Bangalore, Oct 24: Karnataka and Hyderabad recorded fluent victories while Andhra edged past Kerala by VJD Method in the Vinoo Mankad Trophy Under-19 South Zone cricket tournament here Tuesday.
Rahul Singh slammed 158 (114b, 19x4, 5x6) as Hyderabad made 379 for six in their allotted 50 overs and then restricted Goa to 204 for six to pick up five points, including one bonus point.
Karnataka, courtesy D. Nischal's 102 (142b, 10x4) made 259 for nine against Tamil Nadu who in reply, were all out for 191.
Elsewhere, Kerala made 213 for nine in 50 overs with N.B. Vishnu (60) being the top scorer while Andhra replied with 189 for six that fetched them a five-run win via the V Jayadevan (VJD) Method in a match truncated by rains.
Brief scores:
Karnataka 259 for 9 in 50 overs (Nischal D 102, Anurag Bajpai 30, Aswin Crist 2/66, Vignesh Kanna 2/57) beat Tamil Nadu 191 all out in 47.1 overs (Bharath Shankar K 46, Shikhar Hukku 36, Selva S 32, Prateek Jain 2/57, Kranthi Kumar 4/21, Shreyas Gopal 2/20). Points: Karnataka 5, Tamil Nadu (-1).
Kerala 213 for 9 in 50 overs (Ajay Kumar A 34, Sanju NB Vishnu 60, FF Ahmad 41, CH Sneha Kishore 3/52, D Naren Reddy 3/34) lost to Andhra 189 for 5 in 46 overs (Kona Bharath 49, K Karan Shindhe 52 not out, S Sivaraj 3/37). Andhra won by VJD method by 5 runs.
Hyderabad 379 for 6 in 50 overs (Rahul Singh 158, Abhishek Ashok 50, Chaitanya KSK 49 not out, Sagar Naik 3/86, Yogesh Bare 3/68) beat Goa 204 for 6 in 50 overs (Mukund Bandodkar 51, Srinivas Fadte 35, Tanmay Agarwal 2/18). Points: Hyderabad 5, Goa (-1).
