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Chetan Rao, Kiran Uppoor hit centuries; Karnataka Circle regains title

Bangalore: Chetan Rao’s 193 and Kiran Uppoor’s 108 set up Bangalore Star CA’s 428-run victory over Huttons CC in a KSCA Group I, fifth division league match here recently.

The scores:

Bangalore Star CA 495 for four in 50 overs (Chetan Rao 193, Kiran Uppoor 108, Adarsh 59 n.o.) bt Huttons CC 67 in 16.4 overs.

SSK CC 294 in 44.5 overs (Manjunath 153, Karthik six for 98) bt City Cricketers (2) 250 in 42.4 overs (Karthik 54, Narayan 40).

Rajajinagar Cricketers 259 in 46.2 overs (Raghavendra 113, Shashidhar 40) bt Friends CC, Kolar 174 in 35.2 overs (Mahesh 46).

Canara Union CC 110 in 37.4 overs (Vicky 47, Ibrahim Ziya five for 35) lost to Eleven Brothers CC, Magadi 112 for one in 13 overs (Ramu 58 n.o.).

Freelancers CC 75 in 21.5 overs lost to Citizen Cultural CA 79 for five in 18.2 overs (Balaji four for 21).

Metro Shield league: Young Challenging Cricketers 278 for nine in 50 overs (Yogesh 96, Vinay 75, Kiran five for 64) bt BEL Colony Rec. Club 166 in 35 overs (Ajay 50 n.o., Suchith four for 23).

New National CC 187 in 45.1 overs (Murali six for 78) lost to Cavaliers CC 188 for four in 31.2 overs (Suresh Babu 97).

Chintamani SA 155 in 35.2 overs (Sunil six for 73) lost to Sangam CA 158 for three in 25.5 overs (Balasubramanyam 62, Dayalan 51).

Jaihind CC 211 in 47.4 overs (Praveen 52, Samba 40) bt Visveswarapuram CC (2) 137 in 28.1 overs.

Friends CC 210 in 45.4 overs (Anish John 76, Krishna Kumar four for 43) lost to Vijaya CC 212 for five in 37.2 overs (Surendra 96 n.o., Harsha 50).

Karnataka Circle triumphs

Karnataka Circle regained the BSNL All India football tournament title. Striking once in either half, the host downed last year’s winner West Bengal 2-0 to lift the trophy for the sixth time in seven editions at the Football Stadium here on Wednesday.

Karnataka dominated the proceedings throughout though that it was Bengal’s Gopal Das who fired the first salvo, but way off the target. A swift counter from the left and Ayan Chowdhary put it neatly across to Gopal Daswho, with just custodian Sundaramurthy to beat, shot wide.

Karnataka took the lead in the 28th minute when striker Kadiravan on the turn unleashed a 30-yard shot, following a Mohd Ali square, to the roof of the net past a bewildered R.N. Singh Roy under the Bengal goal.

In the second session too, the host played positively and went further ahead this time with Md. Nazeem Bepari bulging the net from close following a goalmouth melee.

The organisers, Karnataka Circle Sports & Cultural Board (KCSCB) honoured four eminent former footballers from the State. Olympians Ahmed Khan, Varadaraj (both 1948 and 1952 Olympics), T. Shanmugam (1952 Olympics) and Arumainayagam (1962 Jakarta Asian games gold medallist) were felicitated with a shawl, bouquets and mementoes.

Tennis tournament

Kensri School will conduct an Under-16 Futures tennis tournament here from January 26. Entries close on January 25 and details can be had from: Kensri Sports, ph – 65604705.

Corporate badminton

The Canara Bank IT corporate badminton tournament will be held at the KBA Courts here during weekends in February. Entries close on February 1. For details, contact: N.C. Sudhir, ph – 9341225354.

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