Hyderabad rocks Assam; claims 6 points

Riding on some excellent bowling from A Lalith Mohan who claimed 4 and 5 wickets in two innings and centuries from our own superstar P Akshath Reddy (112) and S A Quadri (107 not out); Hyderabad defeated Assam by an innings and 78 runs in the third round of the Ranji Trophy Plate League cricket match that concluded at Guwahati on Sunday. Hyderabad bagged 6 points (including a bonus point) by win in this encounter. This was the much needed win after the humiliating defeated Hyderabad suffered in the second round.

Batting first Assam batting line-up  was dismissed for just 227 runs, A Lalith Mohan claimed 4 wickets for 70 runs, while Anwar Ahmed claimed 4 wickets for just 38 runs. In response, Hyderabad declared its innings at a total of 474 runs for loss of 6 wickets. P Akshath Reddy (112) and S A Quadri (107 not out) scored centuries to Hyderabad post a strong total against its lowly opponents.

In the second innings, A Lalith Mohan claimed 5 wickets for just 42 runs to rattle Assam batting line up for just 169 runs and help Hyderabad post an innings and 78 runs defeat.

Hyderabad vs Assam

Hyderabad takes on Assam in the third round match of the Ranji Trophy Plate League cricket tournament being played at Guwahati (between November 17th - 20th)

Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.

Hyderabad succumbs to a humiliating defeat

After decent performance in the first match, Hyderabad Ranji cricket team succumbed to a humiliating defeat against Maharastra, in the second round of the Ranji Trophy Plate League match which finished in just a day and half at the Uppal's Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium.

After India defeated England in the first one-day international series that concluded recently and Hyderabad taking the crucial first innings lead in the first match of the new Ranji season, everyone expected that the fortunes of the host team at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium have changed.

But, yesterday's defeat against Maharastra, coupled with abject surrender of the host team without putting up any fight has also raised serious doubts about Hyderabad team's preparation for the tournament and also issues that preceded the tournament in selection of team coach and team members.

We hope, many Hyderabad cricket fans who have witnessed the glorious days of Hyderabad cricket will call for a thorough investigation into the mess at the  Hyderabad Cricket Association and call for a complete overhaul of the system that exists currently. We strongly believe only some serious steps will send a strong message to all associated with this beautiful game of cricket in Hyderabad.

Champions JNTU-H lifts the trophy at Uninor's Aurora Cricket Premier League

Winners : JNTU-H

Runners-up : MLRIT

JNTU-H won Uninor’s Aurora Cricket Premier League beating MLRIT by  5 wickets in the finals at the Aurora’s Seethaiah Engineering College, IDA, Patancheru on Tuesday. Sponsored by Uninor, a leading GSM service provider in AP, the 2 week long cricket tournament which saw the participation of 34 teams from top engineering colleges in Hyderabad proved to be a unique platform for students to showcase their skills and prove their mettle as budding cricketers.

Gracing the occasion were Vivek Jaisimha, Former Ranji player and Coach and Satish Kumar, Business Head, Uninor, AP Circle. Along with  a grand trophy, the winners walked away with a cash prize of Rs 25,000 while the runner up took home Rs 12,500.

Satish Kumar Kannan, Business Head, AP Circle said “At Uninor, we are constantly looking to bring in excitement and raise aspirations among the youth. Being a partner to this event has essentially provided a great platform for the student community to not only display their skills but come together in healthy competition . This game has been an enriching experience and we will continually look at associating ourselves with the youth in various other exciting ways.”

JNTU-H beats MLRIT to win UAPL Trophy

Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Technology-Hyderabad defeated Marri Laxma Reddy Institute of Technology by 5 wickets to win the Uninor's Aurora Premier Cricket League title that concluded at the Aurora's Seethaiah Engineering College here on Tuesday.

Batting first, MLRIT were dismissed for a modest total of 119 runs in 19.3 overs in the 20-over-a-side finals. In response, JNTU-H riding on a patient and watchful performance from its batsmen achieved the set target in 19.1 overs.

Will share photographs of the prize distribution ceremony shortly.

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Finals


JNTU-H vs MLRIT
20-overs-a-side


Result: JNTU-H beats MLRIT by 5 wickets

Batting 2nd:
JNTU-H 123 runs for loss of 5 wickets after 19.1 overs

Dinesh 5 runs (8 balls)
Bhargav 7 runs (7 balls)
Meghnath 29 runs (30 balls)
Prashanth 2 runs (3 balls)
Dev 19 runs (32 balls)
Ramki 24 not out (17 balls)
Murali 10 not out (16 balls)

Bowling:
MLRIT

Vikranth - 2 wickets for 27 runs
Vishal - 2 wickets for 15 runs
Abhilash - 1 wickets

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Batting 1st:
MLRIT 119 runs all out from  19.3 overs

