East got five points from a draw with South in the Duleep Trophy.\n\n
The four-day Duleep Trophy match between West and Central Zone ended in a tame draw.\n\n
Replying to Central Zone's 549, West were 163 for 1 on day 3 in the Duleep Trophy match.
South Zone are in danger of conceding the first innings lead in their Duleep Trophy match against East.
East Zone reduced South to 93 for three in the first innings on the second day of the Duleep Trophy league match.
Central Zone were 532 for seven in the first innings on the second day of the Duleep Trophy league match
The opener was unbeaten on 145 as Central ended day one of the Duleep Trophy match against West on 227 for 2.
North Zone clinched two points by virtue of a first innings lead of 155 runs over Central Zone.
Sri Lanka 'A' crushed West Zone by 195 runs in the Duleep Trophy.
Sri Lanka 'A' set West Zone a target of 466 after declaring their second innings at 290 for 7 on the penultimate day of the Duleep Trophy match.
The iconic Eden Gardens emerged as the frontrunner to host the first ever Day-Night Test match in India against the visiting New Zealand side even as Cricket Association of Bengal president Sourav Ganguly said it will depend on their upcoming 'pink ball experiment' from June 18.
Sairaj Bahutule claimed four wickets in a nine-wicket win over Plate 'A' in the Duleep Trophy.
Elite 'A' bowlers Irfan Pathan (Jr) and Sarandeep Singh claimed three wickets each as Elite B were bundled out for 219
Despite a defiant 98 by Abhijit Kale, star-studded Elite 'C' restricted Plate 'A' to 241 for 8 on the opening day of the Duleep Trophy match.
Central Zone beat South by eight wickets on the fourth and final day of the Duleep Trophy League match in Surat on Sunday.
Yuvraj Singh hit a 110 and Virender Sehwag 79 as North Zone scored 497 for 9 on the second day of the Duleep Trophy match against South Zone.
Vinayak Mane and Ambati Rayudu hit half centuries as Elite 'B' took a 194-run first innings lead against Plate 'A' on day 2 in the Duleep Trophy match.
'Getting used to the lights and the pink ball, especially early on, is the key.'
The breakdown in communication between national selectors, led by chairman Chetan Sharma, and the team management comprising skipper Virat Kohli over Bengal opener Abhimanyu Easwaran's contentious selection, is not the first such instance in Indian cricket.
The BCCI has named Akshay Wadkar as the replacement for wicket-keeper batsman Abhishek Gupta in the India Red squad for Duleep Trophy after realising their blunder of picking a player banned for a doping violation till September 14.
He will have to fight it out with the in-form KL Rahul and a solid Murali Vijay for one of the opening slots in the playing XI of the Test team but Shikhar Dhawan terms the competition "good for Indian cricket" and finds "nothing wrong with it". "I am aware that there could be three players for two (opening) spots. But there is nothing wrong in it. In fact it is good for Indian cricket. To have healthy competitions among players for places in the team is good for Indian cricket and the game in general.
Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma on Monday managed to retain their places despite their below-par performances in the Test series in West Indies, which India won 2-0.
Shaw comes from Virar, a small town in Palghar district near Mumbai, and the youngster walked down memory lane, retracing his journey from his home town to New Zealand.
With the International Cricket Council finding it tough to convince apprehensive cricketers on touring Pakistan for next month's Champions Trophy, Sri Lanka on Friday said it is ready to hold the tournament even at a short notice. The event, which is scheduled from September 11 to 28, is facing an uncertain future after Australia, England, South Africa and New Zealand, raised concerns over touring Pakistan due to the security situation.
Stylish batsman Ajinkya Rahane, who has been named the vice-captain for India's upcoming tour of the West Indies, said he enjoys taking responsibilities and the new role will help him to improve his performance. "I had toured the West Indies as part of India A around 3-4 years back, at that time the wickets were little slow. In international cricket, there will be different wickets. I have heard there is good bounce and pace in Barbados, Jamaica," Rahane told PTI in Mumbai. "At the same time, I feel the wickets may be spin-friendly. We will get the idea of the wickets once we go there. But it is an exciting tour in the West Indies. We are going with a young Test team. We have done well recently and so we are looking forward to the tour," he added. Talking about his new role as a vice-captain, Rahane said: "As a vice-captain there will be responsibilities and I like to take responsibilities. When I toured Zimbabwe as a captain, I learned a lot from my team-mates, it was a good experience and we had won in Zimbabwe.
Veteran opener Gautam Gambhir and senior middle-order batsman Yuvraj Singh on Tuesday appeared for a fitness test at the NCA as a part of Indian Cricket Board's plan to keep a bunch of cricketers ready keeping in mind the long home season ahead. It had been reliably learnt that both Gambhir and Yuvraj have passed the fitness test.
What goes in favour of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) is that it has some experience of hosting a multi-day game with pink ball.
A call-up for the West Indies tour for two Tests was inevitable for Yashasvi Jaiswal after proving himself across formats.
India's middle order batsman Suresh Raina has been ruled out of the first ODI against New Zealand to be played in Dharamsala on Sunday because of viral fever.
India's selection committee has decided to discharge Rishabh Pant so that he can get match time in domestic cricket ahead of next month's limited-overs series against the West Indies.
A remarkably candid Deepak Chahar on Tuesday said he understood early in his career that switching his focus to white ball cricket and IPL was the fastest and easiest route to the Indian team. The medium pacer came into India reckoning after two seasons with IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings.
Mohammad Shami and Wriddhiman Saha are among the India players, who will get a first-hand experience of day/night cricket with the pink ball when local giants Mohun Bagan and Bhowanipore Club meet in Cricket Association of Bengal's Super League final, starting Saturday.
The IPL has been postponed indefinitely and there is a possibility that it might be held in September when the domestic season is also underway. So far, no other cricketing activity has happened in India at the time of IPL.
Young Tamil Nadu all-rounder Washington Sundar, who has impressed in recent times but had failed the Yo-Yo test, said he is hopeful of clearing it in the future.
The prevailing tense situation between India and Pakistan might have affected the preparation of the Jammu and Kashmir for the Ranji Trophy but skipper Pravez Rasool exuded confidence that his team has enough time to make up for the loss.
Chahal, who has been an automatic choice in the limited overs format has not played any first-class cricket since December 2016 (against Haryana in Ranji Trophy), but the Indian team management and especially skipper Virat Kohli has indicated that he wants the wiry leg-spinner for five-day matches also.
After being snubbed by the selection committee for the upcoming home Tests series against New Zealand, veteran opener Gautam Gambhir has launched a scathing attack on Twitter. Gambhir has been in phenomenal form in the ongoing Duleep Trophy scorng four half centuries (77, 57, 90 and 94) in the tournament, which features some of India's top cricketers.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) report of 2016 has revealed that one Indian cricketer has tested positive for banned substances among the 153 BCCI accreditated cricketers.
The inclusion of all North Eastern states has forced the Board of Control for Cricket in India to schedule an unprecedented 2017 domestic matches, which many fear would lead to logistical nightmare.
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