Bright dreams of a new journey, desperation to stage a comeback and desire to rediscover old glory will be the dominant themes of this season's Ranji Trophy that begins at various centres across the country from Friday.
A round-up of Ranji Trophy matches played on Monday.
Karnataka dished out a clinical show as they beat Andhra Pradesh by 53 runs in their Elite Group A match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, in Bengaluru, on Monday.
Mumbai's slender first-innings lead against Baroda propelled them into the semi-finals of the Ranji Trophy.
Woeful India dismissed for 46 as New Zealand pacers run riot
The victory took India A to the top of the points table with a total of 12 points from three matches, crowing them as the eventual winners.
Saurashtra's veteran left-arm spinner Dharmendrasinh Jadeja bagged his 22nd five-wicket haul as the defending champions scored an innings and 243-run victory against Manipur to move into the Ranji Trophy quarterfinals from Group A in Rajkot on Sunday.
Shahbaz Nadeem has announced his retirement from international cricket to try his luck in franchise-based leagues
'He was a cricketer who come once in a lifetime...'
Karnataka's Prakhar Chaturvedi on Monday broke Yuvraj Singh's 25-year-old record for the highest score in the U-19 Cooch Behar Trophy final with an unbeaten 404 off 636 balls against Mumbai in Shivamogga.
Facing a target of 438 to be made in 75 overs for a win, Karnataka managed to draw their Elite-A Ranji Trophy Cricket match against Tamil Nadu in Chennai
Devdutt Padikkal sent a strong message to the national selectors before England ODIs as he slammed his fourth consecutive List 'A' ton as Karnataka beat Kerala by 80 runs
'Rishabh is very confident that he's going to be right to play.'
Prasidh utilised the KSCA T20 tournament to hone his skills and further tune his body to the demands of the game before his departure to Ireland for T20Is.
Byju's Founder Byju Raveendran's plea against the Insolvency of Think & Learn before the NCLAT was adjourned on Monday as one of the members of the bench recused from the hearing. The matter will be placed before a bench headed by National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) Chairman Justice Ashok Bhushan, who will assign a different bench to hear the matter. Raveendran had filed a petition challenging the initiation of insolvency proceedings against Think & Learn, which runs edtech company Byju's.
Punjab thrashed defending champions Karnataka by nine wickets to storm into the semi-finals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament, at the Sardar Patel stadium in Ahmedabad, on Tuesday.
Left-arm spinner Shams Mulani grabbed a match haul of 10 wickets as Mumbai defeated Andhra by 10 wickets to secure a successive bonus-point victory in the Ranji Trophy in Mumbai on Monday.
Karun Nair is only the second Indian to score a triple hundred in Test cricket.
A 297-run victory gave Hyderabad four points from the Ranji Trophy Elite group match.
IPL contract will be next level for Netherlands players after WC show: Coach Ryan Cook
Roundup of Ranji Trophy matched played on Sunday
In a devastating Boxing Day Test at SuperSport Park, India experienced one of its most humbling overseas defeats in recent memory, succumbing to an innings and 32-run loss in less than three days.
India wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant has begun going through a series of match-simulation exercises in Bengaluru as he looks to regain fitness ahead of the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), according to ESPNcricinfo.
BCCI chief Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah were to attend the ACC meeting. But, over the last few days, around 730 cases of coronavirus were reported in the UAE, creating panic among travellers and locals.
928 runs in 6 games. One triple century. One double century. One century. Two fifties. Sarfaraz Khan has made a dream comeback to first class cricket.
A round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Saturday.
Royal Challengers Bangalore has been officially renamed as Royal Challengers Bengaluru ahead of this year's IPL
Karnataka drew with Delhi to add two points to their tally after taking a first-innings lead.
Police said the two were involved in fixing in the KPL 2019 finals between Bellary Tuskers and Hubli Tigers after accepting Rs 20 lakh each for slow batting.
After a month and half of topsy-turvy ride, eight teams have managed to steer themselves clear of other 24 contenders to enter the Ranji Trophy quarterfinals.
Young wicketkeeper batter Robin Minz, who was signed by Gujarat Titans, met with a minor accident and is recuperating in a local hospital here, said Francis Minz, his father.
Having qualified for the ODI World Cup after 12 years, the Netherlands are not going to settle for anything less than a semifinal finish.
"Congratulations to BCCI and Karnataka Government for resolving this long-standing issue. Special thanks to Amitabh Choudhary for making extra effort," Khanna said in a statement.
Veteran batter Cheteshwar Pujara slammed his second hundred of the ongoing Ranji Trophy season, guiding Saurashtra to a comfortable 242 for four against Rajasthan on the opening day of their Group A match, in Jaipur on Friday.
Bengaluru is reeling under a severe water crisis, the worst in the last four decades, and there have been calls from several quarters to shift the IPL games, beginning here on March 25, out of the city.
Karnataka bowlers dished out a fine death over bowling display to restrict Tamil Nadu
After both grandfathers, father and uncle, Lieutenant Tanishka Damodaran is the first girl from the family to join the Indian Army. She will join her first posting in Kashmir soon and hopes to follows her family tradition of joining the Paras.
A round-up of the Ranji Trophy quarter-final matches played on Monday.
The former India all-rounder and member of the 1983 World Cup-winning team's name appeared on the BCCI's Draft Electoral Rolls (on the BCCI's website) for the October 18 elections and Annual General Meeting as a representative of the Karnataka State Cricket Association, instead of KSCA secretary Santosh Menon.
It was a red-letter day for Vrinda Dinesh having hit the WPL pay-dirt with a whopping Rs 1.30 crore deal.
