Centuries galore on Day 1 of Buchi Babu quarters

Haryana's Rahul Dewan hit a strokeful century on a day that saw three tons being scored in the two-day quarter-final encounters of the Buchi Babu Memorial cricket tournament here today. Electing to bat, Haryana rode on Dewan's superb 119 to manage 231 all out in 83.1 overs against TNCA Districts XI. R Sai Kishore returned with impressive figures of 6-89. TNCA Districts XI 18 for no loss in four overs at the end of opening day's play.
In another game, Andhra Pradesh's Pradeep struck a solid 157 to help his team post a mammoth 351 all out in 81.4 overs against TNCA President's XI. Pradeep gathered 92 runs via fours and sixes. Rahil S Shah returned with impressive figures of 5 for 116. TNCA were 13 for one in six overs at stumps.

TNCA XI's Washington Sundar was the third centurion of the day when he stroked a well-made 108 against Himachal Pradesh. Akash took a five-wicket haul.
Brief Scores: Haryana 231 in 83.1 Overs (Rahul Dewan 119 (240b, 10x4), Sunny Singh 39, Himanshu Rana 27, R Sai Kishore 6 for 89, T Natarajan 2 for 43) vs TNCA Districts XI 18 for no loss in four overs.
Andhra 351 in 81.4 Overs (A G Pradeep 157 (177b, 20x4, 2x6), N Jyothi Sai Krishna 66, T Vamsi Krishna 48, D Naren Reddy 27, Rahil S Shah 5 for 116, LVignesh 2 66, Malolan Rangarajan 2 for 99, vs TNCA President's XI 13 for one six overs.

TNCA XI 374 in 88.4 Overs (K Bharath Shankar 66, M S Washington Sundar (lhb) 108 (166b, 18x4), M Shahrukh Khan 78, J Kousik 40, U Sasidev 34, Akash Vashisht 5 for 102, Rahul Singh 3 for 106) vs Himachal Pradesh and
Karnataka 191 in 68.3 Overs (D Nischal 40, K N Bharath 33, Shreyas Gopal 30, Abhishek Reddy 35 Abhishek Nayar 4 for 30, Tushar Deshpande 2 for 47, Vishal Dabolkar two for 33, Anil Herwadkar two for 14) vs Mumbai CA Colts 59 for two in 19 Overs (Aditya Tare 21 batting).