Rohit Sharma held the Mumbai innings together with an unbeaten 94, as the defending champions took a vital 61-run lead after scoring 248 for eight in their first essay, on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Super League Group A match against Railways in Delhi on Wednesday.
A determined effort from Orissa batsman Niranjan Behera ensured Mumbai had to be content with a single point from their drawn Ranji Trophy Super League match at the Brabourne stadium.
Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli figure among the list of probables declared on Monday.
Zaheer Khan, who underwent a shoulder surgery in mid-July, is to return to cricket action during the West Zone Twenty20 league to be held at Pune from October 20-25.
Abhinav Mukund and Wasim Jaffer smashed gallant centuries as India Blue crushed India Green by 88 runs in Nagpur on Saturday to set up the title clash of the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy tournament against India Red.
comfortable 303 for five on the first day of the five-day Duleep Trophy final against South Zone in Chennai on Thursday. Rahane, who scored over 1000 runs in this year's Ranji season for champions Mumbai, was unbeaten at close after facing 211 balls, hitting 13 fours and two sixes for his century. Captain Wasim Jaffer (69) and Bhavik Thaker (73) chipped in with a half century each.
Wasim Jaffer hit a classy 68 but the seamers brought Rest of India back in the game, restricting Mumbai to 200 for 6 on Day 2 of the Irani Cup match in Nagpur on Friday.
Sachin Tendulkar is opposed to the use of neutral venues for the knockout stages of the Ranji Trophy after a rare appearance in the tournament by the leading batsman drew a very small crowd. Playing his first national championship game for Mumbai in nearly two years, Tendulkar amassed 122 runs on Monday as part of a 232-run partnership with former India opener Wasim Jaffer in the ongoing semi-final against Saurashtra.
Wasim Jaffer led from the front with an unbeaten 162 as Mumbai, with Sachin Tendulkar yet to bat, piled up 268 for one on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy semi-final match against Saurashtra in Chennai on Sunday. At stumps, Jaffer had Ajinkya Rahane (52) for company after the duo had completed their individual 1000 runs this season.
Mumbai got a major boost with star players Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan joining the squad for the Ranji Trophy semi-final match against West Zone rivals Saurashtra to be played in Chennai from January 4 to 7. Tendulkar and Zaheer have replaced Praful Waghela and Rahil Shaikh in the squad that beat Himachal Pradesh by nine wickets at Ahmedabad in the quarter-final tie which ended on Monday.
He has abundance of runs in the domestic circuit but nine years since making his debut for India, Wasim Jaffer is yet to cement his place in the national team and the Mumbai opener says he doesn't know how to impress the selectors, who seemed to have overlooked his exploits.
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.
Jaffer and Sehwag on Friday registered their first double century partnership for the first wicket - their third 100-plus in Tests.
Struggling opener Wasim Jaffer is all set to give way to either Harbhajan Singh or Dinesh Karthik in the Indian team for the crucial fourth and final cricket Test against Australia beginning in Adelaide on Thursday.
The Delhi speedsters picked three wickets each as Rest of India were dismissed for a disappointing 252 in their first innings on day one of the Irani Trophy tie. In reply, Delhi finished the day on 21 for no loss in five overs.
All-rounder Yuvraj Singh will lead the Board of Control for Cricket in India's President's XI which will take on the visiting Australian team in the four-day warm-up game in Hyderabad, starting October 2. The BCCI, on Tuesday, also announced an India 'A' squad for the four-day matches against New Zealand 'A', in Chennai. It will be led by Suresh Raina.
Skipper Wasim Jaffer starred with a hundred as West Zone clinched their ninth Deodhar Trophy title, outplaying East Zone by 218 runs in the finals of the Zonal One-Dayers in Cuttack on Wednesday.
Both India and England retained their teams that played the second Test at Trent Bridge.
West Zone whipped East Zone by eight wickets with more than a day and one session to spare in the Duleep Trophy semi-final at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday. West, leading East by a handy 111 runs in the first innings, dismissed their rivals for a mere 200 in the second essay before lunch on the third day and then rattled up 90 for two to emerge convincing winners.
Sachin Tendulkar braved fever to hit 122 while captain Wasim Jaffer smashed 301 to help Mumbai to a mammoth 637 for six on the second day of their four-day Ranji Trophy cricket semifinal against Saurashtra in Chennai on Monday.
South Africa's innings of 540 off 152.5 overs is their highest total against India in India, bettering their 510 for 9 wickets declared at Kanpur in 2004-05.
Wasim Jaffer and Ajinkya Rahane were involved in an unfinfished partnership of 328 runs as Mumbai amassed 366 for 1 on Day 1 of the Ranji Trophy match against Hyderabad.
A summary of the third day's play in the Elite Division Ranji Trophy matches.
Irfan Pathan was handed the job of opening the batting with Virender Sehwag after Wasim Jaffer was left out.
Wasim Jaffer scored an unbeaten 170 as Mumbai crushed Delhi by six wickets in the Ranji Trophy one-day tournament.
Adam Gilchrist's decision to move states and stay behind the stumps 13 years ago was rewarded on Saturday when he replaced Ian Healy as Australia's most successful Test wicketkeeper.
Pitch conditions and the ability of Australia's pace trio to exploit reverse swing should make India's job of scoring another 493 runs to win the first Test a tough one, batsman Michael Clarke said on Friday
Former captain Sourav Ganguly on Monday said despite playing on flat wickets India would not find it hard to adjust to pitches in Australia during their forthcoming tour.
Pakistan's debutant fast bowler Yasir Arafat hailed India left-hander Yuvraj Singh for his smashing century in the third Test in Bangalore on Saturday.
All the interesting numbers from Day 2 of the India-England Test at Trent Bridge.
The opening batsman was unbeaten on 192 as India amassed 352 for 3 on Day 1 of the second Test against Pakistan.
B catching Wasim Jaffer on Day 1 of the third Test against South Africa, Kallis completed his 100 catches in Test cricket.
Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan and Wasim Jaffer will turn out for Mumbai against Maharashtra in the Elite Group 'B' match.
Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan and Wasim Jaffer were left out of the 16-member squad for the Test series in Sri Lanka.
India women team captain Mithali Raj quit international cricket on Wednesday after a stellar 23-year career.
The ace batsman was whisked away by wife Anjali even as television cameras and scribes tried to corner him for comments at the Mumbai airport.
The opener was to have led the Indian domestic champions in the annual four-day Mohammad Nasser Trophy from Sept. 8 against hosts Karachi, winners of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy last season.
Most of the players stayed away from the two-hour practice session, optional for those who played in the second Test.
Most of the players stayed away from the two-hour practice session, optional for those who played in the second Test.
India produced a strong batting performance to post a healthy score of 254 for 3 at close on day two of the second Test.
