Kartik Kakade

India all-rounder Krunal Pandya will lead the Baroda squad in the Vijay Hazare Trophy beginning February 20.

It is the school that produced the likes of Kiran More, Tushar Arothe and Atul Bedade who went on to make their names in the world of cricket.

Baroda rode on skipper Kedar Devdhar’s fighting 64 and bowlers' impressive show to beat Punjab by 25 runs and enter the final of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Friday. Baroda will now take on Tamil Nadu in the summit clash on Sunday. Put into bat at the Sardar Patel Stadium, Baroda posted a competitive 160 for 3 and then restricted Punjab to 135 for 8.

Left-arm pacer Lukman Meriwala's fifer was the cornerstone of Baroda's thumping nine-wicket win over Chhattisgarh in an Elite Group C match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament on Thursday. Put into bat at the F B Colony ground, Chhattisgarh were bundled out for just 90 runs as the Baroda bowlers, led by Meriwala (5/8), wreaked havoc on the visiting batsmen.

Vishnu Solanki helped Baroda pull off a last-over heist against Haryana with a sensational 71, which included a six off the game's final ball, to fire his team into the semifinals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Wednesday.

All-rounders Krunal Pandya and Deepak Hooda have been named in the 22-member Baroda squad for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy National T20 Championships, starting January 10.

Crisis man Siddhesh Lad batted stubbornly in making a patient, unconquered 71 to bail out oft-crowned champions Mumbai against Baroda in their landmark 500th Ranji Trophy Group C game that was drawn on Sunday.

A formidable Tamil Nadu team with oodles of experience in its rank and file will have a head-start over an unheralded Baroda which shrugged off the off-field controversies to set up a promising grand finale of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament on Sunday.

Under-14 team of Hindu Gymkhana has made a record of sorts by winning the Under-14 DK Gaekwad tournament for the second consecutive time this year.

The Under-16 boys of Baroda, who brought much-needed cheer to the city's junior cricket camp after it won an invitational tournament finals in Maharashtra recently, were felicited for their feat on Sunday.

Left-arm spinner M Siddharth (4/20) brilliant bowling upfront enabled Tamil Nadu to restrict Baroda to 120 for 9 on a difficult track in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy final here on Sunday.

All-rounder Hardik Pandya will skip the Ranji Trophy starting on February 10 to focus on his India comeback in white-ball cricket.

The Mumbai U-25 team lost to Punjab after being asked to follow on in CK Nayudu Trophy and on Wednesday, Mumbai's U-19 team went down to Baroda by 310 runs.

Bruised and battered by first round losses, both Chandigarh and Baroda will hope to gain the upper hand when the two teams face off in their Ranji Trophy Elite Group B second round fixture at the Vikash Cricket Ground in Cuttack from Thursday.

Bruised and battered by first round losses, both Chandigarh and Baroda will hope to gain the upper hand when the two teams face off in their Ranji Trophy Elite Group B second round fixture at the Vikash Cricket Ground in Cuttack from Thursday.

Some of the budding junior cricketers from the city, who were celebrating their victory in U-16 Boost Cup city finals a couple of days ago, are now on a sticky wicket.

Baroda's Under-16 cricketer Hardik Pandya played a captain's knock on Thursday as he scored a double century against Mumbai in the U-16 Vijay Merchant Trophy at Reliance Stadium. Pandya not only saved his team from a certain defeat but also ensured that Baroda got a first innings lead.

A determined knock of unbeaten 94 by Swapnil K Singh helped Baroda make 254 for 8 in 87 overs at stumps on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Group C match against Tamil Nadu at Motibaug Cricket Ground on Saturday.

Tamil Nadu fought back to put itself in line for its first win of the season after bowling out Baroda for 197 in the second innings on the third day of the Ranji Trophy Group 'C' match on Monday.

Baroda continued their winning streak in the Vijay Hazare Trophy after beating Hyderabad by 110 runs in their Elite Group A match here on Wednesday, courtesy Kedar Devdhar's hundred and impressive show by the bowlers. This is Baroda's third win on the trot after they had defeated Goa and Tripura.