Thanks to Rameez Khan's hundred and a half-century knock by Anand Rajan, Madhya Pradesh posted 377 all out in their first innings and then reduced Railways to 63 for three on the second day of their Group A Ranji Trophy match in Bhubaneswar on Sunday.
Amitoze Singh and Manpreet Gony shared six wickets as Punjab restricted Hyderabad to 244 for 7 on Day 1 of their Group A Ranji Trophy league match at the PCA stadium, in Mohali, on Friday.
A Group B Ranji Trophy match between Odisha and Jharkhand, which was scheduled to be played in Dindigul, in Tamil Nadu, from December 7, will be rescheduled.
A round-up of the Vijay Hazare Trophy matches played on Monday
Although Ojha's international career never took off, the Ujjain-born player has played 146 first-class games notching up 9,753 runs
There is a possibility that some of the senior India players may play against England Lions when they tour India for a full-fledged series in end January-February.
Yuvraj Singh-led Punjab go into the game after an innings victory at home over Railways that came about after a strong all round show with their batsmen mustering over 600 runs and their bowlers backing up well.
A round-up of Ranji matches played on Sunday
Former Delhi & Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) secretary Sunil Dev passed away on Wednesday after a prolonged illness.
Mumbai pace spearhead Dhawal Kulkarni is being sent to Australia on an urgent basis as replacement for injured Indian seamer Bhuvaneshwar Kumar.
The International Cricket Council has recommended a ban on saliva to minimise the risk of infection and the CAB has gone a step further, banning the use of sweat too, following the advice of its medical committee.
An extensive experience of playing the Big Bash League in Australia contributed to Jos Buttler and Alex Hales' absolute dominance over India in the T20 World Cup semi-final, said head coach Rahul Dravid.
Kalra was in line to replace senior opener Shikhar Dhawan in the Ranji squad but as it now stands, he will not play any further.
A summary of the third day's play in the Ranji Trophy matches at various venues across the country.
Karnataka's record-breaking triple centurion Karun Nair says he just applied himself and played to the merit of the ball during his unbeaten 310 against Tamil Nadu in the Ranji Trophy final.
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.
While former Delhi skipper Mithun Manhas will be the chief coach, Klusener's appointment is certainly the most high profile among the support staff across domestic teams.
Amol Muzumdar scored his 19th Ranji Trophy century as Mumbai scored 232 for 4 on day one against Railways.
Mumbai ended day one on 283 for five against Gujarat in the Ranji Trophy match on Monday.
Dinesh Karthik followed up on his 92 in the first innings with a match-saving 103 not out in the second to help Tamil Nadu walk away with one point against Bengal in their Ranji Trophy Group A match at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday.
The India captain will become the first Indian cricketer to be bestowed with the honour on three occasions.
A summary of the third day's play in the Elite Division Ranji Trophy matches.
Delhi had got three points by virtue of their first innings lead but the victory helped them top the group with 23 points. Saurashtra finished with the same tally but Delhi had a superior run quotient.
Karnataka inflicted an innings and 20 runs defeat on Mumbai with more than a day to spare in the Ranji Trophy quarter-final in Nagpur on Sunday to move into the semi-finals in convincing fashion.
Delhi piled up 337 for two wickets on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy Group A match against Karnataka.
Delhi's spinner Chetanya Nanda claimed three wickets on the opening day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Elite Group match in Dharamsala on Saturday.
Skipper Manoj Tiwary showed the way as Bengal produced a much improved batting performance in the second innings against Mumbai in a group A encounter in Nagpur. After Ashok Dinda's 22nd five wicket haul in first class cricket enabled Bengal to restrict Mumbai to 229, Bengal scored 198 for 3 in 61 overs.
The medium pacer claimed five wickets as Maharashtra restricted Mumbai to 175 in the first innings and took a lead of 38 runs, on day 2 of the Ranji Trophy match.
Karnataka has three points from four matches and Maharashtra four from as many outings.
Following on, Maharashtra were 148 for 6 in their second innings, still 177 behind Mumbai's first innings of 515 in the Ranji Trophy match.
The trio will represent the 36-time champions in the last round Ranji Trophy match against Maharashtra.
Punjab conceded a 23-run first innings lead to Hyderabad after being bowled out for 356 in reply to the visitors total of 379 on the third day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Super League group 'B' match on Saturday.
Mukesh is one of the few players in recent times to have made it to the Indian limited overs squad without ever having played in the IPL.
Khoda hurt at not being given chance to defend himself
Kerala captain Sreekumar Nair and Sureshkumar shared seven wickets amongst themselves in the Ranji Trophy match.
After restricting Bengal to 238, Karnataka, who were dismissed for 89 in the first innings, were 317 for 5 in their second essay in the Ranji Trophy semi-final.
After restricting Services to 241, Haryana were 221 for 6 in the first innings at the end of day 2 in the Ranji Trophy match.
Upadhaya fell eight runs short of his maiden first class century while Sarabjit is unbeaten on 78 on the opening day of their final Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'B' match.
Chasing 136 for victory, Hyderabad made heavy weather of the target in the Ranji Trophy match.
Gujarat are still 335 runs behind Bengal's first innings score of 462.
