Manoj Tiwary and Robin Uthappa have been named India 'A' captains of the four-day and one-day squads respectively, which will leave for a month-long tour of Australia.
His three-year wait finally over, Karnataka pacer R Vinay Kumar vowed to put his best foot forward if he gets an opportunity in the forthcoming Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies.
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A devastating six-wicket haul by paceman Abhishek Nayar helped Mumbai restrict Himachal Pradesh to 250 in their first innings in their Ranji Trophy quarter-final match in Ahmedabad on Friday.
'Playing with international stalwarts in the IPL makes a big, positive, difference.'
With Rohit Sharma nursing a finger injury and Shikhar Dhawan struggling with his form, India discard Robin Uthappa is eager to earn the opening slot in the national team with some good performances in the upcoming season, which ends with 2015 World Cup.
Fractured finger, swollen neck, bruised eye and gashed knee, Shikhar Dhawan endured a painful 2019 but the India opener is ready to make a fresh start reminding one that he 'hasn't forgotten how to bat'. Dhawan, who will be leading Delhi in their Ranji Trophy game against Hyderabad, is back after recovering from a knee injury sustained during the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, which required 25 stitches.
All-rounders in Indian cricket are a rare commodity and the newest entrant to the club, Venkatesh Iyer, knows only too well that he has to keep his focus on both aspects of the game in order to remain relevant.
Pathan has been asked to play in the remaining two rounds of Ranji Trophy domestic cricket tournament.
After a fine domestic season that earned him a place among the probables for the T20 World Cup, all-rounder Abhishek Nayar is raring to go in the second edition if the IPL.
The India pace bowler had a tough time in 2022, recovering from a stress fracture and more recently a quad grade 3 tear.
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Former India wicket-keeper Madhav Mantri passed away early Friday morning at the age of 92.
Saini was summoned to bowl at the India nets during Sri Lanka series in December 2017 as the net bowler but it was Gambhir who told him to concentrate on Ranji Trophy final.
A game of cricket is not over till a team has actually won it. Gujarat probably forgot this age-old, but always relevant, axiom. For nothing else can explain the team's performance and their anti-climatic one-wicket win over the Railways in the Ranji Trophy Plate Division final at the Brabourne Stadium on Wednesday.
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After a disappointing performance against Maharashtra last week, Mumbai slumped to another low against Rajasthan in the Ranji Trophy Super League match at Jhalawar on Sunday.
Orissa on Tuesday pulled off a nine-wicket victory over Hyderabad in the Ranji Trophy Super League Group B match.
'The IPL should form the selection basis for the T20 team and at the most the ODI team.'
After helping Saurashtra win their maiden Ranji Trophy title last month, little did he know that he would be spending all his time at home. Pujara is enjoying the 'forced' break and most of his time goes into entertaining his two-year-old daughter.
Pathan said he has learnt a lot from Zaheer and is happy to see him back in the Indian team for the Pakistan tour.
Bengal ended day three at 98-2, needing another 374 runs to beat Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy final.
Saha is seeking an exit from Bengal domestic cricket after a CAB official questioned his commitment for state Ranji team.
Haryana, after taking a 40-run first innings lead, collapsed in the final hours to be reduced to 82 for 7, an overall lead of 122, on day 3 of the Ranji Trophy match against Saurashtra.
Mishra played a valuable innings of 84 to help Haryana reach the 300-run mark and claimed two wickets when Surashtra batted on Day 2 of the Ranji Trophy match.
Haryana crawled to 169 for four in their first innings on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group-A clash against Tamil Nadu.
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Harbhajan has expressed his massive displeasure with the "lack of respect" for the Saurashtra man and the fact that the yardstick to judge performances hasn't been same for every senior player.
Skipper Manoj Tiwary showed the way as Bengal produced a much improved batting performance in the second innings against Mumbai in a group A encounter in Nagpur. After Ashok Dinda's 22nd five wicket haul in first class cricket enabled Bengal to restrict Mumbai to 229, Bengal scored 198 for 3 in 61 overs.
Robin Uthappa scored a whirlwind century to put Karnataka on brink of victory against Haryana.
Former champions Delhi are on the verge of scoring an outright win over Tamil Nadu as they are 95 runs short with ten wickets in hand in the Group 'A' Ranji Trophy Super league match on Thursday.
A day after the defeat to Punjab, Orissa Cricket Association (OCA) on Friday urged BCCI to minutely verify the video recording of the final day of the Ranji Trophy Super League Group 'B' match played at Mohali.
Former champions Tamil Nadu tasted their first success of the season trouncing Himachal Pradesh by 180 runs on the final day of the Elite Group A Ranji Trophy match in Chennai.
For the 'Bazball' inspired England, the win in Hyderabad has become a distant memory and a repeat of 2021 looks likely when India bounced back to win the four-Test series 3-1.
Ranjit Khirid came up with an all-round performance as Maharashtra reduced Uttar Pradesh to 234 for 8 after piling 394 runs.
Indian team's head coach Ravi Shastri gave the young wicketkeeper-batsman tips to work on specific skill sets ahead of the 11th edition of Indian Premier League.
Haryana are reeling at 125 for 8 in their second innings after Andhra amassed 409 to take a first innings lead of 203.
A loophole in the Board of Control for Cricket in India's working procedure enabled Maharashtra umpire Vineet Kulkarni to remain India's No 1 match official, as Sundaram Ravi is already in the ICC Elite Panel.
The India discard helped Delhi to a commanding 510 for 7 declared in the 'Elite' Group 'A' Ranji trophy match against Baroda.\n\n