Dhanraj 2 runs (6 balls)
Sridhar 0 runs (5 balls)
Sharath 6 runs (5 balls)
Srikanth 0 runs (3 balls)
Mahendra 13 runs (18 balls)
Vikranth 0 runs (4 balls)
Musthafa 4 runs (7 balls)
Abhilash 3 runs (4 balls)
Vishal 40 runs (43 balls)
Vivek 12 runs (12 balls)
Madhukar 7 runs not out (8 balls)

Bowling:
JNTU-H

Bhargav - 2 wickets
Ravi - 1 wickets
Ramki - 2 wickets
Rajasekhar - 1 wickets
Dev - 1 wickets

Run outs - 3 wickets

UAPL - its 'final' time

Dear friends,

After some intense cricket action over the past 11 days, its time for the finals of the Uninor's Aurora Premier Cricket League being played at the Aurora's Seethaiah Engineering College grounds here.

Pushing aside other favourites like _ TKR, ASEC, SNIST, MGIT _ two engineering colleges reached the finals of the competitions. And in few hours from now, MLRIT will take on JNTU-H for one last time to win the coveted trophy and Rs. 25000/- prize money.

These two teams have proved that it is not star power, but consistency that will fetch right results. Somequality and consistent performances from these two team ensured they raced to the finals of the competition in which a total of 34 teams vied for the top honours.

JNTU-H meets MLRIT in finals

Jawarharlal Nehru Technological University-Hyderabad team defeated Sreenidhi Institute of Science & Technology by 41-runs to enter the finals of the Uninor’s Aurora Premier Cricket League tournament being played at the Aurora’s Seethaiah Engineering College ground here on Monday. JNTU-H will now meet Marri Laxma Reddy Institute of Technology, who shocked title favourites Teegala Krishna Reddy Engineering College earlier in the day.

Electing to bat, JNTU-H riding on the lone half-century of the tournament so far scored by Dinesh (64 runs off just 41 balls) posted a mammoth total of 134 runs for loss of 3 wickets in the stipulated 15 overs. Ramki (15 runs from just 4 balls) and Meghnath (26 runs from 29 balls) helped JNTU-H in setting-up an imposing total in front of SNIST.

In response, SNIST were restricted to 92 runs for loss of 8 wickets in their 15 overs. While, SNIST lacked fire power in their batting, the team was aided by some wayward bowling from JNTU-H. Suman (15 runs) was the top scorer of the losing side. While, Rajsehkar and Meghnath claimed 2 wickets each to help JNTU-H post a comfortable win in the end.

Brief scores:

Semi-finals 2:

JNTU-H 134 for 3 from 15 overs (Dinesh 64, Meghnath 26, Ramki 15; Ravi Teja 1/17, Ram 1/18)

Defeated

SNIST 92 for 8 from 15 overs (Suman 15, Ravi Teja 9; Rajshekhar 2/14, Meghnath 2/22)

TKR shock exit, MLRIT enters finals

Title favourites and a dominant Teegala Krishna Reddy Engineering College faced a shock exit after losing to Marri Laxma Reddy Institute of Technology in the Uninor’s Aurora Premier Cricket League tournament being played at the Aurora’s Seethaiah Engineering College ground here on Monday.

 

Batting first TKR were all out for 91 runs in the 15-over-a-side semifinals. Vamshi (43 runs) waged a lone battle to take his side to a decent total. Madhu (2 wickets for 8 runs) and Vishal (2 wickets for 16 runs) were among wicket-takers for MLRIT.

In response, MLRIT led by a decent batting by Vikranth (35 runs) and helped by off-colour bowling from TKR raced to victory in just 13.4 overs for loss of 5 wickets. TKR has badly missed the services of its star performer P Akshath Reddy who is on duty for the Hyderabad Ranji Trophy cricket team, which just finished as the better side in the plate league match against Jharkhand and secured three crucial points.

This victory now takes MLRIT into the finals of the Rs. 25000/- cash prize event being sponsored by Uninor, a leading GSM mobile operator. In the finals, MLRIT will face the winners of the second semi-finals between _ JNTU-H vs SNIST. Finals will be played on Tuesday. Former Ranji player Vivek Jaisimha will be the chief guest and will give away prizes to the winner.

Brief scores:

Semi-finals 1:

TKR 91 all out in 14.5 overs (Vamshi 43, Chaitanya 14; Madhu 2 for 8, Vishal 2 for 16)

Lost to

MLRIT 92 for 5 in 13.4 overs (Vikranth 35, Vivek 10; Roham 2 for 19)

Vivek Jaisimha to grace UAPL finals

Former Ranji player and coach _ Vivek Jaisimha _ will grace the finals and will hand over the trophy to the winners of the Uninor’s Aurora Premier Cricket League tournament being played at the Aurora’s Seethaiah Engineering College grounds. The final of the tournament will be played on Tuesday. A total 34 top engineering college teams are taking part in the tournament.

