Hyderabad: Himalay Agarwal hit 97 and returned with bowling figures of 5/18 to guide Sporting XI to a 41-run victory over Deccan Chronicle in the A 1 division one-day knockout tournament on Sunday.

In another match, Amir Pachera (130) and Sufiyan Alam (120) hit centuries while Sachinanand Pandey picked up five wickets for 16 as their side AOC thrashed Mahmood CC by massive 317 runs.

Brief Scores:

Group A: Sporting XI 266 in 47 overs (Himalay Agarwal 97; T Ravi Teja 3/57) bt Deccan Chronicle 225 in 47.3 overs (Himalay Agarwal 5/18); Continental CC 254/7 in 50 overs (M Samhith Reddy 90; Ganesh 3/58) bt Combined Dist 87 in 23.3 overs (Aaron Paul 3/15, Md Saqlain Arafat 3/15); SBI bt Ensconse (Enconse claimed walkover has SBI did not turn up for the match);

Group B: Concorde CC 231 in 50 overs (A Khaled 60, M Pratyush 77; Lokesh Gait 5/48) lost to EMCC 233/2 in 47.3 overs (Mohul Bhowmick 86no, P Aman Rao 98);

Group C: AOC 386 in 49.2 overs (Sufiyan Alam 120, Amir Pachera 130, Sachin Shinde 66; Sai Shrithish 3/63, Ranjith Kumar 4/58) bt Mahmood CC 69 in 31.5 overs (Sachinanand Pandey 5/16, Sachin Shinde 3/4);

A2 division two-day league: Group 1 PB: HPS B 183 in 77.4 overs bt Hyd Titans 170 in 86.2 overs (S Jainath Mansingh 37, Gaurav Guvva 3/26).

Top performers

Centurions: Sufiyan Alam 120, Amir Pachera 130

Five or more wickets: Himalay Agarwal 5/18, Sachinanand Pandey 5/16, Lokesh Gait 5/48

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