Akshay Darekar

Akshay Darekar took eight wickets for 48 runs to help Teleperformance Dibs bundle out Nanavati Hospital for just 141 runs in their first innings on the second day of their B' Division Times Shield Cricket Tournament Quarterfinal clash at Karnatak ground on Wednesday.

Nirlon Sports Club from Mumbai won the game against Repro India by scoring 314 runs in four wickets. This was done on the first day of the semifinal of the B Division Times Cricket Shield. Route Mobile Limited from Bangalore were the opponents and they posted 227 runs in reply. The bulk of the scoring for Nirlon SC came from Sumit Dhekale (79) and Nikhil Naik (68). Route Mobile Limited were kept in check by Teleperformance's left arm orthodox duo Sunny Patel (422) and Akshay Darekar (382). Teleperformance were 233 in their second innings at stumps on the second day.

West Zone will be without key players Rohit Sharma and Dhawal Kulkarni in their Deodhar Trophy campaign after injuries ruled them out of the one-day tournament, which started on Sunday.

Maharashtra produced a collective bowling effort to reduce Rajasthan to 299 for eight and seize the initiative in a Group B Ranji Trophy cricket match, here today.

Dadar Union's talented youngster Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a brilliant century but his well-paced innings went in vain as Parel Sporting Club won their 'A' Division Purshottam Shield match by 28 runs on Sunday.

In group A, Mumbai Port Trust Sports Club A' 1916 lost to Kaushal Valsangkar 40-64, Anshul Murali 39-64, Vedprakash Jaiswal 55-184, and Saeed Shaikh 344-504. In group B, Space Sports Club 1025 lost to Gautam Waghela 56-146, Yogesh Patil 331-434, and Kunal Kamachandani 66-168. In group C, Dr. Balabhai Nanavati Hospital lost to Aashay Dubey 40-80, onkar jadhav 34-101, and shashank mandavkar 313-447. In group D, Western Railway Sports Association A tottered at 130 for 8 against Kaushal Valsangkar 40-64, Ankit Tiwari 89-192, Jagdish Jadhav 48-119, and Nikunj Mohite 30-47. Then Akshay Darekar 546 took five wickets and Teleperformance Dibs left with Western Railway Sports Association A at 130 for 8.

In a group C' 3rd round clash of the B' division times cricket shield tournament, Mumbai Port Trust beat Dtdc Express Ltd. by 891 runs. Kaushal Valsangkar scored 50 runs and Dasharath Chavan 34.

Inspiration can come from many quarters but when legends come calling to give a pep talk to young cricketers the atmosphere simply becomes mesmerising. The players from Maharashtra Premier League outfit Kolhapur Tuskers, owned by the Punit Balan Group (PBG), had such a memorable experience when West Indies’ fast bowling legend Courtney Walsh visited the team’s training session at the PYC Hindu Gymkhana in Pune.

Discarded Test opener Abhinav Mukund was on Friday appointed captain of the India 'A' team for the tour of New Zealand while Rajasthan's Ashok Menaria will be the Tamil Nadu opener's deputy.

Left-arm spinner Akshay Darekar struck twice to help India 'A' reduce West Indies 'A' to 63/3 at lunch on the third day of their second unofficial Test on Monday.

The team will play three four-day matches, three One-day games and two Twenty20s on the tour, which begins in Barbados June 2.

Yusuf Pathan cracked a fine 72 and helped Baroda enter the knockout stage by thrashing Maharashtra by 68 runs in the final round West Zone T20 league match.

Fitness is the main focus at the emerging bowlers camp which commenced at the National Cricket Academy here on Monday.

Offie Parvez Rasool and pacer Mohit Sharma, who have been selected to tour Zimbabwe with Indian team, are part of the two-week-long training at NCA.

Veteran Mumbai batsman Wasim Jaffer was today named captain of the West Zone squad for the upcoming Duleep Trophy tournament.

In less than a week, the India A team will leave for West Indies but atleast half of the members of the squad are woefully short of proper match.

Ashok Dinda and Rahul Sharma took a wicket each as India A were off to a decent start on day 1 of the second unofficial cricket Test against West Indies A.

Despite coming off a disastrous tour of West Indies, skipper Abhinav Mukund is focused on his new mission as India 'A' team gears up for their first ever tour of New Zealand, starting September 18.

In a group D cricket match between Mumbai Port Trust and Nirlon Sports Club, Hemant Bucchade took 13 wickets and scored 641 runs, helping Nirlon Sports Club defeat Western Railway Sports Association by 56 runs.