Left-arm spinner Rakesh Dhruv (3/51) and paceman Kushang Patel (2/74) shared five wickets between them as Gujarat fought back to reduce Punjab to 227 for seven on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Group A match, in Valsad on Sunday.
Skipper Mayank Agarwal hit a double century to help Karnataka post 407 in their first innings
Gujarat skipper Parthiv Patel missed out on a well-deserved century, but not before helping his side earn the vital first innings lead against Rajasthan on the penultimate day of their Group 'A' Ranji Trophy match in Ahmedabad on Monday. Gujarat were all out for 312 in the first innings, an 18-run lead over the visitors, at the Sardar Patel stadium, Motera.
Gujarat skipper Parthiv Patel missed out on a well-deserved century, but not before helping his side earn the vital first innings lead against Rajasthan on the penultimate day of their Group 'A' Ranji Trophy match in Ahmedabad on Monday. Gujarat were all out for 312 in the first innings, an 18-run lead over the visitors, at the Sardar Patel stadium, Motera.
Skipper Mayank Agarwal scored an unbeaten century as he rescued Karnataka from a poor start
Australia warmed up for the limited-overs series against India in style by crushing Board President's (BP) XI by 103 runs in the lone practice match, in Chennai, on Tuesday.
The national selection committee on Thursday picked up a fourth string 14-member Board President's XI squad for the warm-up game against Australia, making it clear that Yuvraj Singh is now not a part of even the top 74 cricketers in the country.
Bengal pacer Akash Deep bowled a game-changing spell on Friday
Shubman Gill celebrated his T20I call-up for the New Zealand tour in style, smashing his maiden century in the format as Punjab defeated Karnataka by nine runs in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy quarter-finals in Kolkata, on Tuesday.
Shreevats Goswami finally came out of Wriddhiman Saha's shadow to hit a career best 225 which enabled Bengal post a commendable 475 for 9 on the second day of the Group A league encounter against Madhya Pradesh. At stumps, MP were 19 for 1 with Ashok Dinda getting the wicket of Aditya Srivastava. The day belonged to Shreevats, who played 328 balls hitting 25 boundaries and three sixes en route his maiden double hundred in First Class cricket. It was also a match where Bengal's lower order showed exemplary resilience as the last three wickets produced 268 runs after being reduced to 207 for seven.
Saurashtra, led by the inspirational Jaydev Unadkat, will back themselves to win an elusive Ranji Trophy title at home but a buoyant Bengal will be no pushovers in what promises to be an absorbing final beginning, in Rajkot, on Monday. Both the teams are desperate to go all the way with Saurashtra reaching their fourth final in eight seasons while Bengal has not tasted success in the premier domestic event since the 1989-90 triumph.
A round-up of Ranji Trophy matches played across India on Saturday.
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.
The Australians, led by Steve Smith, arrived in Chennai from Bangladesh after drawing a two-Test series and the match tomorrow would give them opportunity to at least switch to the One-day format.
A round-up of the second day's play of the Ranji Trophy matches across the country.
A round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Saturday
Bengal would consider themselves lucky to survive as they reached 129 for no loss in their second innings after being asked to follow, still needing 75 runs to avoid the innings defeat.
A summary of Wednesday's action in Ranji Trophy matches across the country.
A round-up of Vijay Hazare Trophy matches played across the country on Friday
A round-up of Vijay Hazare Trophy matches played across the country on Saturday.
Round up of the Ranji Trophy matches being played across the country
Round up of the Ranji Trophy games being played across the country
India Test regulars like Cheteswar Pujara and Ishant Sharma have also thrown their hat into the ring with base prices of Rs 50 and Rs 75 lakh respectively.
A round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Monday
A round-up of Ranji Trophy matches played across India on Monday
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