 overs (S Daniel Manohar 52; Vignesh Agarwal 3/28, G Aniketh Reddy 3/41). Sporting XI 329 in 49 overs (Rakesh Yadav 35, Tanmay Agarwal 37, K Nitesh Reddy 83, Tanay Thyagarajan 32; T Raviteja 3/56) bt Deccan Chronicle 314/9 in 50 overs (Mohul Bhowmick 48, T Raviteja 52, CV Milind 49, Mohd Abdul Adnan 47).
Aziz wrecks NalgondaSyed Abdul Aziz claimed five wickets for six runs as Saleemnagar defeated Nalgonda by 128 runs in the tournament for A2 Division two-day teams. Imam Shareef was the top scorer for Saleemnagar with 73 as they totalled 230. U Pavan Kumar chipped in with 42. Nalgonda were shot out for 102 in just 19.2 overs as Abdul Aziz proved too hot to handle. Usmad top scored with 39.
Brief scores: Saleemnagar 230 in 49.2 overs (Imam Shareef 73, U Pavan Kumar 42; B Rakesh 3/48) bt Nalgonda 102 in 19.2 overs (SK Usmad 39, Shana Venkat 35; Syed Abdul Aziz 5/6).