The one-day cricket match between India 'A' and South Africa 'A', scheduled at Motera in Ahmedabad, on Wednesday was abandoned due to a soggy outfield caused by heavy rain during the past few days.
Gautam Gambhir scored an unbeaten 95 as North Zone beat Central Zone by seven wickets in the Deodhar Trophy tournament.
India are using the ongoing ODI series against Sri Lanka as preparation for next year's World Cup and home team's captain Virat Kohli says recent performances of the pace bowlers, especially Umesh Yadav, has given him a lot of hope going into the mega-event.
India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh on Thursday came down hard on the pitch at the Sardar Patel stadium in Ahmedabad saying pitches must be prepared to suit the home bowlers.
Tamil Nadu, with consecutive wins over Haryana and Madhya Pradesh, have dashed Mumbai's hopes of making it to the final
The West Indies included pacemen Corey Collymore and Fidel Edwards for Ian Bradshaw and Dwayne Smith in the team for the match against England.
West Indies captain Brian Lara said there will be no room for experimenting in Saturday's Champions Trophy match despite his team qualifying for the semi-finals.
The Gujarat Cricket Association is seeking compensation for the use of 12 plush air-conditioned cabins it will provide to sponsors of the Champions
'The fatal mistake for the USSR was the invasion of Afghanistan.' 'Quite possibly the fatal mistake for the Chinese empire is the assault on Ladakh,' observes Rajeev Srinivasan.
Gujarat pacers Siddharth Trivedi and Hitesh Majumdar took four wickets each to skittle out Karnataka for 163
Gujarat left-arm seamer Ashraf Makda took a five-wicket haul to bundle out star-studded Rajasthan for 204.
For the first time, the Gujarat Cricket Association would provide an insurance cover of Rs 2 crore to the Pakistan team.
Trump's visit symbolised heightened partisanship and a return to chemistry between leaders defining bilateral ties, notes Kashish Parpiani.
Replying to the visitors' total of 236 for 7 in 50 overs, GCA were all out for 206 in 48.2 overs.
'Flattering press, nice photos, no major gaffes.' 'Both sides will be very happy as they are clearly measuring 'success' by a different yardstick than the world used in the past.'
'The best thing that Modi can hope for in this visit is that he is able to mobilise Indians in America to vote Republican and try and help Trump return to power,' argues Aakar Patel.
Both scored half centuries to enable Gujarat take the first innings lead against Karnataka on day 2 in the Ranji Trophy match.
The Mumbai off-spinner's five-wicket haul reduced Gujarat to 190 for 8 in their second innings in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group A match.
Gujarat were 190 for 9 on the opening day of the four-day Ranji Trophy match.
Ahmedabad will host the third and final Test between India and Sri Lanka instead of Kanpur
The experienced West Zone team will take on a relatively young East Zone in the Duleep Trophy final starting on Saturday
Kirat Damani scored 142 for Gujarat on the second day of the Ranji Trophy Elite group 'A' match being played against Madhya Pradesh.
Jacob Martin and Zaheer Khan steered West Zone to a five-wicket win over East Zone in the final.
With the series already in Team India's pocket, the likes of Gautam Gambhir and R P Singh would get chance to play in the remaining matches of the Lanka series.
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