Assam, Andhra win in Buch Babu

Assam top order batsmen Pallav Das (156) and unbeaten Gokul Sharma (145) stitched a solid 254 stand for the second wicket to help Assam beat Kerala, while Andhra's K Sreekanth (112) helped his team defeat Bengal in the All India Buchi Babu Memorial invitational cricket tournament here today.
In the other matches Haryana, Karnataka and two Tamil Nadu teams (TNCA XI and TNCA Districts) won their respective matches. At the end of the second round, Andhra and the hosts teams remain on top in their respective groups have tallied eight points each from winning the games today.
Brief Scores: Karnataka 366 in 88.4 Overs bt Himachal Pradesh 276 in 86.3 Overs (Ankit Kalsi 86, Prashant Chopra 47, Abhimanyu Rana 32, Shreyas Gopal five for 78, J Suchith three for 53). Points : Karnataka 4 (4) : HP 0 (4).

TNCA XI 312 for eight in 90 Overs bt Mumbai CA Colts 246 in 78.2 Overs ( Aditya Tare 38, Akhil Herwadkar 60, Surya Kumar Yadav 42, Nikhil Patil 41, D T Chandrasekar (las) four for 68, R Aushik Srinivas (las) three for 70) Points : TNCA XI
4 (8); Mumbai Colts 0 (4).
Haryana 292 in 79.5 Overs bt Odisha 191 in 64.4 Overs (Govind Podder 71, Anurag Sarangi 39, Harshal Patel five for 39, Amit Rana 3for 39). Points : Haryana 4 (4) ; Odisha 0 (0).
TNCA Districts XI 349 for nine in 90 overs bt Gujarat 176 in 61.2 Overs ( Raxlee Taylor 42, Himalay Barad 56, W Antony Dhas 6 for 46, Abhishek Tanwar 2 for 22). Points : TNCA Districts XI 4 (8) ; Gujarat 0 (0).

Bengal 232 in 79.5 Overs lost to Andhra 233 for seven 71.5 Overs (K Sreekanth 112, Ch Harshavardhan Naidu 36, A G Pradeep 34 not out, Pritam Chakraborty two for 30, Mukesh Kumar two for 37, Sourashis Lahiri two for 74). Points : Andhra 4 (8) ; Bengal 0 (0); And Kerala 349 in 90 overs lost to (Assam 352 for two in 67.4 Overs Pallav Das 156 (189b, 16x4, 5x6), Sarupam Purkayastha 46, Gokul Sharma 145 not out (173b, 17x4, 5x6). Points : Assam 4 (4); Kerala 0 (0).