Vivek Jaisimha, is the elder son of legendary M L Jaisimha – a contemporary of Mansoor Ali Khan, Nawab of Pataudi. M L Jaisimha, played, led and even coached Hyderabad Ranji Trophy cricket team for many years. It was under the watchful eyes of M L Jaisimha sir, that Hyderabad has reached the finals of the Ranji Trophy cricket tournament last time. Vivek’s mother Jayanthi Jaisimha too hails from a family of cricketers and is granddaughter of cricketing legend _ C K Nayudu _ who served has India’s first Test captain. C K Nayudu along Ranjit Singhji and others are legends of Indian and World cricket.

Hailing from such a legendary family, Vivek Jaisimha who was born on March 18th, 1964 played 79 first-classes for Hyderabad and scored 4000 runs with 8 centuries and double ton to his credit.

Hyderabad opens account in drawn match with 1st innings lead

Hyderabad Ranji Team made a strong opening to its Ranji Trophy Plate League campaign in the opening match played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad. It took first innings lead and secured 3 points against a strong Jharkhand line-up.

After first round matches, Hyderabad is leading the Pool-B with 3 points and net quotient of 1.370. Though Maharastra secured 3 points from its match against Goa, it trails to Hyderabad on the basis of its net quotient.

Andhra, placed in Pool-A of the Ranji Trophy Plate League championship too secured 3 points based on the first innings lead it secured against Services team.

Below are 2nd innings scores of the Hyderabad-Jharkhand match

Host ASEC teams lose in quarterfinals

Thanks to some lackluster batting performance, weak bowling and miserable work behind the stumps – host Aurora Seethaiah Engineering College-A team lost to Sreenidhi Institute of Science & Technology by 3 wickets in their Uninor’s Aurora Premier Cricket League tournament played here on Saturday. This loss is difficult to digest for many ASEC team fans who turned up in large numbers at the ground to watch the proceedings and expected them to win and enter the semi-finals of the tournament.

Batting first, ASEC-A batsmen failed to continue their good run and were all out for 78 runs in 12 overs. Other than Koushik (40 runs) and Shashank (17 runs), none of ASEC batsmen were able to put up a decent show. For SNIST, Suman (3 wickets for 12) and Rahul (2 wickets for 9) performed exceptional with the ball.

In response, SNIST helped with some poor bowling and shoddy keeping behind the stumps by ASEC-A achieved the target with 3 balls to spare. Waseem (24 runs) top scored for SNIST. Though Shiva claimed 3 wickets for just 18 runs and led ASEC-A fight back, he didn’t get the necessary support from other bowlers in the team.

Earlier in the day, ASEC-B team that surprised many with some exhilarating performance in the earlier matches failed to repeat it today and lost to MLRIT by 17 runs. And in the other match played today, Turbo Engineering College defeated Bharath Engineering College by 2 wickets.

Brief scores:

MLRIT 95 for 4 in 12 overs (Mahender 47, Vikranth 26; Thirupathi 3/17, srinu 1/26)

Defeated

ASEC B 78 for 7 in 12 overs (Srinivas 21, Sairam 20; Abhilash 3/18, Mahender 3/11)

Bharath 69 for 6 in 12 overs (Tagore 24, Narender 14; Mahesh 2/10, Naresh 2/17)

Lost to

TURBO 70 for 8 in 11 overs (Rahim 26, Mahesh 16; Sravan 3/15, Tagore 3/24)

ASEC 78 for 10 in 12 overs (Koushik 40, Shashank 17; Suman 3/12, Rahul 2/9)
Lost to

SNIST 79 for 7 in 11.3 overs (Waseem 24, Ravi 11; Shiva 3/18, Naresh 1/13)

Abhilash 6 for 12 wrecks MGIT

Abhilash 6 for 12 wrecks MGIT

Abhilash claimed 6 wickets for just 12 run in his 3 overs to lead MLRIT to a 6-wickets win over MGIT in the Uninor’s Aurora Premier Cricket League tournament being played at Aurora Seethaiah Engineering College ground here on Friday.

Batting first, MGIT were dismissed for just 65 runs in 11.5 overs – thanks to some fine bowling from Abhilash. In response, Sreedhar (35 runs) led MLRIT to a comfortable win with 2 overs to remaining.

Hosts Aurora Seethaiah Engineering College defeated PRR Engineering College by 6 wickets to register their second win in an earlier match played today. Batting first, PRR Engineering College was restricted to a modest total of 75 runs for loss 6 wickets in the stipulated 12 overs, thanks to Shravan’s 3 wickets for just 15 runs. Khuddur (31 runs) was the lone batsman who has put up a fight for PRR. In response, Koushik (20 runs) and Sagar (20 runs) led ASEC to a comfortable win in 11.1 overs.

