It must be mentioned here that veteran bowler Ishant Sharma has already told DDCA that he won't play red-ball cricket anymore now that he is no longer in contention for a national comeback.
BCCI's general manager of cricket Saba Karim had said the limited use of DRS was always planned for the Ranji Trophy semifinals and not from the knockout stages.
A round up of the fourth and final day's action of the Ranji Trophy matches on Sunday.
Despite the need for an outright win, Mumbai settled for a draw in their Group A match against Saurashtra when they restricted the hosts to 300 and then decided to bat again instead of imposing follow-on, in Rajkot on Tuesday.
Saurashtra whipped hosts Maharashtra by eight wickets with more than a day to spare in their Ranji Trophy tie.
Saurashtra were 232 for 5 in reply to Himachal Pradesh's first innings score of 214 at close on day 2 of the Plate Ranji Trophy match.
A fine bowling performance by RV Dhruv (four for 68)enabled Saurashtra outplay Rajasthan and post a 200-run win in their Ranji Super League match
India on Tuesday opened its largest oil and gas bid round, offering 25 blocks covering 1.91 lakh square kilometers mostly in offshore area, as the government looks to boost domestic production to cut imports and help energy security. Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri launched the 10th bid round under the Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP) at the India Energy Week (IEW) in Mumbai.
A young but mighty Mumbai have history and form firmly on their side when they chase their 41st Ranji Trophy title by locking horns with Saurashtra, who are taking a rare shot at domestic cricket's biggest prize, in the summit showdown beginning in Pune from Wednesday. While Mumbai will be appearing in their 45th final of the top domestic tournament, it is only the second time that Saurashtra are in the title clash. Incidentally, it was Mumbai who put paid to Saurashtra's hopes of a maiden triumph by wrapping the final in three days in 2012-13. That was the only time Saurashtra came close to the title. Mumbai won that match by an innings and 125 runs for their 40th trophy. Three seasons later, the scene remains more or less the same and it will take a huge effort from Saurashtra to upset a side which has almost won more titles than the rest of India combined. For the record, since 1990-91, Mumbai haven't lost any of the 10 finals they have played. Mumbai have at least five of those who played in the earlier final in the squad -- Aditya Tare, Abhishek Nayar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Shardul Thakur and Vishal Dabholkar.
Maharashtra bundled out the hosts for 177 in 62.3 overs on the opening day of their four-day Plate `B' Ranji match in Rajkot
Rising batsman Cheteshwar Pujara cracked a superb unbeaten century to steer Saurashtra into the Ranji Trophy semi-finals with a five-wicket victory over Karnataka on the fourth and final day of the quarter-final tie in Mumbai on Monday. Chasing a stiff target of 325 set by their rivals, Saurashtra romped home by making 327 for five in the last session of play at the Brabourne Stadium.
This will be Virat Kohli's first Ranji Trophy match in 12 years.
Tanush Kotian's five-wicket haul helped Mumbai bounce back as the visitors bowled out Baroda for 185 in their second innings.
Mumbai appeared to be on course to their 38th Ranji Trophy title as Saurashtra failed to live up to their promise of making a match of their rivals and were trailing by 390 runs in their first innings on the third and penultimate day of their semi-final match in Chennai on Tuesday.
Mumbai Indians on Thursday announced the signing of Saurashtra wicketkeeper-batter Harvik Desai as a replacement for Vishnu Vinod who was ruled out of the ongoing IPL with a forearm injury.
A round-up of Ranji matches played on Saturday.
Sitanshu Kotak and Cheteshwar Pujara hit unbeaten half centuries to put Saurashtra on top against holders Mumbai on the first day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Super League Group A tie in Mumbai on Tuesday.
Saurashtra gained three points by virtue of their 110-run first innings lead over hosts Himachal as their four-day Ranji Trophy Super League Group A match ended in a tame draw in Dharamsala on Tuesday.
Juniors Virendra Vegda and Vishal Vasoya will field for Team India in the event of an emergency during the second ODI against Sri Lanka.
They scored 284 for 3 against Delhi on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy match.
Mumbai defeated Saurashtra by five wickets in the West Zone Vijay Hazare trophy tie on Sunday, on the back of Sushanth Marathe's 88 coupled with his 114-run partnership for second wicket with Iqbal Abdullah (55).
'We are stuck in a very bad situation. Thank you so much #NDRF for rescuing us,' Radha captioned the post, expressing her gratitude for the timely assistance.
It took 84 long years for Test cricket to come to the land of Ranjitsinhji.
Saurashtra clinched their maiden Ranji Trophy Plate division title after beating Rajasthan by an innings and 34 runs in the final.
The BCCI has decided to scrap the contentious Impact Player rule for the upcoming Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy.
They beat Madhya Pradesh by virtue of the first innings lead after the five-day semi-final ended in a draw.
Backed by three decades of water conservation measures, semi-arid Saurashtra is driving agricultural growth in the state. Will it be able to sustain it?
'That is the way this game goes, you have to be open and you have to be ready to learn.'
Sheldon Jackson's 83 and contributions from Shitanshu Kotak and Arpit Vasavada helped Saurashtra make 272 for five on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy quarter-final match against Karnataka.
Middle-order batsman Manish Pandey's fine century could go in vain, as hosts Saurashtra took the vital first innings lead against Karnataka on the third day of the Ranji Trophy quarter-final in Rajkot, on Tuesday. Saurashtra, dismissed for 469 in the first innings, took a crucial 73-run lead after restricting Karnataka to 396, on the third day of the five-day encounter.
Virat Kohli's career was hanging by a thread after a disappointing showing with the bat in Australia.
Cheteshwar Pujara stroked his way to an unbeaten double century as Saurashtra brightened their chances of making the quarter-finals of the Ranji Trophy after setting Madhya Pradesh an improbable 411-run target for an outright win in their Group A match.
Kamlesh Makvana (batting 54) kept Saurashtra in the hunt for the first innings lead against defending champions Rajasthan on the second day of their Ranji Trophy league match in Jaipur on Sunday.
'The people of Gujarat are more religious than people of other states, this gives the BJP an advantage.'
A total of 89 seats -- out of 182 -- spanning the Saurashtra and south Gujarat regions, are up for grabs in the first phase with 977 candidates in the fray, including Chief Minister Vijay Rupani.
A summary of the day's play in the Vijay Hazare One-day tournament.
The railway authorities have made arrangements by adding special trains for UP and Bihar, with a new train added for Gorakhpur in UP from Udhna on Sunday, officials said.
A wrap-up of the second day action of the Ranji Trophy Elite division matches across the country on Wednesday.
Despite being ignored by the Ranji squad, Saurashtra's hard-hitting batsman Kuldeep Raval has shown perseverance and his talent is set to come to the fore for the Delhi Daredevils, writes Haresh Pandya.
