Harbhajan has expressed his massive displeasure with the "lack of respect" for the Saurashtra man and the fact that the yardstick to judge performances hasn't been same for every senior player.
'He will be missed by all of us in Saurashtra.'
'I am confident of my skills more than ever.'
Supremely versatile and unique, Ravindra Jadeja is now an indispensable part of the Indian Test set-up.
Wasim Jaffer wants a rejigged domestic season to ensure that the players get enough breaks and are not rushed into tournaments.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday urged the Board of Control for Cricket in India to consider a substantial pay hike for domestic cricketers plying their trade in Ranji Trophy.
Punjab notched up a comprehensive eight-wicket victory over Sauarashtra on the third day of their Group A Ranji Trophy match in Mohali.
Ashish Reddy picked up four wickets for Hyderabad before Sheldon Jackson's half-century rescued Saurashtra on Day 1 of their Group A Ranji Trophy match.
Young left-hander Vaibhav Rawal's impressive show continued as he scored a century to help Delhi pile up a massive 523 for nine declared on the second of their final group league encounter against Vidarbha in Nagpur on Sunday.
Cheteshwar Pujara scored a scintillating century to place Saurashtra in a dominating position on the third day against Rajasthan
Taruwar Kohli scored an unbeaten triple century and shared a 264-run fourth wicket stand with Uday Kaul (113 not out) as the Ranji Trophy quarter-final between Punjab and Jharkhand, in Jamshedpur, ended in a tame draw on Thursday. Punjab entered the last-four stage by virtue of a first innings lead of 298 runs.
Rituraj Singh took a four-wicket haul to help Rajasthan take a slender 35-run lead over Hyderabad after bundling them out for 349 on the third and penultimate day of their Ranji Trophy Group A tie in Jaipur on Monday.
Delhi bowlers produced a collective effort as they enforced follow-on upon Vidarbha on the third day of their crucial final group B league encounter of the Ranji Trophy at the old VDCA ground in Nagpur on Monday.
Pune Warriors seamer Krishna Kant Upadhyay and unknown Ranjit Mali from Assam rocked the depleted Bengal batting to give Railways a 77-run first innings lead thereby raising hopes of staying in the Group A.
Defending champions Uttar Pradesh earned two points on account of their first innings lead as their Ranji Trophy Super League match against Saurashtra ended in a draw.
Pujara will compete in both first-class and List A games for Sussex.
A new-look Indian team, led by Shikhar Dhawan, will be hoping to make a statement and be in the reckoning for next year's 50-over World Cup when the three-match ODI series against South Africa begins in Lucknow on Thursday.
Saurashtra ended day three of their Ranji Trophy Super League Group A match against Mumbai on 364 for 7.
Ashish Hooda scalped four wickets for 39 runs in an impressive pace bowling spell as Haryana came back into their Ranji Trophy Group 'A' match against Bengal on the third and penultimate day, in Lahli, on Sunday.
Opener KL Rahul will be playing for India 'A' in their first unofficial Test against England Lions to be held in Wayanad from February 7-10.
Repeated snubs from the Indian team selectors will not deter Unadkat
Wasim Jaffer led from the front with an unbeaten 162 as Mumbai, with Sachin Tendulkar yet to bat, piled up 268 for one on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy semi-final match against Saurashtra in Chennai on Sunday. At stumps, Jaffer had Ajinkya Rahane (52) for company after the duo had completed their individual 1000 runs this season.
With the return of Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan, Mumbai is undoubtedly the superior side on paper, but Saurashtra skipper Jaydev Shah said he and his young teammates are determined to give the former champions a run for their money in the four-day Ranji Trophy semi-final match commencing on Sunday.
While the two T20 matches will be a precursor to the ODI series, vice-captain Rohit Sharma is likely to be given a short break to rejuvenate and come back fresh for the ODIs.
Mumbai's innings folded up at 463, 21 runs short of the Saurashtra total. The match was called off before the mandatory overs.
Cheteshwar Pujara is India's latest run-machine. The 20-year-old has already amassed 876 runs in eight matches and ensured Saurashtra a place in the semi-finals of the Ranji Trophy for a second year running.
Skipper Robin Uthappa played a sparkling knock of 139 to save Karnataka from a total rout by Saurashtra on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy quarter-final tie at the Brabourne Stadium, in Mumbai on Friday.
The domestic season-ending five-day Irani Cup game between newly crowned Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai and the Rest of India, commencing in Mumbai from Sunday, will provide fringe players a good opportunity to stake claims for the national team. The first class match is the last occasion for hopefuls from both ranks to impress the five-member national selection panel headed by Sandeep Patil before attention shifts totally to the T20 format, commencing with the ICC World T20 Championships. With the country expected to play over 15 Test matches post Indian Premier League till the end of next season, this match is the ideal platform for these players to strengthen their claims for the long Test haul. Mumbai, who clinched the Ranji crown for the 41st time last week by defeating Saurashtra by an innings, have a settled combination led by wicket keeper batsman Aditya Tare. They appear to be better prepared than the motley bunch of Rest of India, being led by Madhya Pradesh stumper Naman Ojha. However, they would take the Rest of India lightly at their own peril as the latter have a good bowling attack at their command even without originally named Barinder Sran and Nathu Singh who have been injured and replaced by Ankit Rajpoot and Anureet Singh, according to their coach Ashish Kapoor.
Hosts Karantaka fought back hard after conceding a slender 19-run first innings lead by reducing Saurashtra to 183 for eight wickets in their second knock on the penultimate day of the four-day 'Ranji Trophy Elite Group A' match in Mysore.
Round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches being played in different parts of the country.
The India captain is currently playing for Karnataka in a Ranji Trophy match against Saurashtra at Rajkot.
Laxman talked about how to control the mind in order to avoid playing loose shots, importance of batting in the first one hour of play on bowling friendly pitches.
Splendid bowling by medium pacers Sudip Tyagi (3/24) and Praveen Kumar (2/39) guided Uttar Pradesh to the brink of victory on the second day of their five-day Ranji Trophy semi-final match against Saurashtra, being played at the Motibaug Palace Cricket Ground in Vadodara on Sunday.
A five-wicket haul by Vinay Kumar helped Karnataka restrict Saurashtra's score to 229 for eight on the opening day.
With rain playing spoilsport,Tamil Nadu's chances of scoring an outright win received a setback as only 116 minutes of play was possible and Saurashtra's first innings is yet to be completed in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'A' match in progress in Chennai.
Openers Abhinav Mukund and M Vijay put on 256 runs for the first wicket As Tamil Nadu scored 262 for 1 against Saurashtra on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy match in Chennai.
A 199-run opening partnership between Aakash Chopra and Shikhar Dhawan tilted the balance decisively in Delhi's favour and the hosts held all the aces against Saurashtra in the four-day Ranji Trophy Super League tie at the Roshanara Club ground.
Mishra played a valuable innings of 84 to help Haryana reach the 300-run mark and claimed two wickets when Surashtra batted on Day 2 of the Ranji Trophy match.
Kalyan Krishnan took 3 for 47 as Andhra beat Saurashtra by 78 runs in the Ranji Trophy Elite division match.
