Delhi missed a golden opportunity to register an outright win as Assam managed to sneak home with a point defending a target of 79 in 14 overs during final hour of play, on Monday.
Delhi bowlers took full advantage of the helpful conditions but their top-order frittered away the cushion on the opening day of their Group B Ranji Trophy match against Maharashtra in New Delhi on Saturday.
Well-placed overnight, Delhi conceded a vital first innings lead of 25 runs to Karnataka on the third day of the Elite Group 'A' Ranji Trophy match.
Former Delhi & Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) secretary Sunil Dev passed away on Wednesday after a prolonged illness.
The Baroda batsman hit a stubborn 126 as Baroda, after following-on, held on for a draw in the 'Elite' Ranji Trophy match.
A summary of Wednesday play in the Ranji Trophy matches at various venues across the country.
Young pacer Tushar Deshpande recorded his career-best figures of six for 70 to help Mumbai earn a sizeable first innings lead against Railways on the third day of their Ranji Trophy Group A encounter in New Delhi on Saturday.
Manoj Tiwary and Sudip Chatterjee scored centuries to lead Bengal's spirited comeback against Mumbai, while Gujarat put themselves in line for full seven points after enforcing the follow-on against Punjab. A round up of Day 3 of the Ranji Trophy matches.
Although Ojha's international career never took off, the Ujjain-born player has played 146 first-class games notching up 9,753 runs
The ever controversial Feroz Shah Kotla strip will be the point of discussion during the next four days as hosts Delhi take on Bengal in a Ranji Trophy Super League match.
A round-up of Ranji matches played on Monday.
Talented batter Yash Dhull hit a superb 193 decorated with 28 fours and two sixes to power North Zone to 433/3 in their first innings at stumps on day three of the Duleep Trophy quarter-final against East Zone.
An unbeaten 92-run fourth wicket partnership between captain Mithun Manhas and and Ajay Jadeja helped Delhi out of trouble.
Wasim Jaffer hit an unbeaten 117 and Vinayak Mane was unbeaten on 63 as Mumbai hit up the required 185 runs for victory in the Ranji Trophy match.\n\n
Opener Unmukt Chand struck 82 while Mohit Sharma and Mithun Manhas also made half-centuries to help Delhi finish the first day's play against Vidarbha at 254 for four in the final Ranji Trophy group league encounter in Nagpur.
Mumbai, who were ensured two points after taking the first innings lead, did not force the follow-on in the Ranji Trophy match.
A brilliant 109 by skipper Ajay Jadeja and a supporting knock of 59 by Mithun Manhas helped Delhi to 78-run win over Jammu and Kashmir in a North Zone Ranji Trophy One-day match in Dharamsala on Sunday.
Controversy erupted in the first hour of the match with India player Gill involved in a heated argument with on-field umpire Mohamed Rafi after being given out.
Young and in-form Baba Aparajith smashed his second first-class double hundred while Ramaswamy Prasanna scored an unbeaten half-century to guide Tamil Nadu to a formidable position against Services at the end of second day's play in the Ranji Trophy Group B match in New Delhi on Monday.
The former India all-rounder scored a fluent century as Delhi amassed 491 for 9 in their first innings in the Ranji Trophy match against Karnataka.
Gautam Gambhir started his new season in the right earnest with a patient century as Delhi made a pedestrian Assam attack toil by reaching 269 for four at stumps on the second day of the Ranji Trophy Group A encounter in New Delhi on Saturday.
Muralidharen Gautam smashed a brilliant double hundred to become the season's leading run scorer as Karnataka declared their first innings at a massive 572 for nine on the second day of their last Ranji Trophy group league match in Pune on Sunday.
Vidarbha inched closer to a maiden Ranji Trophy title by grabbing a commanding 233-run lead against a Delhi side that looked defeated for better part of the day, as little-known Akshay Wadkar chose first-class cricket's biggest stage to compile his maiden century, in Indore, on Sunday.
Well-known club cricketer and former Delhi Under-23 support staff Sanjay Dobal died on Monday morning after failing to recover from COVID-19 infection, a source close to the family said. Dobal was 53 years old and is survived by his wife and two sons -- elder Siddhant, who plays first-class cricket for Rajasthan and younger Ekansh, who made his debut for Delhi U-23 side.
With nothing at stake and both Delhi and Rajasthan out of the race for the quarter-finals, the Ranji trophy Super League Group 'A' match ended in a draw at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Sunday.
After bowling out Delhi for 256, Tamil Nadu closed the day on 88 for 4, an overall lead of 159, in the Ranji Trophy semi-final.\n\n
He and Salil Oberoi (80) placed Delhi in a strong position at 267 for 2 at stumps on day 1 of the Ranji Trophy match against UP.
Gautam Gambhir hit a quick-fire hundred to take Delhi to an eight-wicket win over hosts Bengal.
Delhi amassed 538 against Karnataka on the second day of the Ranji Trophy Super League Group A match.
Centuries from Rajat Bhatia and Vijay Dahiya ensured that Delhi responded to Tamil Nadu's 347 with a massive 491 for 7 before declaring in the Ranji Trophy match.
Hosts Delhi will bank heavily on their premier batsman Virat Kohli as they take on defending champions Mumbai in a do-or-die final Ranji Trophy group encounter at the Roshanara ground from Wednesday. After their shock defeat against Railways in the last game, the Mithun Manhas-led Delhi side will be keen to put aside the disappointment and aim for an outright win in order to qualify for the knock-out stages.
Mumbai dashed Delhi's hopes of making it to the semi-finals by taking 206-run first innings lead as the match ended in a draw.
Like the billionaire investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, Gautam Gambhir, the tenacious former opener-turned-coach, also seems to be governed by instincts while picking unheralded players and turning them into match-winners, points out Vishal Menon.
With hopes of qualifying for the semifinals already dashed, Delhi played slowly to reach 155-1 against Andhra on the day three of the Elite group 'A' Ranji Trophy match.
Kalra was in line to replace senior opener Shikhar Dhawan in the Ranji squad but as it now stands, he will not play any further.
Delhi thrashed Haryana by an innings and 18 runs to survive in the Ranji Trophy Super League.
While some cash-rich franchises -- notably SunRisers Hyderabad -- splurged to earn the services of the biggest names on the cricketing map, uncapped Indian talents were also under the spotlight for hefty contracts.
Rajneesh Gurbani's sensational bowling guided Vidarbha to their maiden Ranji Trophy final after they stunned defending champions Karnataka by five runs in a thrilling semi-final, in Kolkata, on Thursday.
Mumbai, who scored 488 in the first innings, riding on captain Aditya Tare's 154, enforced the follow-on and the match was called off with Tamil Nadu 48 for one in 22 overs at the tea break.
Tamil Nadu moved in to the final of the Ranji Trophy with a convincing 132-run win against Delhi.
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