Barrington Rowland's painstaking 81 enabled Karnataka end the first day in the Ranji Trophy match against Delhi on 231 for 6.
After making Tamil Madu follow-on, Mumbai chased a victory target of 197 at the loss of only one wicket
Wasim Jaffer scored 162 to help his team recover from 27 for 2 to 372 for 6 on the opening day in the Elite Group 'A' match against Tamil Nadu.
Chasing a modest 145 for victory, Uttar Pradesh were sent packing for just 104 by pacers Joginder Sharma and Sachin Rana, who took five wickets each.
Baroda were 58 for four at close on the second day in the Elite 'B' Group Ranji Trophy match against Andhra.
In reply, Railways were tottering at 84 for eight in their second innings on the third day of the Elite 'A' group Ranji Trophy match.
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.
BCCI has summoned 20 potential all-rounders for a near three-week camp at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru.
Kerala were bowled out for a paltry 165 on the opening day of the Group-A Elite Ranji Trophy match.
Uttar Pradesh, needing 275 runs for victory, were bundled out for 122 in their second innings in the 'Elite' Ranji Trophy match.
The middle-order batsman pulled Hyerabad out of the woods on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy match against Karnataka.
Pace bowler N P Singh claimed six wickets as Hyderabad gained a vital 143 run lead over the hosts.
This year's Ranji Trophy had been marred by umpiring howlers and fatigue was a reason cited by many for the bloopers.
'... And give him the confidence and freedom to express himself.'
The last time he took charge, Ravi Shastri gave the Indian team a new josh after the 2007 World Cup debacle. Can he do so this time as well?
'Everything else runs because of the IPL, there is so much money involved so the IPL definitely needs to happen.'
The BCCI is planning to replace the official kookaburra ball with SG white for India's limited overs matches at home.
Shah recently visited the northeastern states of Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim.
As per the revised contracts, the players in the A+ category will get Rs 7 crore, while ones in the A, B and C will get Rs 5 crore, Rs 3 crore and Rs 1 crore respectively.
"The granting of the Freedom of the City of London recognises how they have added their voices to the growing global movement to stamp out racism."
And no, the commercial sporting leagues didn't cause the drought, says Shekhar Gupta.
Ponting shrugged off Australia's injury worries and the idea of there being risk in rushing Smith and Warner into the team.