Following-on 207 runs behind, Tamil Nadu were 37 for 1 at close on day 3 in the Ranji Trophy match against Hderabad.
India's non-playing captain Anand Amritraj was upbeat ahead of the Asia Oceania Group I Davis Cup tie against New Zealand, to be played in Pune from February 3 to 5, but cautioned the Kiwis should not be taken lightly.
The duo will meet in the semis in the ITF Futures tournament.
The sixth seeded Indian was beaten by unseeded Diana Julianto of Indonesia in the first round in the ITF Futures tournament.
A 297-run victory gave Hyderabad four points from the Ranji Trophy Elite group match.
The Indian girls will be looking to avenge last week's defeat against the 20-year-old Uzbek.\n
The unseeded Thai beat the eighth seeded Bulgarian to enter the quarter-finals in the NECC-ITF women's tournament.
The Karnataka lass beat the top seed to enter the pre-quarter-finals in NECC-ITF women's tournament.
The views are stunning, the skies are blue, the forests are lush and, wonder of wonders, thanks to the discipline of the tea estate, even man isn't vile, discover Renu Bahal Wadhwa and T C A Srinivasa Raghavan after a trip to Kerala's breathtakingly beautiful hill retreat.
The 16-year-old Ukrainian star beat Ipek Senoglu of Turkey to win the first senior title of her career in the ITF tournament.
A punishing 93 by opener Niranjan Godbole enabled Maharashtra score a six-run victory in the West Zone Ranji Trophy one-dayer.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Kateryna Bondarenko beat German qualifier Verana Marie Beller to enter the final of the NECC-ITF women's tournament.\n\n\n\n
The unseeded Chinese lass beat the fourth seeded Thai to set up a meeting with Melanie South in the ITF Futures final.
The victory saw the Indian wild card enter the second round in the Mother's Recipe-ITF Women's Futures tournament.
Hosts Hyderabad amassed 323 for 7 against Rajasthan on opening day of the Elite 'B' Ranji Trophy match.
Hyderabad amassed 447 in their first innings and then had Tamil Nadu at 87 for 3 on day 2 in the Ranji Trophy match.
The stylish batsman was unbeaten on 87 as Hyderabad posted 237 for 4 on day one in the Ranji Trophy match against Tamil Nadu.
Both made the grade in the ITF Futures tournament with contrasting wins.
The Hyderabad fast bowler claimed 6 for 31 as Karnataka were bowled out for 100 in their first innings in the 'Elite' Ranji Trophy match.
\n\nGoa were three for no loss in reply to Services' first innings score of 212 on day one of the Ranji Trophy Plate match.
The second-seeded Uzbek outplayed Megha Vakharia in the final of the NECC-ITF Women's Tennis Tournament.
The placement season has brought in positive cheer for students at the IIT Kharagpur this year.
The fifth seeded Bulgarian scored an upset straight-set victory over third seed Satoshi Iwabuchi of Japan in the final.
The unseeded Indian ace whipped Vitali Chevts of Belarus to set up a meeting with fifth seed Todor Enev of Bulgaria in the ITF Futures tournament.
The up-and-coming Hyderabadi lass extended second seed Jennifer Schmidt of Austria before losing in the NECC-ITF women's tournament.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
A grassroot level swimming programme named after the most successful swimmer at the Olympic Games, American superstar Michael Phelps, is set to be launched in Mumbai first on April 11 before it spreads its wings to other parts of the country.
Star shuttler H S Prannoy has credited top women shuttlers P V Sindhu and Saina Nehwal for the positive change in mindset of other players while facing tougher opponents.
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.
The Indian ace won the first set but turned erratic thereafter and lost to Bulgaria's Todov Enev in the semi-finals of the ITF Futures tournament.
Veer Arjun Singh visits Quorum, an upscale club in an equally upscale setting in Gurugram, and comes away impressed.
Medium pacer Sudhakar Ghagh's six-wicket haul helped Services bundle out Goa for 142 and take a vital 70-run first innings lead in the Plate 'B' Ranji Trophy match.
The principal of Fergusson College, who had asked the police to take action against those who "raised anti-national slogans" on the campus during a verbal clash between two students' groups, retracted his statement on Wednesday, saying he had meant to seek a probe into whether such slogans were raised or not.
The Deccan-Gymkhana police, which is probing the case, filed the chargesheet against 35 students in a court and the next hearing will be held on April 2, the prosecution said.
The Maharashtra government has directed all schools and colleges in the city and neighbouring Thane district to remain closed on Saturday.
A fine all-round performance by Sairaj Bahutule gave Mumbai a 136-run victory in the Ranji Trophy one-day match.
Keeping in mind Italians' weakness on grass, India have opted for grass courts in South Club here for the February 1-2 fixtures which will be played in new format with the winners making a cut to the 18-nation finals in Madrid next year.
The peaks Prithvi Shaw scaled on the first day of his Test career in numbers, via Rajneesh Gupta.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said his government was not in favour of opening dance bars.
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