Hyderabad Bottling batting first at Melgiri Cricket Ground made a total of 327/10 in 72.5 overs. After losing some quick wickets, opener MA Jayanth and Captain Nishanth Yadav at no.5 ressurected their innings back with a 60 run stand for the 5th wicket. Nishanth, just fresh from an impressive 4th innings half century in his previous match continued his blazing form with the bat this time scoring a mammoth innings to take his team towards a strong position. Nishanth went on to score 142 off 165 balls which included 23 boundaries while rest of the players batted around him.
Central Excise in reply scored 342 runs in their 1s innings with every batted from openers to middle orders contributing with 30’s and 50’s which ultimately helped them take a lead of 15 runs in their 1st innings. Hyderabad Bottling in 2nd innings just batted an over before day 3 was called off due to rains.
The Match ended in a draw and Central Excise won the match on 1st innings lead.
