England Lions were bundled out for a paltry 155 in the first innings by Central Zone which have taken an overall lead of 138 runs on the second day of the four-day Duleep Trophy cricket match in Vadodara on Monday.
The tourists won the three-day match, ahead of their Duleep Trophy campaign, by 30 runs, at the Brabourne stadium in Mumbai, on Thursday.
West Zone secured three vital points by virtue of their first innings lead over Central Zone in the four-day Duleep Trophy cricket match which ended in draw at Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground in Rajkot on Tuesday.
A defiant 160 by Central Zone skipper Mohd Kaif could not help his side to take all important first inning lead over West Zone in Duleep Trophy as the former were bundled out at 384, 27 runs short of West Zone 411.
Central Zone were 237 for five in their first innings, in reply to West Zone's 411 in the Duleep Trophy.
North Zone medium pacers made most of the grassy wicket at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad on Saturday, bundling out South Zone for a paltry 157 in the first innings of the Duleep Trophy match.
In order to raise the dwindling number of spectators in the stadium, the Board of Control for Cricket in India last week said it is all set to host its first-ever day/night cricket Test with the pink ball against New Zealand in October.
The batting ace said he is fit and ready to face Pakistan in the coming series.
Jaiswal's 213 off 259 balls was well complemented by opener Abhimanyu Easwaran's 154
India's latest batting sensation Prithvi Shaw caught up with his idol Sachin Tendulkar in Mumbai on Monday.
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.
The Mumbai off-spinner said his ability to score runs in crunch situations down the order won him selection to the India one-day team.
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.
Venugopal Rao hit an unbeaten 228 as South Zone won the Duleep Trophy match by six wickets.
Wasim Jaffer's unbeaten 58 helped West Zone crush South Zone by seven wickets on the fourth and final day of the Duleep Trophy match.
East Zone registered a nine-wicket victory over North Zone after bowling them out for 240 in the second innings.
'You have to ask the BCCI and selectors; that's not something I can answer,' he said, when asked about the chances of Sourav Ganguly returing to the Indian team.
Ganguly recorded his 24th first class hundred during the Duleep Trophy match between East Zone and North Zone at Rajkot on Friday.
Nayan Mongia will be the wicketkeeper for the four-day league match against Central Zone in the Duleep Trophy.
The East zone selectors today named Sourav Ganguly as skipper for the forthcoming Duleep Trophy.
The BCCI Working Committee will meet to ratify the participation of Zimbabwe 'A' in this year's Duleep Trophy
Medium-pacer Mohammed Shami has been ruled out of the five-match ODI series against Sri Lanka starting November 2, due to an injury. Maharashtra medium-pacer Dhawal Kulkarni will replaced him in the 15-member Indian squad, to be led by Virat Kohli, for the first three ODIs.
RCB all-rounder Swapnil Singh, who entered the IPL in the second half and made an immediate impact, opened up on his "emotional" cricketing journey that saw him experience numerous ups and downs and his relationship with star batter Virat Kohli.
North Zone were 627 for 7 in reply to Sri Lanka A's first innings' 296, at close on day 3 of the Duleep Trophy match.
North Zone were 321-2 in the first innings on day 2 of the Duleep Trophy match against Sri Lanka 'A'.
North were 51 for no loss at close on day 1 in the Duleep Trophy final.
South Zone scored a commanding 333 for four against Sri Lanka A on the third day of the Duleep Trophy.
Sri Lanka 'A' took a 61-run first innings lead over South Zone on the second day of their four-day Group 'A' Duleep Trophy match.
East Zone were 22-2 in the first innings in reply to North's 504 on day 2 of the Duleep Trophy match.
Gautam Gambhir hit a magnificent 86 to propel North Zone to a comfortable 252 for four against East Zone.
North Zone took a first innings lead of 155 runs after skittling Central Zone out for 288 on the penultimate day of the Duleep Trophy match.
West Zone, replying to Sri Lanka's first innings of 325, were all out for 149 on day 2 of the Duleep Trophy match.
Central Zone were struggling at 85 for 2 in reply to North's 443, on the second day of the Duleep Trophy match.
Sri Lanka 'A' were all out for 325 on the first day of the four-day Duleep Trophy match against West Zone.
North Zone were 310 for 5 against Central on day 1 of the Duleep Trophy match.
They claimed four points in their Duleep Trophy opening tie.
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.
Ashok Dinda's six-wicket haul and Rohan Gavaskar's fine half-century gave East Zone a healthy lead over Central Zone in their four-day Duleep Trophy match.
Anil Kumble claimed four wickets and S Sreesanth three to restrict West Zone to 180 for 9 on the second day of the Duleep Trophy match against South Zone.
India captain Virat Kohli, on Wednesday, said that for the game cricket to sustain globally, Test cricket needs to be the premier format.
