After dominating the first three days, Tamil Nadu drove the final nail in Punjab’s coffin just before lunch to register victory by an innings and 45 runs in their Super League encounter, reports Aseem Bassi.
With a draw looming large, the final day’s play of this Ranji Trophy Super League encounter between UP and Baroda was reduced to academic interest only, reports Anam Arsalan.
On the third day of their Ranji Trophy Super League tie in Ghaziabad, the Baroda bowlers used the early morning conditions well to have Uttar Pradesh on the mat. But, their effort came a cropper when UP tail-enders stayed long enough to deny Baroda a first-innings advantage, reports Anam Arsalan.
An unbeaten century by Ajit Agarkar and a plucky 52 not out from Iqbal Abdulla bailed Mumbai out of a precarious situation on the third day of their Super League encounter against Himachal, reports Bivabasu Kumar.
Even as Railways were trying hard for that all-important first-innings lead here, their one-time star player, JP Yadav was cooling his heels miles away from the venue. Khurram Habib reports.
Sachin Tendulkar took the elevator, Vinod Kambli the staircase but their other curly haired schoolmate, Amol Muzumdar, could just not make it to the top-flight. KR Guruprasad reports.
A stubborn batting display by Punjab all-rounder Gourav Gambhir (50 not out) denied defending champions Mumbai an outright victory in their Ranji opener here on Friday. Vinod Kumar reports.
Sumit Narwal rushed straight to a container full of iced water and drowned himself in it. “It relaxes the tired muscles and refreshes you,” he said.
A perfect 10 on debut is the dream for any bowler. This came true for Karnataka speedster Abhimanyu Mithun, who lived up to expectations and scripted an important win in the season opener. Sharad Deep reports.
There was little change in the script on Wednesday. The Delhi batsmen continued piling on the runs, the Baroda bowlers looked as listless as on Tuesday, and the umpires called another bowler for throwing — this time left-arm spinner Rajesh Pawar, reports Subhash Rajta.
After Zaheer Khan sparkled in the first innings of his comeback match it was the turn of another comeback man, Love Ablish to make his presence felt, reports Vinod Kumar.
Rahul Dravid’s belief in his young bowling talent Abhimanyu Mithun paid rich dividends on Wednesday as the lanky seamer tore apart UP’s batting with a five-wicket haul in his debut match, leaving Karnataka smelling an outright win, reports Sharad Deep.
The last-minute refusal to send their cricket team to Srinagar for the now-cancelled November 3-6 Ranji Trophy Plate Division match against Jammu and Kashmir has cost the players the entire tournament, reports Anam Arsalan.
Bhiwani is best known for producing boxers but the Mughal city of commerce now also has a cricketing hero. Leading the Haryana Ranji team against Madhya Pradesh at Indore, Sunny Singh scored the first triple century in this year’s fledgling season. He also became Haryana’s first triplecenturion, reports Heena Zuni Pandit.
Tamil Nadu’s 150 for two against Railways’ 327 on the second day is a decent start, but the “hard application required on this track”, in the words of Murali Vijay, could still make this an even contest, reports Khurram Habib.