Brief scores:

Match 20:

PRR 75/6 in 12 overs (Khuddur 31, Rama 14; Shravan 3/15, Shiva 2/16)

Lost to

ASEC 76/4 in 11.1 overs (Koushik 29, Sagar 20; Mani 1/4)

Match 21:

MGIT 65/10 in 11.5 overs (Abhinay 17, Abhilash 10; D Abhilash 6/12, Vikranth 1/16)

Lost to

MLRIT 66/4 in 10 overs (Sreedhar 35; Abhinay 2/23, Saketh 2/15)

Akshat Reddy shines for Hyderabad

Openers Akshat Reddy and D B Ravi Teja helped Hyderabad score 129 runs for loss of just 1 wicket in 41 overs on Day One of the season's first match in the Ranji Trophy Plat League match against Jharkhand being played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium at Hyderabad here on Thursday. Hyderabad won the toss and elect to bat on the rain effected day.

Akshat Reddy scored 61 runs from 105 balls and put up a total of 111 runs in partnership with skipper D B Ravi Teja (58 not out) before getting run out. Gade Hanuman Vihari, who is being considered as the next big thing for Hyderabad cricket is at crease with 8 runs from 32 balls at end of day's play.

With this, Hyderabad had a great start to this season compared to last year in which the entire team was dismissed for just 21 runs - which happens to be the least score by a score in the history of Ranji Trophy cricket tournament.

TKR beat KG Reddy

Title favourites Teegala Krishna Reddy Engineering College defeated K G Reddy Engineering College by 7 runs in their Uninor's Aurora Premier Cricket League match played at Aurora Seetaiah Engineering College here on Thursday.

Batting first Rohan (32 runs) helped TKR post a competitive total of 80 runs for loss of 8 wickets in their 10 overs. Narsaiah claimed 3 wickets for just 17 runs for KG Reddy College.

In response, KG Reddy helped by its top scorer Mounish (21 runs) managed to score 73 runs for loss of their 7 wickets in the stipulated 10 overs, thus losing the match by 7 runs.

Brief scores:

Match 18:

TKR                       80/8 in 10 overs (Rohan 32, Anurag 14; Narsaiah 3/17, Madhu 2/27)

Beat

KG Reddy             73/7 in 10 overs (Mounish 21, Sachith 14; Saketh 2/15)

All the best Hyderabad

After all the confusion created by HCA officials in selecting the right team, Hyderabad opens their campaign in Ranji Trophy 2011-12 season with their match against Jharkhand at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium at Hyderabad from November 3rd to 6th. Hyderabad will once again compete in the "Plate League" and hope to qualify for the "Elite League" for the coming season.

Under the guidance of former Indian spinner Sunil Joshi, who has been named coach for the Hyderabad Ranji team from this season, lets hope our own 'super heros' will be able to beat the best teams and make it to the 'Elite'. Lets hope the young team under the leadership of captain D B Ravi Teja.

NOTE: Please let me know how many players listed here are from various engineering colleges of Hyderabad? How many are your friends? What are the special qualities of these players - in cricket and beyond? Lets feature our own super stars' in our blog!

So far, we have write-ups on Akshath Reddy and Gade Hanuman Vihari and look forward to write about more such super stars of Hyderabad cricket and hope they go on to become super stars of Indian cricket and keep Hyderabad flag flying high.

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ASTRA, SNIST, Bharat post wins in Uninor’s Auroral Premier Cricket League

ASTRA, SNIST, Bharat post wins in Uninor’s Auroral Premier Cricket League

In a close encounter ASTRA Engineering College defeated Bandari Srinivas Institute of Technology (BSIT) in their Uninor’s Aurora Premier Cricket League match played at Aurora Seethaiah Engineering College here on Wednesday. All matches were reduced to 10-overs a-side with overnight rain delaying the start of proceedings today.

Batting first, ASTRA posted a healthy total of 76 runs for loss of 7 wickets in the stipulated 10 overs. Vijay (28 runs) and Chetan (12 runs) helped ASTRA’s cause, while Javeed claimed 3 wickets for 21 runs for BSIT. In response, BSIT managed to score 69 runs for loss of 8 wickets in their 10 overs with Dhanush top scoring with 37 runs. Pratheep claimed 3 wickets for 27 runs and Deepankar took a brace for just 4 runs to ensure ASTRA prevails over BSIT.

In another high scoring match played today, Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology (SNIST) defeated Maheshwara Engineering College for 8 wickets. Batting first, Maheshwara posted 72 runs for loss of 7 wickets while SNIST chased the target in their 10th over with eight wickets in hand.

In the last and most interesting encounter of the day, Bharat Engineering College managed to beat Vignan Bharathi Institute of Technology by a narrow margin of just 3 runs to enter round 3 of the tournament.

