Reddy, Gautam keep KSCA in the hunt

Bengaluru: Abhishek Reddy scored a resolute century to give hosts KSCA XI a slight edge over Assam in the Dr Thimmappaiah Memorial All India cricket third round league encounter at the M Chinnaswamy stadium here on Tuesday.
Propelled by Reddy's 103 and an equally effective knock by skipper CM Gautam (75 not out), Group 'A' leaders KSCA XI, who resumed their innings at 19 for no loss on the third day, were 264/5 at stumps.
KSCA made amends after a poor first innings with a strong opening partnership of 92 runs between Reddy and R Samarth (40). After the opening stand was broken, Reddy and Gautam got together to add 86 runs as the fourth-wicket stand helped the hosts erase the first-innings deficit of 107 and extended the overall lead to 157 runs. Assam off-spinner Sarupam Purakayastha claimed three wickets while Syed Mohammed took two.
At the Alur grounds, a resolute double hundred from D Nischal helped KSCA President’s XI bounce back into the reckoning against Bengal. Replying to Bengal’s first innings 489, President’s XI rode on Nischal’s 202 and KN Bharath’s 147 and their 270-run partnership to finish the day at 444/3. They trail by 45 runs.
Nischal’s knock helped him complete 1700 runs from four tournaments this season that included the KSCA first division, SAS and the Shafi Darashah. The opening batsman was the top-scorer at the recently concluded KSCA first division league with 989 runs for Jawahar Sports Club.
At the adjacent venue, KSCA Colts rode on Liyan Khan’s 162 to snatch the first innings lead against Andhra. Group ‘B’ leaders Haryana secured a berth in the semifinals with a innings and 176-run win over Tripura.
Brief scores: In Bengaluru: At KSCA: KSCA XI: 200 all out in 66.5 overs & 264/5 in 94 overs (Abhishek Reddy 103, R Samarth 40, CM Gautam (batting) 75; S Purakayastha 3-52, Syed Mohammed 2-71) vs Assam: 307 all out in 99.4 overs.
At Alur 1: Orissa: 203 all out in 78.1 overs & 228/4 in 86 overs (Girija Rout (batting) 92, Aravind Singh 69; Ankush Bedi 2-61) vs Himachal Pradesh: 308 all out in 101 overs (Akash Vasist 45 n.o.; Jayant Behera 6-99, Alok Chandra Sahoo 3-69).
At Alur 2: Bengal: 489 all out in 128.1 overs vs KSCA President’s XI: 444/3 in 141 overs (D Nischal (batting) 202, KN Bharath 147, Mir Kaunain Abbas 49).
At Alur 3: Andhra: 340 all out in 100.2 overs & 140/5 in 52 overs (Ashwin Hebbar 56, Md. Kaif 34; KC Cariappa 2-11, Mitrakant Yadav 2-34) vs KSCA Colts XI: 356 all out in 113.5 overs (Liyan Khan 162; Shashikanth 3-51, CH Stephen 2-59, G Shankar Rao 3-84).
At BGS: Tripura: 137 all out in 63.4 overs & 103 all out in 47.5 overs (Arindam Das 28; Jayant Yadav 3-30, Yuzvendra Chahal 6-38) lost to Haryana: 416/ 7 decl. in 137 overs (Rahul Dagar 116; Tushar Saha 3-111, Abhijith Dey 2-132).
At Aditya Global: Dr DY Patil Academy: 486 all out in 122.5 overs vs NCA: 346/6 in 84 overs (Washington Sundar 86, Amolpreet Singh 70; Nitish Rana (batting) 109; Swapnil Singh 4-79).
At Mysore: Gangotri Glades: Kerala: 266 all out in 109 overs & 176 all out in 59.3 overs (Nikhilesh Surendran 49, Akshay Kodoth 32, Rohan Prem 44; DT Chandrasekhar 8-73, W Antony Das 2-45) vs Tamil Nadu: 153 all out in 62.3 overs & 85/3 in 30 overs (Baba Indrajith (batting) 38).
JCE Mysore: Gujarat: 195 all out in 74.5overs & 121 all out in 42.2 overs (Priyank Panchal 29; Ravi Jangid 2-3, Akshay Wakhare 2-38, Aditya Sarvate 3-33) lost to Vidarbha: 245 all out in 91.1 overs & 72/3 in 27.3 overs (Hardik Patel 2-6).