Ben Stokes was on 26 and Rajasthan had lost two quick wickets and were languishing at 55-2.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Wednesday announced that they would retain only India's middle-order batsman Virat Kohli for another two years, in the Indian Premier League.
A formidable South Zone team will start as clear favourites against defending champions East Zone in the semi-final of the Duleep Trophy starting from on Sunday at the VDCA ground.
Defending champions Chennai Super Kings would need to lift themselves after a nightmarish start to the season as they target their first win of IPL 2022 when they take on a high-flying Royal Challengers Bangalore on Tuesday.
Robin Uthappa scored a solid 88 as India beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the final.
Team India discards -- Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha and Amit Mishra, and the Pathan brothers -- will get another opportunity to stake a claim in the national team at the annual NKP Salve Challenger Trophy which gets underway in Nagpur on Monday.
Cricket fraternity extends wishes to Sourav Ganguly on his 51st birthday
CSK, LSG seek improvement in top-order batting after opening losses
Delhi Daredevils won the 'Battle of the Minnows' as they defeated Pune Warriors by 15 runs in the Indian Premier League in Raipur on Sunday.
Standout performances by the two batsmen helped the hosts register a thumping seven-wicket victory over Pune Warriors.
Images from the IPL Nights, held across the country after the Twenty20 matches.
The fifth edition of the IPL will get underway from April 4 and Botha said he and his team-mates are looking forward to perform for their respective franchises in the two-month long tournament in India.
Seamer Harshal Patel wreaked havoc as Haryana enforced follow-on on hosts Karnataka in a group league game of the Ranji Trophy in Hubli on Monday.
Lokesh Rahul and Murlidharen Gautam slammed unbeaten centuries to help Karnataka pile up 308 for two against Vidarbha on the opening day of the their four-day Group-B Ranji Trophy match in Mysore.
Young batsman Baba Aparajith scored his maiden first class hundred before skipper Dinesh Karthik hit a composed 154 as Tamil Nadu piled up a huge 538 for four against Karnataka on day two of their Ranji Trophy Group B match in Chennai on Saturday.
Robin Uthappa's 16th first-class century helped Karnataka take a big first-innings lead of 263 to take the home side to a strong position on second day of their Ranji Trophy Group A match against Jammu and Kashmir.
Pune Warriors pacer Ashish Nehra has blamed the fielding lapses and not playing the full quota of 20 overs for his team's seven-wicket loss to Kings XI Punjab in their IPL match at the PCA stadium, in Mohali, on Thursday night.
Pune Warriors recovered from a shaky start to score their second consecutive victory in the Indian Premier League as they defeated Kings XI Punjab by 22 runs in Pune on Sunday.
Statistical highlights of the Indian Premier League match between Chennai Super Kings and Pune Warriors, in Chennai, on Wednesday.
Images from the Indian Premier League match netween Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings in Chennai.
Rahul Dravid is to straightaway plunge into domestic cricket after playing in the drawn second and final Test against England at Mohali.
India discard Robin Uthappa, who captained Karnataka in the Ranji Trophy final against Mumbai, looks back on the match and his own form this season.
Veteran Anil Kumble showed the fire in him was still burning as he rallied Royal Challengers from a disastrous start to a runners-up finish in the second season of the IPL. The ace leg spinner was instrumental in the team's revival while veterans Rahul Dravid and Jacques Kallis also made notable contributions as it finished behind Deccan Chargers.
CSK's official Twitter handle posted a video in which the likes of Sam Curran, Dwayne Bravo, Robin Uthappa, Cheteshwar Pujara can be seen paying a tribute to all frontline workers.
Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir chose not to be harsh on his fielders, who missed chances galore in Sunday's Champions League Twenty20 contest against Lahore Lions, saying the team has worked hard in its impressive 11-match winning streak.
Hussey said CSK had a very balanced squad, adding the new recruits Moeen Ali, K Gowtham and Robin Uthappa were 'excellent additions'.
Mumbai Indians captain Sachin Tendulkar was named best batsman while Deccan Chargers' Pragyan Ojha bagged the best bowler honour at a glitzy IPL Awards Night in Mumbai on Friday.
Kevin Pietersen hit his first half-century in the IPL to power Royal Challengers Bangalore to a thumping six-wicket victory over Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League match, in Mohali, on Friday. Pietersen finished unbeaten 66 from 44 balls, having hit seven boundaries and a six, to guide Bangalore to 184 for four in 19.1 overs.
South Zone produced solid batting to take control of the final against North, reaching 298 for three on the second day of the Duleep trophy match in Viaskhapatnam on Thursday. Three South Zone batsmen -- Robin Uthappa (66), S Badrinath (97 not out) and Manish Pandey (74) -- smashed individual half-centuries as they posted a solid reply to North's first innings total of 337 in 70 overs.
India's batting mainstay Gautam Gambhir became the highest-paid player in the history of the Indian Premier League when he was purchased by Kolkata Knight Riders for a whopping $2.4m.
India's cricket selectors did a volte-face on Thursday when they brought in seniors to replace youngsters for the ODI series in Sri Lanka and Champions Trophy. It was not surprising that Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh made a comeback and making way for them were Robin Uthappa, Piyush Chawla, Yusuf Pathan and Manpreet Singh Gony.
Karnataka batsman Lokesh Rahul gave the selectors food for thought before the upcoming Australia tour, scoring a classy century which gave South Zone a vital first innings lead against Central Zone on Day 2 of the Duleep Trophy final, in Delhi, on Thursday. Replying to Central's first innings total of 276, South rode the opener's unbeaten 168 to end the day on 308 for three, a lead of 32 runs, at the Feroz Shah Kotla.
India coach Gary Kirsten has backed his new generation of batsmen to seamlessly replace the experienced order ahead of next week's Asian Cup.
IMAGES from the IPL 2022 opening game between CSK vs KKR in Mumbai, on Saturday
Team India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his deputy Yuvraj Singh will represent different Air India teams in the September 1-8 BCCI Corporate Trophy.
Mumbai Indians captain Sachin Tendulkar on Sunday heaped praise on West Indian Dwayne Bravo for his all-round effort that set the platform for the thrilling two-run win over Royal Challengers Bangalore in a Group B match of the Champions League Twenty20 tournament in Durban on Sunday.
Prominent among those missing from the 30-member list for the September 24-October 5 tournament in South Africa are Irfan Pathan and Robin Uthappa.
Paceman RP Singh was on Monday rewarded for his consistent performance in the ongoing IPL with a recall while fellow-speedster Munaf Patel was dropped from India's 15-member squad for next month's Twenty20 World Cup in England.
Sachin Tendulkar on Sunday said batsmen need to put up a good total if they are to win matches in the Indian Premier League after going down by nine wickets to Royal Challengers Bangalore in Johannesburg.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni will lead an 18-man squad for the Test series against England. Opener Gautam Gambhir, whose last Test was in 2012, makes a comeback while two uncapped medium pacers - Ishwar Pandey and Pankaj Singh - find a place in the team after Zaheer Khan, who had to set out of the India leg of the Indian Premier League following a back injury, was overlooked.
