Parth Sahani

A century (109, 152b, 4x17, 6x2) by Parth Sahani put DY Patil A in a strong position against Central Railway on the opening day of their Times Shield A Division second round B Group encounter at MIG CC on Tuesday.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) honorary secretary Jay Shah congratulated the Madhya Pradesh cricket team on their maiden Ranji Trophy triumph. Madhya Pradesh created history and won their maiden Ranji Trophy title, defeating favourites Mumbai in the finals by six wickets at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday.

Priyank Panchal slammed a 57-ball 79 as Gujarat notched up a dominating 50-run win over Madhya Pradesh in their Elite Group D match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Saturday.

M Shahrukh Khan’s unbeaten 67 from 77 deliveries wasn’t enough as Tamil Nadu went down to Madhya Pradesh by 14 runs in their Vijay Hazare clash at Indore on Wednesday. A target of 226 shouldn’t have been a daunting one for TN who bat deep, but their batsmen failed to capitalise on the starts they got.

Punjab bounced back from back-to-back defeats to beat Andhra by seven wickets in a Group B match to register their first win in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy on Wednesday. Punjab skipper Mandeep Singh won the toss and sent Andhra in to bat and Siddarth Kaul (4/27) was bang on target from the word go.

Jharkhand skipper Ishan Kishan put on a sensational batting performance, smashing 173 runs in just 94 balls studded with 11 sixes against Madhya Pradesh in the Elite Group B match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Saturday.

Domestic giants Mumbai continued its winning run in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy thrashing Madhya Pradesh by nine wickets on Monday.

Route Mobile and Bank of Baroda secured outright wins in the first-round knockout matches of the 'A' Division Times Shield. Meanwhile, WNS Global Services and Central Bank reached the final of the E Division, with dates and venue to be announced later.

For the third time in succession, Mumbai batsmen Shreyas Iyer and Surya Kumar Yadav were involved in a partnership of over 100 runs in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Domestic T20 tournament, here.

A brilliant 11-wicket match haul (5-47 & 6-33) for just 80 runs by veteran left-arm spinner Ankit Chavan helped Air India beat Tata by six wickets in a Times Shield ‘A’ Division third-round match at the Indian Airlines ground in Kalina on Wednesday.

Wicket-keeper Naman Ojha led from the front with a quick half-century up the order to help Madhya Pradesh register a five-wicket win over Railways in a Central Zone match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Twenty20 tournament, here on Sunday.

Indore speedster Avesh Khan, who shot into the limelight by clocking nearly 140kmph at the 2016 U-19 World Cup, blazed a trail in the IPL auction on Saturday as the most expensive uncapped player in the history of IPL. The 25-year-old was picked by Lucknow Super Giants for a whopping Rs 10 crore.

Ashwin Hebbar slammed an unbeaten 101 and powered Andhra to a seven-wicket win over Tamil Nadu in a Vijay Hazare Trophy Group B match at the Holkar stadium on Monday.

With the help of Ishan Kishan's 173-run knock, Jharkhand on Saturday posted the highest team score in the history of the Vijay Hazare Trophy. The side achieved the feat in the ongoing match against Madhya Pradesh in Indore. Kishan-led Jharkhand posted a total of 422/9 in the allotted fifty overs. The previous best team score was 412/6, registered by Madhya Pradesh against Railways way back in 2010.

In many ways, the weather reflected Mumbai’s batting performance at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday – dank and grey with the threat of impending rain. For the first two hours on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy final, Mumbai looked set to dominate Madhya Pradesh but were undone by their own follies. Solid starts and opportunities to score big were squandered as the 41-time champions were 248/5 in 90 overs at stumps, perhaps losing at least two more wickets than they should have.

Redemption comes to those who wait, and for Madhya Pradesh, it was a long-drawn one that spanned 23 years. When they laid hands on their maiden Ranji Trophy, they did it in some style against an opposition that fought and threatened until the last session on the final day.

Luck continued to elude Chandigarh as the UT boys narrowly lost to Madhya Pradesh by 5 runs in their fourth match of the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy in Rajkot on Sunday. This was the Manan Vohra-led team’s fourth loss in as many matches.

Ruturaj Gaikwad continued his red hot form to smash his fourth hundred but Maharashtra despite their narrow win over Chandigarh couldn't qualify for the Vijay Hazare knock-out from group D of the Vijay Hazare Trophy here on Tuesday.

Delhi and Madhya Pradesh face a new challenge in a strange land. The Ranji Trophy quarterfinal between these two teams is being played far away from their home confines and both sides are weary of the unknown factors they will have to encounter during the course of the next five days.

Title favourites Mumbai continued their winning run in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy as they beat Haryana by 8 wickets in their second league game on Saturday.

Led by pacer Dhawal Kulkarni, Mumbai defended a modest 156-run target as they defeated Punjab by 35 runs in their Group C Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match here on Friday, registering their second successive win in the premier domestic T20 tournament.

Murali Vijay struck a breath-taking hundred as Tamil Nadu defeated Meghalaya by 92 runs in their last Group B match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament here on Saturday.

Sarfaraz Khan’s celebration after notching a century against Madhya Pradesh on the second day of the Ranji Trophy final on Thursday was quite the opposite of the painstaking 274 minutes that he took to reach the three-figure mark.

MP coach Harvinder Singh Sodhi had jokingly said on Wednesday how they have asked their captain Harpreet Singh Bhatia to have a proper practice to toss the coin. With cold conditions and 9 am start, the toss has become vital in the ongoing Central Zone Syed Mushtaq Ali Twenty20 tournament.