HUBBALLI: Aided by a useful half century by the opener Preetam Joshi (79, 117 minutes, 99 balls, 11 fours), Champion’s Net Cricket Coaching Academy, Hubballi, defeated Cricket Club of Karnataka (CCK), Dharwad, by 7 wickets to record its first win in the KSCA Dharwad Zone Under-19 Inter-club Cricket Tournament here on Wednesday.
Batting first at the KSCA Ground in Rajnagar, CCK were restricted to 163 in 44.2 overs. Champion’s Net reached the target in 31.5 overs, losing 3 wickets.
In the remaining two one-sided matches, Hubli Sports Club (B) drubbed BDK Sports Foundation (C) by 8 wickets, while Union Gymkhana (A), Belagavi, made little work of Neena Sports Club (NSC), also of Belagavi, by 9 wickets.
Brief scores:
- CCK, Dharwad: 163 in 44.2 overs (Hitesh Huded 34, Sughosh Jahagirdar 29, Sujan Halli 28, Sampathkumar Bevoor 20, Heth Patel 3/21, Preetam Hanjagi 2/18, Mohiddin Kadegaonkar 2/30, Chirag Potadar 2/34) lost to CNCCA, Hubballi: 165 for 3 in 31.5 overs (Preetam Joshi 79, Chirag Mensinkai 48, Sampathkumar Bevoor 2/15) by 7 wickets.
- BDKSF (C), Hubballi: 99 in 29.3 overs (Nilesh Pawar 4/23) lost to HSC (B), Hubballi: 100 for 2 in 15.4 overs (Manish Naranur 31 not out, Akshay Noolvi 23, Siddu Yalaburgi 22, Mahindra Habib 2/20) by 8 wickets.
- NSC, Belagavi: 51 in 19.5 overs (Swaroop Salunke 4/10, Pratik Karade 4/12) lost to Union Gymkhana, Belagavi: 52 for 1 in 6.3 overs (Atharv Benake 26 not out) by 9 wickets.



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