Safi Darasha Cricket: Easy win for President's XI

Bangalore, July 26 (IANS)

A century by Rohan Prem (146) went in vain as Kerala CA went down to KSCA President’s XI by nine wickets in the Safi Darasha All-India Cricket tournament.

Kerala, after conceding a 40-run first innings lead, rattled up 327 for 5 in their second innings with Rohan Prem leading the way. However, the President’s XI, thanks to centuries by Liyan Khan (145 not out) and Kunal Kapoor (113 not out), made light of the 281-run target to gain five points.

Meanwhile, KSCA XI picked up the full quota of six points after defeating Goa by 10 wickets in a one-sided encounter. Also posting victories were Rajasthan CA, Saurashtra CA, Cricket Association of Bengal and Baroda CA.

Brief scores:

KSCA XI 527 for 6 in 120 overs and 4 for no loss in 0.3 overs beat Goa CA 304 all out in 86.3 overs and 223 all out in 66.5 overs (Ravikant Shukla 84, Amit Yadav 30, HS Sharath 2-27, KP Appanna 5-64). Points: KSCA XI 6 points (incl 1 bonus), Goa CA 0.

Jharkhand CA 298 all out in 111.1 overs and 240 all out in 67.1 overs (Akash Verma 113, Madhur Khatri 4-67, Vivek Yadav 2-45) lost to Rajasthan CA 374 all out in 102.5 overs and 177 all out in 41.5 overs (Siddarth Saraf 31, Robin Bist 36, Rahul Shukla 3-39, Jaskaran Singh 7-62). Points: Rajasthan CA 5, Jharkhand 0.

KSCA Colts 295 all out in 107.3 overs and 280 all out in 70.2 overs lost to Saurashtra CA 368 all out in 92.4 overs and 211 for 6 in 58.4 overs (Chirag Patik 38, Jaydev Shah 79, Arpit Vasavada 62 not out, Abhishek Bhat 3-53). Points: Saurashtra 5, KSCA Colts 0.

Cricket Association of Bengal 359 all out in 113.5 overs and 377 for 6 decl in 66 overs beat Tripura CA 299 all out in 88 overs and 226 all out in 77.3 overs (Samrat Singha 53, Udiyan Bose 30, Abhijit Dey 48, Iresh Saxena 3-49, Saurabish Cahiri 3-56, Wriddhinan Saha 2-12). Points: CAB 5, Tripura CA 0.

Orissa CA 194 all out in 71.4 overs and 257 all out in 85.5 overs lost to Haryana CA 274 all out in 86.5 overs and 187 for 1 in 60 overs (Abhimanyu Khod 75 not out, Sunny Singh 61 not out). Points: Haryana CA 5, Orissa CA 0.

Kerala CA 388 for 8 in 120 overs and 327 for 5 in 60 overs (VA Jagadeesh 72, Rohan Prem 146, Raiphi Vincent Gomez 43 not out, Ronit More 2-70) lost to KSCA President’s XI 428 for 8 in 120 overs and 291 for 1 in 56.4 overs (Liyan Khan 145 not out, Kunal Kapoor 113 not out 119). Points: KSCA President’s XI 5, Kerala CA 0.

At Mysore: KSCA Secretary’s XI 479 for 9 decl in 119 overs and 36 for no loss in 8 overs drew with Andhra CA 513 all out in 119.5 overs (Shiva Kumar 109, Ajay Kumar D 50, Suchith J 3-184, Sinan Abdul Khadeer 3-119, Anirudh Joshi 2-60). Points: Andhra CA 3, KSCA Secretary’s XI 1.

Assam CA 222 all out in 74.2 overs and 198 all out in 97.1 overs (Krishna Das 31 not out, Sumit Singh 5-26, Hardik Pandya 2-43, Ketual Patel 2-52) lost to Baroda CA 148 all out in 52.3 overs and 258 for 6 in 53 overs (Saurabh Wakaskar 71, Abhimanyu Chauhan 77, Kethan Panchal 33, Pritam Das 2-40, Gokul Sharma 2-34). Points: Baroda CA 5, Assam CA 2.