Services skipper Soumik Chatterjee slammed a century while Yashpal Singh hit an unbeaten 92 to take Services to 284 for four on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Group C match against Goa in Porvorim on Saturday.
He battled immense pain to guide Services to their first Ranji Trophy semi-final berth in nearly five decades but skipper Soumik Chatterjee is now harbouring an even bigger dream -- to get Sachin Tendulkar out cheaply and defeat the formidable Mumbai side.
A spirited Services beat favourites Uttar Pradesh by five wickets to enter the semi-finals of the Ranji Trophy, in Indore, on Tuesday. Chasing a meagre target of 113 to win, Services were rocked by UP pacer Ankit Rajpoot's fiery spell (5-36) and reduced to 54 for 5 in the second innings, before skipper Soumik Chatterjee and Rajat Paliwal came to the armymen's rescue and pocketed the five-day match well inside three days.
Riding on a superb all-round performance by Ravindra Jadeja, Saurashtra thrashed Tripura by an innings and 118 runs to bag a bonus point from their Ranji Trophy Group C game in Rajkot.
138 members of Bharat Scouts and Guides from West Bengal, mostly aged between 10 and 15 years, braved their way back to New Jalpaiguri railway station from Sikkim before heading home to Barrackpore near Kolkata to narrate their harrowing experience.
'Then, one fine morning, I returned to my first love.' 'All the top directors of the time were waiting for me.' 'In one day, I signed 12 films.' 'Prosenjit Chatterjee was back!'
A summary of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Sunday.
Punjab rode on a solid batting display to post a massive 560 for 6 declared before reducing Odisha to 110 for 2 in their second innings on Day 3, in their Group A Ranji Trophy match in Mohali on Tuesday.
Round up of the Ranji Trophy matches being played across the country
Jubilee's irresistible celebration of cinema and all its good, bad, ugly ways lives up to its title, applauds Sukanya Verma.
'A jumbo mess of warped notions and random ambition, Why Cheat India trivialises education and shows sympathy for deceit,' says Sukanya Verma.
A summary of the day's play in the Vijay Hazare One-day tournament.
The hits and misses of the week.
Needing 95 to win, Delhi knocked off the runs in 14.1 overs with Unmukt Chand hitting 51 off 41 balls, striking 9 fours and a six, while skipper Gautam Gambhir's 44 ball 45 had seven fours.
A summary of Monday's play in the Ranji Trophy matches at various venues across the country.
Round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches being played in different part of the country
...A hate letter to our system, feels Sreehari Nair.
Round-up of the Day Three action in the Ranji Trophy matches being played in different part of the country.
Tail-ender Javed Khan, batting with a finger injury, saved Mumbai from following-on while chasing Railways' first innings score of 242 in the rain-truncated Ranji Trophy match, in Delhi, on Wednesday. A summary of the final day's play of the league matches around the country.
Round-up of the Ranji Trophy games being played in different parts of the country
A summary of the Ranji matches played across India on Sunday.
Round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches being played in different parts of the country.
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