Brief scores:

Match 15:

ASTRA                  76 for 7 in 10 overs (Vijay 28, Chetan 12; Javeed 3 for 21)

Beat

BSIT                      69 for 8 in 10 overs (Dhanush 37, Sushil 14; Pratheep 3 for 27, Deepankar 2 fo4 )

Match 16:

Maheshwara         72 for 7 in 10 overs (Raviteja 26, Prabhakar 19; Suman 2 for 8, Ram 2 for 10)

Lost to

SNIST                   73 for 2 in 10 overs (Arun 23, Binay 22)

Match 17:

Bharat                   58 for 9 in 10 overs (Gowtham 14, Tagore 12; Avinash 3 for 14, Bharadwaj 3 for 18)

Beat

VBIT                     55 for 8 in 10 overs (Jayaram 16, Chaitanya 14; Srinath 2 for 8)

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Uninor’s Aurora Premier Cricket League – Day 5 results

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University-Hyderabad defeated Vignan Jyothi Institute of Technology by 9 wickets in their Uninor’s Aurora Premier Cricket League encounter held at Aurora’s Seethaiah Engineering College cricket ground here on Tuesday. Batting first Vignan Jyothi posted 67 runs for loss of 6 wickets in their stipulated 12 overs – while Kiran (19 runs) and Rahul (16 runs) shined for VJIT; Ramki struck 3 blows for just 13 runs to help JNTU-H restrict opponents for a modest total. In response, Murali (28 runs) and Meghnath (25 runs) helped winners achieve the target, while the solitary wicket of JNTU-H was claimed by Sidhu who gave away 4 runs.

In second match played today, K G Reddy Engineering College defeated Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Technology by 6 wickets. Batting first, JNIT was bowled out for a meager total of 49 runs in 11.4 overs. In response KG Reddy College scored 50 runs for loss of 4 wickets in just 6 overs.

In the other match played today, VVIT defeated TRR Engineering College by 3 wickets.

Brief scores:

Match 12:

VJIT                       67 for 6 (Kiran 19, Rahul 16; Ramki 3 for 13)

Lost to

JNTU-H                 68 for 1 (Murali 28, Meghnath 25; Sidhu 1 for 4)

Match 13:

JNIT                       49 all out (Avinash 8, Sudheer 9; Babul 3 for 15, Madhu 2 for 5)

Lost to

K G Reddy            50 for 4 (Mounish 26, Charan 12; Rajesh 2 for 11, Anji 2 for 13)

Match 14:

TRR                       63 for 7 (Radesh 12, Anil 9; Krishna 3 for 13, Naresh 2 for 19)

Lost to

VVIT                      66 for 7 (Krishna 24; Uday 4 for 18, Shiva 2 for 17)

Shashank, Manoj star in ASEC-A win

Shashank, Manoj star in ASEC-A win

Shashank (23 runs) and Manoj (2 wickets for 13 runs) starred for hosts Aurora Seethaiah Engineering College-A team in their facile win over SITHA College in their Uninor’s Aurora Premier Cricket League match played at Aurora Seethaiah Engineering College cricket ground here on Monday.

Batting first, SITHA College posted a meager total of 47 runs for loss of 9 wickets in the stipulated 12 overs. While, Ramesh (10 runs) was the only batsman to achieve a double-digit mark for SITHA – Nagu (3 wickets for 3 runs) and Manoj (2 wickets for 13 runs) rattled their batting line-up. In response, ASEC-A achieved 48 runs for loss of one wicket in just 3.3 overs with team captain Shashank scoring 23 runs.

In another match, title favourites Teegala Krishna Reddy Engineering College-A team defeated ELLENKI Engineering College by 10 wickets; and VNR-VJIT defeated TKRCET by 14 runs.

Brief scores:

Match 9:

VNR-VJIT             78 for 4 in 12 overs (Nagateja 33, Abhilash 28; Akhilesh 2 for 10, Srinath 1 for 18)

Beat

TKRCET                64 for 6 in 12 overs (Arjun 28, Javed 16; Pranay 2 for 8, Nithin 2 for 9)

Match 10:

ELLENKI               63 for 8 in 12 overs (Vikram 16, Sudheer 12; Anuraj 2 for 7, Chairtanya 2 for 13)

Lost to

TKR                       64 for no loss in 7 overs (Rohan 43, Anurag 13)

Match 11:

SITHA                   47 for 9 in 12 overs (Ramesh 10; Nagu 3 for 3, Manoj 2 for 13)

Lost to

ASEC-A                 48 for 1 in 3.3 overs (Shashank 23, Sushanth 8; Vishnu 1 for 14)

Uninor’s Aurora Premier Cricket League – Day 3 results

Openers Srinivas (30 not out from 21 balls) and Sairam (28 not out from 25 balls) led hosts Aurora Seethaiah Engineering College ‘B’ team to a thumping 10–wickets victory over Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Technology juniors team in the Uninor’s Aurora Premier Cricket League here on Sunday.

