HYDERABAD: An all-round per­formance by Daniyal Rajput and Ibtisam Sheikh’s 10 wickets helped Hyderabad record their fifth straight victory in the PCB Inter-district U-19 Regional Championship as they outclassed Shah­eed Benazirabad at Bilawal Bhutto Stadium in Benazirabad on Thursday.

Hyderabad won the match by an innings and 24 runs, and the huge victory helped them top the points table with 47 points.

Electing to bat first, hosts Shaheed Benazirabad scored a paltry 141 in 50 overs with Arshad Khan (32) and Mukhtiar Ali (29) being the only notable scorers. Leg-spinner Ibtisam claimed 5-49 while Hamza Maqbool took 2-20.

Hyderabad, in reply, accumulated 394-9 in the allotted 75 overs, taking a massive 253-run lead.

Daniyal Rajput hit his second century in the championship, scoring a run-a-ball 114 with 17 boundaries. Mohammad Fawad also hit a blistering 107 off 62 balls laced with nine huge sixes and eight boundaries.

Skipper Khizar Hayat Butt scored 68 off 60 balls with 14 hits to the fence. Benazirabad’s Arshad Khan claimed 3-88, Zainul Abideen 2-70 and Mukhtiar Ali 2-131.

Trailing by 253, the hosts were dismissed for 228 as Fayyaz Hussain’s 172-ball 107 went in vain. Ibtisam again proved destructive in the second innings too, claiming 5-88, as he took his championship tally to 41.