Cheteshwar Pujara starred with an unbeaten 53 as eight-time champion West Zone thrashed minnows Zimbabwe President's XI by six wickets to comfortably sail into the final of the Zonal One-Dayers for Deodhar Trophy in Cuttack on Monday.
A round-up of the third day's play of the Ranji Trophy Super League matches on Sunday.
With the series already in their pocket, India will now aim for a 7-0 whitewash in the one-day series against England as they go into the fifth game in Cuttack on Wednesday with the intention of giving some of the bench players the chance to prove their worth. The hosts have taken an unassailable 4-0 lead but Mahendra Singh Dhoni's bravehearts are not likely to show any mercy on the visitors in the day-night contest at the Barabati stadium.
Rookie medium pacer Sudeep Tyagi sliced through Orissa's batting capturing six wickets for 46 as the hosts crumbled for 216 on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group B match against Uttar Pradesh on Saturday.
The Delhi and District Cricket Association has offered to host the two IPL play-off games scheduled in Pune after the Bombay High Court ordered for their shifting from Maharashtra owing to the water crisis in the state.
Suresh Raina slammed 203 as Uttar Pradesh scored 410 for 7 in reply to Orissa's modest 216.
Himachal Pradesh beat Railways by seven wickets in the Ranji Trophy Plate division semi-finals to qualify for next season's Super League.
Confirming the news, SSP Shalabh Mathur said the state administration official has also decided to put up a 10-feet net in front of the stands so that a similar incident wouldn't be repeated.
In the other matches, Manipur trounced Nagaland by 10 wickets in the battle of newcomers while Jammu and Kashmir defeated Andhra Pradesh by five wickets.
The Indian team's media manager Rajan Nair said the Bengal batsman has recovered from a bad cough and will play the second match of the series against the West Indies.
Kohli appeared to enhance his formidable reputation of anchoring successful chases but his dismissal in the 47th over injected fresh drama into the contest.
South Africa clinched the Twenty20 series with a comfortable six-wicket win over a lacklustre India in the second match, which was marred by shameful and unruly crowd behaviour at the Barabati stadium in Cuttack.
Sudeep Tyagi took 10 wickets in the match as Uttar Pradesh beat Orissa by an innings and 10 runs.
MP clinched a five-wicket victory over Orissa on the last day of the Plate division semi-final.
The Test discard spell of five for 24 enabled Orissa skittle out Maharashtra for a paltry 77 on the opening day of their four-day Ranji Trophy Plate division match.
Sri Lanka 'A' crushed West Zone by 195 runs in the Duleep Trophy.
Orissa took a vital 60-run first innings lead against Madhya Pradesh on the third day of the Ranji trophy Plate division semi-final.
Madhya Pradesh leg spinner Yogesh Golwarkar took six for 95 to bowl out Orissa for 318 in their first innings of the Ranji Trophy Plate division semi-final.
An unbeaten 96 by Pravanjan Mallick helped Orissa post 217 for four on the first day of the Ranji Trophy Plate division semi-final against Madhya Pradesh.
A round-up of Day 1 of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Thursday.
The left-arm spinner claimed 5 for 33 as Central won the Deodhar Trophy match by 51 runs.
Chasing a victory target of 440, Himachal Pradesh were 83 for two at close on the third day of their four-day Ranji Trophy Plate division group B match against Orissa at the Barabati stadium.
After conceding a 127-run lead to Orissa, they amassed 161 for 2 in their second knock in the Ranji Trophy Plate group match.
Orissa beat Goa by an innings and 99 runs to claim five points from the Ranji Trophy Plate division match.
Orissa declared their innings at 466 for eight, taking a first innings lead of 231 runs, and then reduced Goa to 41 for one in their second knock.
A maiden unbeaten knock of 119 by opener Swapnil Asnodkar helped Goa to a position of strength.
An excited crowd made a beeline at the Barabati Stadium but to their disappointment captain Virat Kohli and most of the Indian players skipped the optional practice session on the eve of the second ODI against England.
As the teams gear up for the second ODI at Cuttack, the visiting England team will certainly feel a bit deflated after failing to defend a total of 350 despite having got four top-order batsmen back in the hut for less than 100.
A summary of the first day's proceedings in the Ranji Trophy matches across the country.
A round-up of all the Ranji Trophy matches played on Friday.
Following the heart-wrenching defeat in the first ODI in Pune on Sunday, England pacer Jake Ball has insisted that his team would try to ruin India's party when the two sides meet in the next game in Cuttack on Thursday.
A round-up of results from the Ranji Trophy matches played on Sunday.
Summary of all Ranji Trophy matches played on Saturday
The pitch hasn't witnessed competitive cricket since then and to make matters worse, some football matches were played in the multipurpose stadium.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has sought a report from the Orissa Cricket Association on the crowd trouble during Monday's Twenty20 match against South Africa which has prompted calls for a ban on the venue.
"It was a bad ODI series but we have to take good things from the first match. There were a lot of positives. We have to flush out the negatives. It's a new series and we hope to start well," Perera said on the eve of the T20I series opener at the Barabati Stadium.
Jadeja wasn't a regular part of the white-ball set-up but came into the scheme of things closer to the ODI World Cup in England.
Hitting out at critics, India's star batsman Virat Kohli says he is not bothered about the questions being raised about his technique.
'Virat is a born captain. He used to be the captain in the academy as well in childhood'
A round up of the fourth and final day's action of the Ranji Trophy matches on Sunday.
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