Ruthik Saagar scalps 6 in Srikakulam win

Visakhapatnam: Left-arm spinner P Ruthik Saagar picked up six wickets as Srikakulam defeated West Godavari by an innings and 143 runs in a league match of the ACA under-16 inter-district multi-day tournament at SKRBR College ground, Narasaraopeta, on Saturday. Meanwhile, Visakhapatnam are set for another big win as J Eswar Vardhan Kumar hit a century while K Gowtham Arya scored 77. For Kurnool, B Mahith picked up five wickets.Brief scores: At SKRBR College ground, Narasaraopeta: West Godavari 57 & 109 in 38.2 overs (P Ruthik Sagar 6/29) lost to Srikakulam 309 in 82.1 overs (B Bhanu Prakash Naidu 73 no, V Kranthi Kumar 56, Ch Rohith 41, ; Sri Raghu Ram Naidu 4/28). At Guntur: Guntur 98 in 70.1 overs (A Sree Sai Charan Reddy 5/35) & 116/3 in 36 overs (V Venkata Rohith 57 batting) vs Kadapa 152 in 49.4 overs (GV Sai Saketh 48; T Naga Sai Charan 5/38). At Mangalagiri: Kurnool 61 & 43/6 in 31 overs vs Visakhapatnam 323 in 75.3 overs (J Eswar Vardhan Kumar 144, K Gowtham Arya 77; B Mahith 5/64).APL III from todayThe gold-plated new rolling trophy of the Andhra Premier League season III and the new jerseys of the franchisee teams were unveiled at a glittering ceremony here on Saturday. Andhra Cricket Association secretary SR Gopinath Reddy said the APL, started with a view to elevate the Andhra players to the next level, was growing year after year and has the distinction of being the only the third league to get permission from the BCCI. ACA was also the first association to start the women’s T20 league. KS Bharat, Rickey Bhui, K Nitish Kumar Reddy, SK Rasheed played in the IPL and Md Shabnam is now in the Indian team, he pointed out. He further said that they were disappointed to see Nitish Kumar Reddy missout on the Zimbabwe tour due to injury.Shahabuddin shines for AnantapurKS Shahabuddin took five wickets to bowl Anatapur to a seven-wicket victory over Guntur in the RDT’s veterans cricket tournament at Anantapur on Saturday.Brief scores: Guntur 67 in 13.5 overs (KS Shahabuddin 5/11) lost to Anantapur 68/3 in 11.3 overs; Hyderabad 170/9 in 20 overs (Ravikumar 72; Rajkrishna 4/23, Uma Mahesh 3/26) bt Nellore 60 in 16 overs.ACA mum on Vihari issueThe Andhra Cricket Association is mum on the issue of G Hanuma Vihari. The former Andhra skipper, who took an NOC to play for Madhya Pradesh, was asked by the new state government to reconsider his decision. “He (Vihari) said he was invited back to play for Andhra but there are lot of things to be sorted out. BCCI has to be informed. We have also issued him an NOC,” said the ACA official, adding that ACA would like to take up the issue later.