Skipper Ishant Sharma shone with the ball with three wickets while debutant Kulwant Khejroliya impressed with his pace as Delhi restricted Assam to 224 for seven at stumps on the first day of their Ranji Trophy Group A match.
A round-up of results of Ranji matches played on Sunday
As preparations for the Rio Olympics gather pace, India may be headed for yet another paltry medal haul.
Led ably by Shardul Thakur, Mumbai bowlers put up a much better display than the previous game and shot out Railways for a paltry 217 on day one of their four-day Group 'B' Ranji Trophy tie at the Wankhede Stadium, in Mumbai, on Sunday.
A round-up of Ranji matches played across India on Friday.
Delhi lost their second game in a row after their star studded batting line-up, including the likes of Shikhar Dhawan and Gautam Gambhir, failed to fire against Himachal Pradesh in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament.
>There's still hope and plenty to play for, says Rediff.com's Aruneel Sadadekar.
Indian men ended their campaign in the pistol events on a winning note by shooting down a silver medal in the 25m centre fire event even as the women's team exited from the 50m three-position competition without success at the Asian Games in Incheon on Friday.
Indian captain Virat Kohli has been rendered a doubtful starter for the fourth and final cricket Test against Australia in Ranchi, a scenario that has put the hosts under immense pressure on the eve of the decider of the bitterly fought series.
Round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches being played in different part of the country
The government stuck to its decision not to name any manager for 23 out of the 28 disciplines in which India are taking part in the upcoming Asian Games even though the Indian Olympic Association and National Sports Federations slammed the move.
Captain Gautam Gambhir led from the front with a gutsy century to lift Delhi to 260 for six at stumps on the first day of their opening Ranji Trophy match against Saurashtra
High drama was witnessed in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) on Monday with a rebel group electing state Sports Minister Imran Ansari as the body's president in an attempt to end Farooq Abdullah's 35-year rein but the move was stayed by a Jammu court.
What happened to us should not happen to anyone else in future. A strong message has to be sent by our judicial system that such acts will not be dealt with lightly," said one of the victim's father.
A round-up of the Ranji matches played across India on Sunday
A summary of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Monday
Young, city-bred, successful, enthusiastic Indians are ditching their cars and cycling to work.
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Round up of the Ranji Trophy games being played across the country
These athletes made India proud four years ago.
Two unassuming young women saved India the humiliation of returning empty-handed from the Olympics for the first time since Barcelona in 1992 with awe-inspiring performances at Rio.
Though the soundtrack of Besharam doesn't quite match expectations, it is still fun and peppy and keeps you engaged.
A summary of Wednesday's play in the Ranji Trophy matches at various venues across the country.
Round up of the Ranji Trophy matches being played across the country
Round-up of the Day Three action in the Ranji Trophy matches being played in different part of the country.
A summary of the fourth day's play in the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals.
Shashi Tharoor was intensely questioned on Monday night over two hours by a special team of the Delhi police on the circumstances leading to the mysterious death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar a year back and her spat with Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar over her links with the Congress member of Parliament.
'No country can go from zero to hero at the Olympics.' 'A hundred Indians now feature in the world's top 25 and that's progress,' says Shekhar Gupta.
The haul of 64 medals at the Commonwealth Games, in July-August, which included 15 gold, should act as the ideal springboard for the Indian contingent to better its medal tally at Guangzhou, China, four years ago.
Eager to make a comeback to the Indian Test team, Punjab skipper Harbhajan Singh claimed a sensational six-wicket haul to skittle out Odisha for 205 in their first innings on the opening day of a Group A Ranji Trophy match in Mohali.
A summary of the opening day's play from the Ranji Trophy matches at various venues across the country.
The Indian men ended their campaign in the pistol events on a winning note, shooting down a silver medal in the 25m centre fire event even as the women's team exited from the 50m three-position competition without success at the Asian Games, on Friday. The men pistol shooters - spearheaded by London Olympics silver medallist Vijay Kumar - clinched second place with a total score of 1740, two behind gold medallists China.
Owing to their first innings lead, Bengal grabbed three crucial points against Haryana after their Group A Ranji Trophy match ended in a draw at the CH Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Lahli on Monday.
A round-up of the second day's play of the Ranji Trophy matches being played in different parts of the country.
A summary of the opening day's play in the Ranji Trophy matches, at various venues over the country.
A round-up of Day 1 of the Ranji Trophy group matches played on Thursday.
A summary of the day's play in the Ranji Trophy matches at different venues around the country.
Round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches being played in different parts of the country
A summary of the Ranji matches played across India on Sunday.
'One per cent of wealthy people have been handed over 99 per cent of our nation's resources. The rest are mute, helpless and very frightened spectators to this loot.'
