Bangalore:
Bangalore riding on fine century by the skipper Robin Uthappa thrashed Hyderabad by 103 runs in the K.S. Subbiah Pillai Trophy played here at the Jain Residential School Ground, on Friday.

Uthappa who scored a 99-ball 120 which included 11 boundaries and five massive sixes helped his side to post a mammoth 343 in their stipulated 50 overs. The huge win earned them a bonus points and now have 13 points to their credit whereas Hyderabad stayed a point behind. (116b, 11×4, 2×6) went in vain. The 103-run victory gifted a bonus point and boosted Karnataka’s tally to 13 while Hyderabad stayed at 12.

Losing the toss and put in to bat first, Bangalore openers started off on a cautious note and piled 58 runs for the first wicket. After Mayank was out for 29, it was Ganesh Satish and helped out his captain in his onslaught. It was however sad for Ganesh to miss out a century as he was out for 90.
After Satish’s wicket the middle order came in chipped with useful cameos.

Later, Ronit More wrecked havoc and scalped five Hyderabadi wickets to upset their run chase. Bangalore received some resistance from Ravi Teja who scored 110, but it went in vain.

Meanwhile in other matches, Tamil Nadu defeated Kerala by 61 runs and Andhra picked up a four-wicket victory over Goa.

The scores: Karnataka 343 for seven in 50 overs (Robin Uthappa 120, Ganesh Satish 90) bt Hyderabad 240 in 44 overs (Ravi Teja 110, B. Sandeep 38, Ronit More 5 for 31).

Tamil Nadu 284 for eight in 50 overs (Anirudha Srikkanth 82, Arun Karthik 56, P. Prashanth 3 for 54) bt Kerala 223 in 48.3 overs (Robert Fernandez 86, V.A. Jagadesh 32, R. Jesuraj 4 for 29, C. Ganapathy 4 for 35).

Goa 383 for seven in 50 overs (Rohit Asnodkar 139, Reagan 68,) lost to Andhra 385 for six in 48.4 overs (Y. Venugopala Rao 115 n.o., A.G. Pradeep 104, Ganesh Narvekar 4 for 56).

source: http://www.IndianSportsNews.com / Friday, February 24th, 2012