Mayank, Dravid among reception of KSCA’s annual awards

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Karnataka players Mayank Agarwal, Devdutt Padikkal and Krishnappa Gowtham were few of whom the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) felicitated for their performances in domestic tournaments in the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday. Top performers with leading statistics among the team were felicitated by the top brass of the state cricketing body led by Raghuram Bhat. Devdutt Padikkal was awarded for having the most runs in Karnataka’s underwhelming Ranji Trophy campaign (2023-24). Vyshak Vijayakumar was awarded for having the most number of wickets. Padikkal was also awarded for most runs in the Vijay Hazare trophy, the country’s premier List A tournament.

Skipper Mayank Agarwal led the run tally for Karnataka in the 23-24 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Aneesh KV and Mohsin Khan (Col C K Nayudu Trophy), Macneil Noronha and Yashovardhan Parantap (U- 23 State “A” tournament), Prakhar Chaturvedi and Dheeraj Gowda (U-19 Cooch Behar Trophy), Anvay Dravid and Dhyaan M Hiremath (U-16 Vijay Merchant), Vrinda Dinesh (Senior Women's One Day Trophy, Senior Women's T-20 Trophy, U- 23 Women's T-20 Trophy) and Niki Prasad (U- 19 Women's T-20 Trophy) are other notable names to have been awarded.

Schools in and around the city have also been awarded for their performances in divisional tournaments (U-14 and U-16 Divisions III - I) Poorna Vikasa Vidyalaya (DivIII) , Frank Anthony Public School(Div II), Delhi Public School, East (Div I ) were all awarded in the U-14 B T Ramiah Shield. Vidyaniketan Public School, Ullal (Div III), BGS Public School, Hulimavu (Div II), Max Muller High School (Div I) were awarded for winning the U-16 K M Ramprasad Trophy.