Indian spikers continued their fine form beating Turkmenistan in straight sets in the second Asian Central Zone Championship.
Murali Kartik was on Monday ruled out of action for at least three weeks after he suffered a ligament tear of his left ankle during the Deodhar Trophy encounter between Central Zone and North Zone in Bangalore. Kartik, who had the MRI done at the Hosmat Hospital, figured in the 14-member Indian squad for the first two Tests against South Africa, announced by BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah.
Set a victory target of 296, England Lions were comfortably placed at 146 for one against Central Zone on the penultimate day of the four-day Duleep Trophy match in Vadodara on Tuesday.
Task Force personnel picked up Maqsood Ahmed alias Maqsood, 26, at a bus stand on the high-security Raj Bhavan Road.
Railway Board Chairman JP Batra, Railway Board Financial Commissioner R Sivadasan and Officer on Special Duty Sudhir Kumar burn midnight oil and help in giving shape to Lalu's vision.
A statement from the BCCI on Thursday evening said Manohar, who is a vice-president of the Board, was the only nomination for the post, election for which was to be held at the 79th Annual General Meeting in Mumbai on Friday.
Virat Singh and captain Manoj Tiwary struck unbeaten half centuries and put on a rollicking century stand for the third wicket to enable East Zone trounce star-studded North Zone by eight wickets in the Mushtaq Ali T20.
The leadership vacuum created in the Board of Control for Cricket in India following president Jagmohan Dalmiya's demise will be filled only after Board Secretary Anurag Thakur calls a Special General Meeting.
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Gopal Sharma, Yashpal Sharma and Pranab Roy were ousted from the Kiran More-led selection committee.
Central Zone beat East Zone by 123 runs in their concluding Deodhar Trophy match.
The left-hander will play for West Zone in the inter-zonal match against Central Zone before leaving for the World Cup on February 28.
After a gap of two days, the sealing of illegal commercial establishments in Delhi resumed on Monday.
Central Zone were struggling at 85 for 2 in reply to North's 443, on the second day of the Duleep Trophy match.
North Zone were 310 for 5 against Central on day 1 of the Duleep Trophy match.
Set a victory target of 419, West were 60 for 3 in their second innings at stumps on the penultimate day of the Duleep Trophy match against South Zone.
Central Zone's batsmen, led by Robin Bist, were guilty of poor shot selection as they finished on 237 for 7 against South Zone on Day 1 of the Duleep Trophy final, in Delhi, on Wednesday. Bist blew away a chance to register a hundred, getting out for 79 off 153 balls. His three-and-a-half hours' stay at the wicket was studded with 12 sweetly-timed boundaries and a six.
However, the magnitude of the Naxalite offensive came as a surprise.
The left-arm speedster ripped through the Central Zone batting and helped West Zone take control on the first day of the Duleep Trophy match.
South Zone were 158 for five in the second innings after following on the third day of the Duleep Trophy league match against Central Zone.
The all-rounder took four wickets to power Central Zone to a 25-run victory against South Zone in the Deodhar Trophy league tie.
Railways beat Uttar Pradesh by 20 runs in the one-day knock-out final.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India issued a circular to all its 27 affiliated units asking them to ensure the Indian Premier League-contracted players appear for their domestic teams instead of joining the franchises to prepare for the T20 tournament, starting in UAE next month.
The Deodhar Trophy is scheduled to begin at various centres of the Central Zone later this month.
Opener Dheeraj Jadhav struck an unbeaten half century to guide West Zone to a seven-wicket victory over Central Zone.
South Zone took command of their Duleep Trophy semi-final after dismissing Central for a mere 209 and scoring 137 for 2 in reply on the second day of the match, in Chennai, on Friday.
Syed Abbas Ali compiled a strokeful 122 as Central Zone made 248 for three on the first day against the visiting Bangladesh team.
Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai will play against Rest of India in the Zal Irani Cup from October 22-26.
They beat North Zone by nine wickets in a low-scoring five-day final that ended in under two-and a-half days.
Nayan Mongia will be the wicketkeeper for the four-day league match against Central Zone in the Duleep Trophy.
J P Yadav took 5 for 26 as North Zone were bowled out for a paltry 104 in their first innings on the opening day of the Duleep Trophy final.
The Central Zone vs Bangladesh match scheduled to be held in Jaipur from March 1, would now be held at the Railways ground in Delhi.
Suresh Raina and Abbas Ali shared a 55-run stand for the fourth wicket to chase 139 runs on a difficult track.
Central Zone need 137 to win after J P Yadav took his second five-wicket haul of the match to dismiss East for 134 in the second innings.
Central Zone struggled to 74 for four after bowling out East for 194 on the opening day of the Dulep Trophy tie.
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