Sarfaraz Khan's magnificent unbeaten 139 helped Mumbai establish a commanding 258-run lead over Himachal Pradesh in their Ranji Trophy Group D match, while Nishant Sindhu's all-round heroics secured an innings victory for Haryana against Chandigarh.
Middle-order batsman Baba Indrajith struck a gutsy unbeaten 120 as India Red finished at 291 for 9 against India Blue at stumps on the opening day of the Duleep Trophy encounter, in Lucknow, on Wednesday.
Devdutt Padikkal is turning the Vijay Hazare Trophy into a compelling audition for higher honours, registering his third century in four matches to keep his name firmly in the India ODI conversation.
Baba Indrajith helped himself to a fine hundred while another senior campaigner Vijay Shankar scored a half-century as Tamil Nadu cruised into the semi-finals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Ignored Karun Nair hits 2nd ton to take Karnataka to 319/3 against Kerala in the Ranji Trophy.
Magical Paddikal overshadows maverick Kishan to hand Karnataka 5-wicket win over Jharkhand
Following the announcement of the South Zone squad for the upcoming Duleep Trophy, a disappointed Dinesh Karthik questioned the selection committee.
Former India pacer Venkatesh Prasad said there are many 'laughable things' in Indian cricket and among them is the non-selection of Kerala spinner Jalaj Saxena.
Batting at No 4, Ishan Kishan smashed 111, hitting 14 fours and three sixes in his 126-ball knock to rally India C against India B.
As many as 16 wickets fell on the opening day as visitors Hyderabad were left reeling at 88/6 after bundling out Jammu and Kashmir for 170 on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group D match in Jammu on Sunday.
Captain Shreyas Iyer and Devdutt Padikkal struck half-centuries to help India D stretch their lead against India C on the second day of their Duleep Trophy match.
Mumbai's run machine Sarfaraz Khan was ruled out of the match because of injury.
Karun Nair and Ravichandran Smaran made double hundreds as Karnataka gained upper hand over Kerala on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group B match.
Haryana will meet the winners of the second semi-final between Rajasthan and Karnataka to be played in Rajkot on Thursday.
Ravindra Jadeja produced an excellent all-round performance, taking 5 wickets and scoring 38 runs, to help Saurashtra gain a commanding position against Delhi on the first day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group D match.
Kishan, who was dropped from the BCCI central contracts earlier this year due to concerns that he was "prioritising" the cash-rich Indian Premier League over domestic cricket, made his return to the India A setup.
Shardul Thakur and Tanush Kotian claimed two wickets each to put Mumbai on course for victory against Tamil Nadu.
Axar Patel brought India D back into the game with a counter-attacking 86 following a disastrous start before picking up two timely wickets against India C for a standout effort on Day 1
Karnataka, Maharashtra register innings wins to go 1-2 in Group B of Ranji Tropphy.
Ajinkya Rahane hits 159 in Ranji Trophy match against Chhattisgarh
Mukesh is one of the few players in recent times to have made it to the Indian limited overs squad without ever having played in the IPL.
This century marked Shankar's 11th first-class ton and second of the season.
Jaiswal gears up for SA Test with big hundred but Mumbai get only 1 point
Rahul will come in place of Baba Indrajith, who scored 9 and 6 and didn't look comfortable at all against pace and bounce, which wasn't exactly 125 clicks.
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.
A round-up of Ranji Trophy matches played on Monday.
Hanuma Vihari remained unbeaten on 86, while Suresh Raina made a strokeful 52 as India Blue reached 216 for three in reply to India Red's 383 all out on the second day of the Duleep Trohpy match, in Kanpur on Thursday.
Pacer Avesh Khan sparkled with a gritty unbeaten half-century before taking the prized-scalp of Ishan Kishan as India A mounted a strong challenge against India C on day two of the Duleep Trophy final round match here on Friday.
Jharkhand, however, could not make the knockouts from the group as Gujarat topped it with Haryana being the second team to progress. Jharkhand finished third.
Mumbai were ahead by 257 runs in the first innings after Musheer Khan struck an unbeaten 203, with Baroda reaching 127/2 in reply by the close of play on day two
LSG are sitting in second place with 14 point thanks to a stupendous show by Rahul
KKR had bought Shreyas Iyer for Rs 15.25 crore
While the pace department needs some urgent solutions, the spin has a slightly different landscape.
On Thursday, he had enviable figures of 4 for 14 in his 3 overs against KKR, his former IPL franchise, which didn't give him a single game last season.
A summary of the first day's proceedings in the Ranji Trophy matches across the country.
Shubham Arora came out all guns blazing with his maiden List A century as Himachal downed five-time champions Tamil Nadu
Cheteshwar Pujara continued his good form in Ranji Trophy as he slammed his second successive century as Saurashtra dominated their Elite Group A match against Manipur.
Swapnil Gugale compiled a gritty fifty as Maharashtra finished Day 3 on 110 for 1, in reply to Tamil Nadu's massive first innings total of 549, in the Ranji Trophy semi-final at the Eden Gardens, on Friday.
The 40-time champions were thrashed by an innings and 44 runs by Tamil Nadu in Chennai on Friday.
Rana and Rinku put on 66 runs off just 38 balls to help KKR record its first win in 5 matches.
