An unfinished of 119 between keeper Tilak Naidu (84) and Sunil Joshi (36) helped Karnataka reach 301 for 6 against Haryana on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'A' match.
Karnataka were shot out for 85 runs by hosts Baroda on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy match.
Karnataka beat Maharashtra by an innings and eight runs to register their first win of the season.
Karnataka captain R Vinay Kumar's led from the front with a six-wicket haul as the Ranji Trophy champions gained upperhand against Rest of India on the first day of the Irani Cup match despite a gutsy effort from wicketkeepe-batsman Dinesh Karthik.
Karnataka has three points from four matches and Maharashtra four from as many outings.
India's bench strength will be tested when a second string team takes on Zimbabwe.
The off-spinner twisted his ankle during practice in Montego Bay (Jamaica) on Monday.
Rest of India takes on Ranji champions Railways in the season-opening Irani Trophy match, in Delhi, from October 1 to 5.
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the important numbers after the third week of IPL 2020.
'I bring a lot of variety to any team I play for. I keep wickets, I field pretty well and I can bat up and down the order. I think I bring about a certain kind of advantage if I am utilised in the right manner.'
India 'A' were 117 for no loss against Australia 'A', needing 365 more runs for victory, as bad weather washed out the final day.
The Indians were set a mammoth 482 by Australia 'A' to win the Top End series match.
Gujarat need 37 runs, with seven wickets in hand, for a win over Karnataka.
Delhi Capitals advisor Sourav Ganguly described Shikhar Dhawan as one of the best opening batsmen in the world while revealing that his franchise was "desperate" to rope in the left-hander after he left Sunrisers Hyderabad.
The Queen's Baton of the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games was showcashed at the historic Qutub Minar as the QBR's India leg ended on the second day of its stop in New Delhi on Sunday.
India rested Irfan Pathan and Ramesh Powar and brought in Robin Uthappa and Munaf Patel in their place for the inconsequential fifth ODI against the West Indies.
India opted for a four-man pace attack in the rain-delayed first ODI against the West Indies.
Depleted by the absence of high-profile names, Indian Premier League 2014 champions Kolkata Knight Riders have a tough task on hand when they lock horns with formidable Chennai Super Kings in the opening Group 'A' match of the Champions League T20, in Hyderabad, on Wednesday.
Their fate hanging in balance, a loss in the penultimate league round match may virtually sound the death knell for one of the two teams.
Kolkata Knight Riders will aim for their third win on the trot and end the home leg on a high.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
India Red predictably completed the formalities polishing off the India Green lower order early on the fourth and final day to win the inaugural Day-Night Duleep Trophy encounter by a comprehensive 219-run margin in Noida.
An inspired India battered Oman 8-0 in the opening match of the Asia Cup on Saturday.
Irfan's all-round show helps Baroda trounce MP by 53 runs; UP humbles Mumbai and Bengal lose to Vidarbha
Delhi Daredevils face a herculean task to revive their IPL campaign when they clash with Kolkata Knight Riders
Table-toppers Kolkata Knight Riders and a transformed Kings XI Punjab cross swords in an Indian Premier League contest in which big-hitting Jamaicans Andre Russell and Chris Gayle will be up against each other in Kolkata on Saturday.
Resuming on 237 for four, Mumbai were bowled out for 344
Ashok Menaria produced an all-round show as India 'A' scored a convincing six-wicket victory over New Zealand 'A' in the second one-dayer between the countries to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday.
Ashok Menaria and Kedar Jadhav hit half centuries as India 'A' scored a nail-biting two-wicket victory over New Zealand 'A' in the third and final one-dayer in Visakhapatnam on Thursday. The victory, which was achieved with four balls to spare, gave the hosts a 3-0 series triumph.
Talismanic midfielder Sardar Singh will lead an experimental 18-member India hockey team, which will be without as many as seven players including senior goalkeeper and vice-captain P R Sreejesh, in the 25th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup to be held in Ipoh, Malaysia next month.
As far as Bangladesh were concerned, there was nothing worth mentioning except for a fifty each from captain Mushfiqur Rahim (59) and Shakib Al Hasan (52), the latter emerging as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) on account of his all-round showing in the series as he also claimed six wickets with his left-arm spin.
The third ODI between India and Bangladesh was called off after heavy showers rendered the ground unfit for play in Mirpur on Thursday.
South Zone managed 327 for 9 by the lose of play on the opening day of the Duleep Trophy match against North Zone.
Rajneesh Gupta lists some amazing coincidences in cricket -- a feature guaranteed to amuse you in these anxious times.
A round-up of all the Ranji Trophy matches played on Saturday
Karnataka batsmen did not capitalise on their starts and were restricted to 273 for 8 in their first innings on the third day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'A' match.
The Delhi captain's unbeaten century helped his team register a huge score of 427 for seven against Karnataka.
You do wonder why this is so, especially because top Indian players earn significantly higher amounts than their international counterparts with similar or greater ability. Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji identify the Most Valuable Players in the IPL so far.
Sunil Narine and Chris Lynn ripped apart the Rajasthan Royals bowlers to fire Kolkata Knight Riders to an emphatic eight-wicket victory in the Indian Premier League in Jaipur on Sunday.
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