BENGALURU: Aided by deadly leg spin bowling by Tarun Balamurugan and Sampathkumar H Bevoor, Jawahar Sports Club (1), Bengaluru, pipped Bangalore Sports Club by 20 runs to emerge as champions in the KSCA Under-16 Inter-club Cricket Tournament for 2024–25.
Required to score a moderate 147 for the win at the RSI Ground here on Sunday, Bangalore SC started on a flying note, reaching 66 without loss in 18 overs. When it looked all over for the Jawahar SC, the two leg spinners turned the tables. Tarun Balamurugan grabbed 4 for 30 in his 10 overs, while ‘Dharwad lad’ Sampathkumar H. Bevoor picked up 3 for 19 in his 5.4 overs to reduce the opponents to 126 in 38.4 overs.

Earlier, Jawahar SC, too, saw an unexpected collapse and were bundled out for 146 in 44.5 overs. H. D. Prajwal Gowda (46, 55 balls, 5 fours) was their top scorer.
Earlier in the semi final matches, Jawahar SC (1) defeated Vijaya CC by 6 wickets, while Bangalore SC overcame fighting Swastik Union Cricket Club (2) by 3 wickets.
Brief scores:
FINAL:
At RSI
Jawahar SC (1): 146 in 44.5 overs (H.D. Parjwal Gowda 46, Mourya M.C. 20, Kush Kumar Jha 3/21, Ekansh Roul 3/29, Tanish Krishna M. 2/20) beat Banaglore SC: 126 in 38.4 overs (G.K. Saivarun 40, Pavandeep B 24, Tarun Balamurugan 4/30, Sampathkumar H. Bevoor 3/19, Samarth M. Kulkarni 2/33) by 20 runs.
SEMI FINALS:
At MVIT (1)
Swastic Union Cricket Club (2): 232 all out in 49.2 overs [Arya J Gowda 41, Sukruth J 100 off 105 balls (10 x 4; 2 x 6), Gagan Sai K 37, Tanshh Krishna M 3/31, Shaurya N S 4/49] lost to Bangalore Sports Club : 234 for 7 in 48.2 overs [Shaurya N S 43, Arush Jain 75 off 98 balls (7 x 4), Bilal Muhammad Basheer 41*, Khush Kothari 2/38, Arjun Ramesh 3/20, Sukruth J 2/43] by 3 wickets.
At ITI (A)
Vijaya Cricket Club: 227 for 9 in 50overs [Dhruv Krishnan 39, Anvay Dravid 40, Dhyaan Mahesh Hiremath 56 off 56 Balls (8 x 4), Ayush S Acharya 29, Samarth M Kulakarni 2/23, Krushik Krishna 2/37, Sampathkumar H Bevoor 3/47] lost to Jawahar Sports Club (1): 228 for 4 in 43overs [Tej Jaganath 27, Sameer Deepak Godhi 100* off 118 Balls (11 x 4), Abhinav Jha 45, Samarth Kulkarni 2/49] 6 wickets.



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