Saurabh Tiwary slams unbeaten ton for Jharkhand CA

An unbeaten 110 by Saurabh Tiwary of Jharkhand CA provided some cheer on a day that saw all the matches being affected by rain in the Safi Darashah All-India cricket tournament in Bangalore on Friday.

Saurabh Tiwary, who represents the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League, scored an unbeaten century to guide Jharkhand CA to 291 for four © PTI

Bangalore: Jul 19, 2013

An unbeaten 110 by Saurabh Tiwary of Jharkhand CA provided some cheer on a day that saw all the matches being affected by rain in the Safi Darashah All-India cricket tournament in Bangalore on Friday.

Tiwary’s knock saw Jharkhand making 291 for four in 95.2 overs in their first innings in reply to KSCA XI‘s 550 for five when play was called off due to rains.

Haryana CA, who made 448 for nine in their first innings, took a sizeable lead by dismissing Saurashtra CA for 217 and then making 81 for four when rain forced abandonment.

Brief scores:

At Bangalore: KSCA XI 550 for 5 vs Jharkhand CA 291 for 4 (Saurabh Tiwary 110*, Bhavik Thakar 59*). Play called off due to rains.

Cricket Association of Bengal 262 vs KSCA President’s XI 284 for 3. Play called off due to overnight rains.

Harayana CA 448 for 9 and 81 for 4 (Sunny Singh 52*, Saurya Sanadiya 3 for 22) vs Saurashtra CA 217 (Arpit Vasavada 35, Arhish Hooda 3 for 36). Play called off due to rains.

Tripura CA 190 and 74 for 3 vs Kerala CA 331  (Jagadeesh VA 127; Abhijith B 5 for 33).

KSCA Colts 204 and 261 for 3 (Abhishek Reddy 90, N Bharath 45, Sanjay Kumar 75*, KN Bharath 39) vs Odisha CA 214 (Deepak Behara 33, David Mathias 5 for 65). Play called off due to rains.