Batting first JNIT-J posted 75 runs for loss of 7 wickets in their stipulated 12 overs. Sravan’s (30 runs) effort ensured JNIT-J posted a respectable total. Thiru claimed 2 wickets and gave away 20 runs for ASEC-B. In return, ASEC-B achieved the target in just 7.3 overs with openers Srinivas and Sairam leading from the front on the home ground.

In the other matches played today, PRR Engineering College defeated NNR Engineering College by 36 runs in a high scoring encounter. MLR Institute of Technology defeated ASTI by 19 runs. And Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology defeated SVIT by 3 wickets.

Brief scores:

Match – 5:

JNIT-J    75 for 7 from 12 overs (Sravan 30, Tanvir 8; Thiru 2 for 20, Prem 1 for 15)

Lost to

ASEC-B 76 for 0 from 7.3 overs (Srinivas 30 n.o., Sairam 28 n.o.)

Match – 6:

PRR        112 for 2 from 12 overs (Nishanth 37, Ramakrishna 37 n.o.; Sudhansh 2 for 25)

Beat

NNREC  76 for 3 from 12 overs (Saicharan 22 n.o., Upender 23 n.o.; Vijay 1 for 7, Sangeeth 1 for 14)

Match – 7:

MLRIT   93 for 2 in 12 overs (Vishal 41, Sridhar 18, Vivek 15; Praful 1 for 12)

Beat

ASTI       74 for 7 in 12 overs (Praful 30; Mahender 2 for 16)

Match – 8:

SVIT       88 for 7 in 12 overs (Utham 14, Rahul 10; Abhinay 2 for 17, Bharath 2 for 25)

Lost to

MGIT 89 for 7 in 11 overs (Bharath 28, Abhinay 10; Ashok 3 for 21, Utham 1 for 17)

Uninor’s Aurora Premier Cricket League – Day 2 results

On Day 2 of Uninor's Aurora Premier Cricket League four matches were played. All matches were played at Aurora's Seethaiah Engineering College cricket ground near Patancheru in Hyderabad.

Match 3 of the tournament, played between SSRIET and SVIET was the top scoring match of the tournament so far. Rajesh of SSRIET is the individual top scorer so far. While, Prabhakar of Maheshwara Engeering College has become the highest wicket taker when he claimed 4 wickets of SSIT for just 13 runs from his 3 overs. Prabhakar's performance ensured SSIT were bowled out for just 46 runs and help Maheshwara post a comfortable six wicket win.

Brief scores:

Match 2:

Bharath Engineering College - 89/4 from 12 overs (Tagore 20, Venkatesh 12; Samuel 2/16, Venkat 2/28)
defeated
SV College of Engineering & Technology 44/7 from 12 overs (Harish 10, Venkat 5; Srinath 2/15, Ryder 2/8)

Match 3:

SSRIET 117/6 from 12 overs (Rajesh 31, Vijay 17; Naveen 2/33, Garati 2/25, Balu 2/15)
defeated
SV Institute of Engineering & Technology 88/8 from 12 overs (Sai 23, Raju 18; Emros 3/14, Venu Gopal 2/28)

Match 4:

SSIT 46 all out (Sreenath 9, Ramesh 7; Prabhakar 4/13, Chary 3/14)
lost to
Maheshwara Engineering College 47/4 (Nizam 23, Ravi 9; Sunil 2/7, Srinath 2/17)


Interesting and high voltage matches are awaited with Teegala Krishna Reddy Engineering College, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology, host Aurora Seethaiah expected to play over the coming two days.

Uninor’s Aurora Premier Cricket League – Day 1 results

Turbo Engineering College, Hyderabad defeated Aurora Engineering College, Bhongir by 3 wickets in the inaugural match of the Uninor’s Aurora Premier Cricket League which went underway at Aurora’s Seethaiah College in Hyderabad today.

Brief scores: Aurora Engineering College, Bhongir – 63 for 8 in 12 overs (Kishore – 13 runs, Gautham – 9 runs; Bhanu – 3 for 23, Vishnu – 2 for 7) lost to Turbo Engineering College – 66 for 7 in 11 overs (Ravi Goud – 18 runs, Raheem – 12 runs; Srivastav – 4 for 18, Umesh – 2 for 19)

Uninor’s Aurora Cricket Premier League - 34 teams compete for the grand title

Uninor, a leading GSM service provider in AP is the title sponsor for the Hyderabad Inter-Engineering College cricket tournament. The tournament will be known as Uninor’s Aurora Cricket Premier League and begins today at Aurora’s Seethaiah Engineering College, IDA, Patancheru.  The league will run from October 28th to November 8th.

