Inspiring bowling performance by medium-pacer K.P. Sai Rahul (5-1-12-5), helped Acharya Nagarjuna University (ANU), Guntur, to skittle out Kerala University of Health Sciences (KUHS), Thrissur, for a paltry 48 in 18.3 overs in the South Zone Inter-University Men’s Cricket Tournament 2019-20 match played at Gangothri Grounds here yesterday. ANU scored the required runs for no loss (49/0) in 5.4 overs and entered the second round of the Tournament conducted by University of Mysore (UoM).

Scores – First Round

KUHS, Thrissur: 48 in 18.3 overs (K.P. Sai Rahul 5/12, C.H. Siddhardha 3/7) lost to ANU, Guntur: 49/0 in 5.4 overs (K. Kranthi Kiran 27 n.o.).

Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies  (RGUKT), AP: 59 in 16.3 overs (Saravanan Palani 4/4, Divakar Ramesh 3/20) lost to Vels University, Pallavaram: 63/2 in 9.3 overs (L. Senthil Kumar 34 n.o.).

Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences (KNRUHS), Warangal: 142 in 23.3 overs (Sai Praneeth Amaresh 29, Fruqan Mujahid 23, S. Share Shujawanth 4/22, J. Pandian 2/26) lost to Saveetha Institute of Medical And Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Chennai: 144/6 in 13.2 overs (K.V. Mahesh Babu 56, S. Sayed Basha 42, N.G. Karthik 4/20).

Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational & Research Institute (RKMVERI), Coimbatore: 93 in 24.4 overs (S. Rajesh Kannan 25, Suhas C. Shekar 3/14, S. Shashank Sagar 2/17, Vatsal Jain 2/14) lost to Christ University, Bengaluru: 94/2 in 14.5 overs (Vignesh Vasastry 36 n.o., Ryan Ahmed Hussain 20).

Gandhigram Rural Institute (GRI), Dindigul: 76/9 in 25 overs (Swarnrej Narayan Salian 4/7, A.N. Shreyas 2/17) lost to Mangalore University, Mangaluru: 79/0 in 8.2 overs (P.C. Arun Monappa 52 n.o.).

Alagappa University, Karaikudi: 169/7 in 25 overs (N. Nagarjun 52, Inbarasu Shivakumar 30, Mugesh Manimaran 27 n.o., L.R. Suresh 3/34) bt University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Raichur: 61 in 17.5 overs (Karthik Ponnan 4/10, Rajesh Maniaran 2/11).

REVA University, Bengaluru: 143/9 in 25 overs (Shalok Gangatkar 40, Deepak Shankar 28, Shreehari P. Madyalkar 25, B. Sudarsan 4/27, M. Naveen 2/14) lost to Yogi Vemana University (YVU), Kadapa: 144/7 in 24.4 overs (K.S. Sudeer Kumar 46, P. Jaffer Ali Khan 46, R.Y. Pavan 2/28, Gaurav Kottary 2/25).

Adikavi Nannaya University, Rajahmundry: 104 in 23.4 overs (K. Eshwar Rao 21, Sahil Abdul 3/27, Arun Sadannavar 2/16) lost to Karnatak University,

Dharwad: 106/1 in 11.3 overs (Roshan M. Javali 59 n.o., Sudhanwa Kulkarni 29).

Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU), Kottaytam: 157/7 in 25 overs (Vishnu Mohan 56, Anuj Jotin 41, Ashutosh Gowda 2/20, B.U. Shivakumar 2/30, Shubham Singh 2/23) lost to PES University, Bengaluru: 158/7 in 24.3 overs (N. Rohan  55 n.o., Shubham Singh 25, R. Bhadrinarayan 22, B.U. Shivakumar 22, Bovas M. Justin 2/27, Sanju Sanjeev 2/15).