Bengaluru, July 23 (IANS) Mir Kaunain Abbas smashed an unbeaten 129 (206b, 15×4, 4×6) to put KSCA President’s XI in a strong position against Tripura Cricket Association at stumps on the second day of their four-day match in the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) All-India cricket tournament here on Thursday.

After dismissing Tripura for 264 in the first innings, KSCA President’s XI were 287 for two after Abbas and D. Nischal (78) added 153 runs for the second wicket.
Elsewhere, National Cricket Academy were well placed against Andhra Cricket Association who, after conceding a first innings lead of 160, were 16 for no loss following on.
Bhargav Merai scored 146 (201b, 19×4) to lift Gujarat CA to 292 all out against Tamil Nadu CA who were 163 for four in reply.
Brief scores:
KSCA XI: 382 all out in 117.5 overs (M Nidhish 84, J Suchith 88, Shreshth Nirmohi 3-82, Pankaj Jaiswal 2-68, Akash Vashistha 5-122) vs Himachal Pradesh CA: 195 for 6 in 58 overs (Varun Sharma 41, Paras Dogra 91 not out, S Arvind 2-21, J Suchith 2-43).
Assam CA: 133 all out in 61.4 overs (Alok Chandra Sahoo 6-45, Jayant Behera 2-8, Suryakant Yadav 2-45) vs Orissa CA: 27 for 1 in 12 overs.
Haryana CA: 237 all out in 78.4 overs and 36 for no loss in 7 overs vs CA of Bengal: 262 all out in 90.5 overs (Abhishek Das 31, Koushik Ghosh 53, Ajmer Singh 97 not out, Sanjay Patil 2-51, Jitendar Phogat 2-28, Jayant Yadav 3-62, Yuzvendra Chahal 2-88).
Tripura CA: 264 all out in 100.2 overs (David Mathias 4-61, K Gowtham 3-62, Anirudha Joshi 2-18) vs KSCA President’s XI: 287 for 2 in 77 overs (D Nischal 78, Mir Kaunain Abbas 129 not out, KN Bharath 42 not out).
National Cricket Academy: 290 for 7 in 84 overs (Aamirt Gani 32, Shashikanth 2-42, G Shankar Rao 5-99, G Chiranjeevi 2-21) vs Andhra CA: 130 all out in 48.1 overs (K Srikar Bharat 31, Mayank Dagar 4-29, Aamirt Gani 3-18) and 16 for no loss in 11 overs.
Dr. DY Patil: 372 all out in 100 overs (Shashank Singh 93 not out, Prateek Jain 4-87, SL Akshay 3-56) vs KSCA Colts: 171 for 5 in 58 overs (Liyan Khan 74, Manjeet Chaudhary 2-42).
Gujarat CA: 292 all out in 108.5 overs (Bhargav Merai 146, Dhruv Raval 43, DT Chandrasekhar 5-100, M Mohammed 3-59) vs Tamil Nadu CA: 163 for 4 in 54.3 overs (K Bharath Shankar 38, G Kaushik 38, B Indrajith 42, Hardik Patel 2-41).
Vidarbha CA: 353 all out in 128 overs (Dharmender Ahlawat 36, Aditya Sarvate 112 not out, Ahamed Farzeen 4-79, SK Monish 2-72) vs Kerala CA: 72 for 5 in 36.1 overs (Rohan Prem 35 not out, Swapnil Bandiwar 2-23).

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