A total of 34 top engineering college teams from Hyderabad are competing in the 12-day Uninor-Aurora Premier League. Cricket teams from across colleges such as TKR Engineering College, Vignan Jyothi, ASEC, MGIT, JBIT, CMRIT, BVRIT and JNTUH will be participating in the knock out format for the title. The winners of the tournament will walk-away with a cash prize of Rs. 25,000/- while the runners-up will get Rs. 12,500/-.

Satish Kumar Kannan, Business Head, AP Circle said, At Uninor, we are constantly looking to bring in excitement and raise aspirations among the youth. This association truly helps recognize talent and encourage the competitive spirit we have in our student community. We are delighted to be able to provide a platform for young sport enthusiasts to display their skills while bringing in cheer and unity in the spirit of cricket.

The event was inaugurated by Satish Kumar Kannan, Business Head, AP Circle – Uninor in the presence of Dr. Shobha, Principal, ASEC and Mr. Anil Kumar, Physical Director,ASEC.

The inaugural match was fought between Aurora Engineering College (AEC), Bhongir and Turbo Engineering College, Patancheru.  The Turbo Engineering College won the match.

Sunil Joshi for Hyderabad - how sad

Looks like Hyderabad Cricket Association has exhausted all its options or does not want to think any more. HCA has now decided to depend on a 42-year-old retired veteran to take Hyderabad out of Ranji Trophy Plate League and qualify for the Elite League. According to some newspaper reports today, HCA president Arshad Ayub has accepted the idea of letting Hyderabad Ranji coach and former India player, Sunil Joshi to take up the dual role of coach and player. It is also learnt that Arshad Ayubis pushing other EC member of HCA to accept this proposal.

If this proposal is accepted, Sunil Joshi will represent Hyderabad in their first Ranji Trophy Plate League match against Jharkhand in the 2011-12 season. It would be very sad to note that Hyderabad has to fall back on a veteran to rescue itself. Has Hyderabad lost self confidence? Do we not have any players who can put Hyderabad back in Elite group? What would players like D B Ravi Teja and Akshath Reddy do now? Only time will give answers to these questions.

Who ever plays, lets hope our own superstars like Ravi, Akshath and all the young guns fire and take Hyderabad to the Elite League. And I strongly hope Deccan Chronicle opposes such a move by HCA president.

Uninor-Aurora Premier League draws released

Uninor-Aurora Premier League poster released

Uninor Aurora’s Premier League Poster is Launched by Sri N. Ramesh Babu, Chairman, Aurora (Consortium) group of Institutions and Principal Dr, M. Shobha on 19.10.2011 in the college campus i.e. Aurora Seethaiah Engineering College, IDA, Patancheru. Invitation is extended to thirty two engineering colleges in and around Hyderabad.

In order to encourage healthy competitive spirit among the student community and to make them health conscious we are pleased to organize this herculean task with the support of UNINOR who have come forward to Patronize this league. This cricket League is the brain-child of Mr. K. Anil Kumar, Physical Director of Aurora’s Seethaiah Engineering College, Patancheru.

ASEC envisages to see to a lot of Physical activity, interaction and sportsmenship among the students of different colleges.

Uninor-Aurora Premier League poster released

Akshath Reddy - best of luck

Our own Hyderabad superstar Akshat Reddy will be representing Hyderabad Cricket Association XI in the first tour game against the visiting England side in a limited overs match being played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium located at Uppal.

Hyderabad Ranji team skipper D B Ravi Teja, will lead the HCA XI against the English side while Akshath Reddy has been named vice-captain for the match.

Lets hope HCA XI performs well and our own Akshath come out with flying colours.

All the very best Akshath!

Vihari dropped - Sad

Even after performing consistently Gade Hanuman Vihari _ our own super hero from Hyderabad _ has been dropped for the last league match of the Quadrangular under-19 cricket tournament being played at Visakhapatnam. Incidentally, Vihari is the second highest run-getter for India Colts behind skipper Unmukt Chand, who opened innings for the team in all the matches India played.

While Vihari scored 164 runs from 5 matches; the other Indian opener Manas Vohra scored 157 runs from  as many matches. Vihari struck two half-centuries with his highest score being 68 runs. Vihari average an excellent 54.66 runs with a healthy strike rate of 62.12 on difficult tracks.

Notable performance of Vihari came in the second match of the tournament where India Colts played Sri Lanka under-19 team. Vihari's first half century in this match ensured India overcame the stiff challenge posed by Sri Lankan bowlers. This win against our neighbors has done a great deal of good to the confidence of Indian players, who subsequently went on to win all their league matches and break into the finals.

Will will take on Sri Lanka in the final to be played on Sunday!

