Bengal lose to Andhra by 10 wickets in Buchi Babu cricket

Andhra kickstarted their campaign on a resounding note with medium pacers GVS Prasad and Vision Panchal sharing ten wickets each to humble Bengal by 10 wickets on the first of their two-day opening round league match in the Buchi Babu memorial cricket tournament here today.
Bengal were dismissed for paltry 80 runs in 42.2 overs with Andhra medium-pacer Prasad claiming 5 for 26 and Panchal 5 for 37. Andhra replied without losing their openers and KS Bharat made an unbeaten 57 to record a superb win.
In some other highlights of the first day's play amongst the six matches, Vishnu Vinod 160 was a notable knock, Suresh Kumar of TNCA Districts struck a fine 128, Gujarat's Priyank Panchal also hit a belligerent 122.

Brief Scores: TNCA Districts XI 368 in 98.3 overs (Suresh Kumar 128, P Shijit Chandran 82, Thalaivan Sargunam 60, K B Arun Karthick 31 versus UPCA.
TNCA City XI 194 in 73.1 overs (L Suryapprakash 55, Ashwin Venkataraman 30, Mehdi Hasan four for 50, M Ravikiran three for 29) versus Hyderabad 71 for no loss in 24 overs (Tanmay Agarwal 38 batting, Akshat Reddy 29 batting).
Gujarat 427 for six in 100 overs (Priyank Panchal 122, Bhargav Merai 81, Akshar Patel 70, Smit Patel 47, Rajul Bhatt 46 not out, Ankush Jaiswal three for 107) versus Mumbai.

Kerala 412 for nine in 100 overs (innings closed) (Vishnu Vinod 160, Akshay Kodoth 61, M Monish 67 not out, Jafar Jamal 34, Biplab Samantry three for 60) versus Odisha.

TNCA President's XI 277 in 98.3 overs (R Prasanna 81, M Prabhu 65, U Sushil 46, Krishna Das four for 56, J Syed Mohammed four for 90) versus Assam (three for no loss )in two overs.
Bengal 80 in 42.2 overs (GVS Prasad five for 26, Vision Panchal five for 37) lost to Andhra 82 no loss in 15.3 overs (KS Bharath 57 not out) Points: Andhra 4; Bengal 0.