Indian Colts win again

Indian Colts team registered four consecutive win and second against Australian under-19 team in the Quadrangular tournament being played at Visakhapatnam on Monday (October 3rd). Promising Hyderabad cricketer Gade Hanuman Vihari has scored 36 runs off 56 balls (including 5 hits to the fence), while Baba Aparajith's all round show ensured India overcomes Oz challenge with ease.

Batting first, Australian Colts were all our for 173 runs off 48.5 overs. Kurtis Patterson (61 runs off 77 balls with 2 fours and 2 sixes) was the lone performer for the visiting side. Star performer for Indian Colts in this tournament Baba Aparajith once again shined with the ball and claimed 3 wickets for 34 runs from his 10 overs. India's new ball blower Sandeep Sharma claimed 4 wickets for just 27 runs from his 10 overs to rattle the Australian batting.

In response, Indian under-19 eclipsed the target of 174 runs in just 34.4 overs for loss of 4 wickets. Though India lost opener and skipper Unmukt Chand cheaply for just 6 runs with India's scoreboard standing at 10 runs; Vihari joined other opener Manan Vohra to stabilize Indian innings. They both added 58 runs for the second wicket before Vohra fell for 30 runs. Baba Aparajith once again showed his batting prowess by scoring 48 runs off 60 balls (including 8 boundaries).

In another closely contested match of the day, Sri Lanka under-19 defeated West Indies under-19 by 2 wickets.

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Vihari shines again

Hyderabad superstar Gade Hanuman Vihari has scored second consecutive half century to lead India under-19 team to 124-runs win against West Indies under-19 team in the Quadrangular cricket tournament round robin match at Visakhapatnam on Saturday (October 1st).

Vihari, who batted at number 3 came to crease after opener Manan Vohra fell in the very first ball of the match. The dashing Vihari then joined his skipper Unmukt Chand and added 143 runs for the 2nd wicket. Vihari scored 68 runs off 88 balls with 9 hits to the fence before falling to Ronsford Rodwick Beaton.

Uttar Pradesh lad Akshdeep Deependra Nath top scored with 81 runs off 64 balls (with 4 sixes and 4 fours) to lead India Colts to 315 runs for loss of 4 wickets in 50 overs. In turn West Indies Colts were all out for just 191 runs in 43.5 overs. Star performer for India in the opening match of the tournament Baba Aparajith once again weaved his magic and claimed 4 wickets.

At the end of first round of matches, Indian Colts are leading the points table with 14 points from 3 matches. Sri Lanka with one loss against India stands second with 9 points from their 3 matches. While, Australian Colts have 5 points in their kitty with 1 win, West Indies team is yet to open its account.

The second round matches will be played at the same venues from Monday (October 3rd). And Indian Colts will take on Australian under19 team.

Hyderabad Superstar G H Vihari - new photos

Osmania Medical College - cricket tournament 2011

The 2007 batch of Osmania Medical College will take on the 2008 batch in the annual Osmania Medical College cricket tournament that is being organized as part of OMC annual day celebrations. Title favorites and passing out batch 2007 defeated 2007B team in the semifinal, while 2008 batch overcame the challenge posed by the 2006 batch which took part in the tournament on special invitation.

The other teams that took part in the tournament were – 2007C, 2009, 2010 and 2011 batches. An exhibition match was organized at the beginning of the tournament between 2007 batch and the All Stars team that comprised of best players from various batches of Osmania Medical College.

In the first semifinals between 2007 and 2007B teams, V Rajesh Chowdary came out strong by scoring 62 runs off just 30 balls has 2007 batch posted 142 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. In response, 2007B team managed to score only 119 runs for loss of 5 wickets off their 20 overs. 2007B team failed to capitalize on the strong opening partnership of 70 runs.

In the other semifinal, though 2008 batch were all out for just 85 runs – they managed to beat special invitees’ 2006 batch by a margin of 11 runs. 2006 failed to capitalize the effort put in by their bowlers and squandered a simple opportunity by sending tail-enders to open the innings. The two inexperienced batsmen consumed most overs and scored at the run rate much lower than required.

Hyderabad Superstar G H Vihari shines

Future superstar of Hyderabad cricket _ Gade Hanuman Vihari _ starred in India's one-wicket win against Sri Lanka in the Under-19 quadrangular cricket tournament at Visakhapatnam on Thursday. Vihari, the dashing right-hand batsman came to crease at number 3 after opener Vohra who top scored in the inaugural match was dismissed cheaply. He top scored for India with 51 runs (off 107 balls with 2 boundaries) while chasing Sri Lanka's 184 runs.

Vihari's innings is quite significant has he battled against Sri Lankan attack on a low-scoring and tricky wicket. He along with Kalaria added 44 runs for 8th wicket, which provided the much needed confidence in the tail to clear the final hurdle.

Lets congratulate Vihari on this and hope he will flourish more.