Rohit Rayudu

Thakur Tilak Varma became the most expensive player in the inaugural TG20 league auction, fetching Rs 33 lakh. Medak Falcons secured him, though his availability is uncertain due to national duties. CV Milind was the second costliest at Rs 17 lakh. The league commences on June 21.

Saurashtra were well placed with a 171-run lead after dismissing Hyderabad for a paltry 79 in their first innings on the first day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group B match at the Gymkhana ground here on Tuesday. Sheldon Jackson was on 59 61b 4x5 6x4 while Dharmendrasinh Jadeja was unbeaten on 3 earlier leftarm pacer Jaydev Unadkat fresh from his careerbest spell of 839 against Delhi which included a firstover hattrick wrecked Hyderabad with his opening spell playing his 50th Ranji Trophy match Skipper Tanmay Agarwal had a forgettable day after opting to bat the lefthanded opener lasted just 10 balls before becoming Unadkat’s first victim Unadkat struck two more blows to remove Alankrit Agarwal and debutant T Santosh Goud both caught at slip by Arpit Vasavada Hyderabad never recovered from three for 20 only Rohit Rayudu 23 72b 4x4 showed some fight before he was caught at forward shortleg by Samarth Vyas off Spinner Yuvrajsinh Dodiya to reduce Hyderabad to 61 for six Hyderabad 79 for eight at lunch folded up after the

Rohit Rayudu and Tilak Varma slammed impressive centuries to set up Hyderabad's 17-run win over Himachal Pradesh via VJD method in their Group A match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy one-day tournament on Saturday.

Tilak Verma hit a 77-ball 126 (4x14, 6x7) and took two wickets as Hyderabad trounced Manipur by seven wickets in the Vijay Hazare Elite Group ‘A’ league match at the Air Force Complex Ground, Palem, New Delhi on Saturday.

Skipper Tanmay Agarwal (119b; 124b, 4x14, 6x2) hammered 124 and was involved in a 214-run partnership for the opening wicket with Rohit Rayudu (83; 97b, 7x4, 2x6) to enable Hyderabad bounce back from the loss against Tripura and record a five-wicket victory against table toppers

On the first day of their Ranji Trophy match against Hyderabad, Maharashtra lacked a sense of urgency, satisfactory level of fielding, and a bowling attack that appeared consistently menacing. Hyderabad were 1765 in reply to the hosts’ 385. The visitors are still 209 runs behind, but this margin could have been bigger had Maharashtra bowlers and fielders capitalized on the wicket of Hyderabad opener and skipper Tanmay Agarwal in the first over itself. Maharashtra need to win this match outright in order to stay in the hunt for a place in the knockouts from 61. Hyderabad opener Rohit Rayudu 68 and debutant Rahul Radesh 55 slowly built their innings from Maharashtra’s perspective. It could have eaten up precious time to force a result. Pacer Pradeep Dadhe who uprooted Agarwal’s stumps looked sharp initially, but he also removed Radesh. However, the bowler didn’t appear at his peaks. Skipper Ankeet Bawane had set an aggressive field, a silly point shortleg, and a legslip, but the bowling was not sharp enough on a consistent basis for these fielders to come into play. Azim Kazi didn’t

Hyderabad registered a comprehensive win over TNCA President's XI in the final of the Kalpathi AGS Buchi Babu final at the SSN College Ground on Friday morning.

Karnataka opener Mayank Agarwal will lead South Zone in the Deodhar Trophy limited overs competition that gets underway in Puducherry on July 24. Kerala's top-order bat Rohan Kunnummal has been named Agarwal's deputy.

In form Prithvi Shaw and skipper Shreyas Iyer smashed half-centuries as Mumbai brushed aside Hyderabad by 60 runs in a rain-marred contest to move to the summit clash of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, here on Wednesday.

At an important juncture of his career where he is looking to expand his body of work with an Indian Premier League (IPL) contract, all-rounder Rohit Rayudu knows he needs to score big and that too with more consistency. To put things in context, the 29-year-old had appeared for trials conducted by different IPL franchises this year.

Bhargav Merai and Het Patel stitched together a 257-run partnership for the fourth wicket as Gujarat piled up a mammoth total of 555 for eight declared against Meghalaya in their Ranji Trophy Group A natch in Rajkot on Friday.

In a cricket match, Hyderabad (a debutant) led Assam by 3 runs after quickly scoring 46 runs in 4 overs, including 3 sixes. Hyderabad's all-rounder, Rishav Das, took 2 wickets in the process. In the second innings, Assam were 182 for the loss of 6 wickets, with Rajasthan Royals all-rounder Riyan Parag batting 78. In the 46th over, he took 2 wickets, reducing Hyderabad to 171 for 9. However, debutant Bhagath Varma came on and hit 2 sixes and 1 four off Riyan Parag and helped Hyderabad cross the 200-run mark. In the 66th over, he was dismissed. Hyderabad were all out for 208. Brief scores: Assam 205, 1826 in 39 overs, Rishav Das 34, Riyan Parag 78, Swarupam Purkayastha batting 22, Bhagath Varma 214, Rahul Buddi 35, Riyan Parag 448, Mukhtar Hussain 362.

Sarfaraz Khan's unbeaten 142 and Siddhesh Lad's 104 guided Mumbai to 332/4 against Hyderabad, aided by dropped catches. Meanwhile, Jalaj Saxena took 6 wickets to reach 500 first-class scalps as Maharashtra dominated Goa. Other matches saw low scores and struggles for batters.

Left-arm spinner Rahil Shah's 5 for 54 helped TNCA President's XI dismiss Assam for 176 on Day 1 of their Kalpathi AGS Buchi Babu clash at Pachaiyappa's ground on Friday. Rahil was well-supported by teammate Malolan Rangarajan who returned with figures of 3 for 40.

Right-arm medium-pacer KM Asif (6 for 22) was the wrecker-in-chief for Kerala as they humbled Assam by 240 runs in their Kalpathi AGS Buchi Babu clash at the CPT-IP Grounds here on Wednesday. Asif was well-supported by Vinod Kumar who returned with figures of 2 for 43. For the losing side, Subham Mandal (55) and Abhisekh Thakur (39) were the notable contributors.

Young skipper Yash Dhull finally found some form going his way as Delhi reached 223 for five after bowling out Hyderabad for 355 in their Ranji Trophy Group B match on Wednesday.

Skipper Tanmay Agarwal led from the front with a 119-ball 124 as Hyderabad put up a strong batting display to beat Saurashtra by five wickets in a Vijay Hazare Trophy Group A match on Tuesday.

Bangalore challenger Elpenor, available at 8/1, landed a shocking victory to claim the Poonawalla Breeders’ Multi-Million, feature of Sunday’s Mumbai races. Favourite Jamari finished second, 4-1/2 lengths behind the winner. Dream Alliance was third while Waikaki was fourth.

With relegation threat looming, Hyderabad batters dug deep for the first time this season to take their side to a comfortable 247 for four at stumps on the first day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group B league match against Delhi at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, here on Tuesday.

Delhi openers skipper yash dhull and dhruv shorey scored 72 and 30 runs respectively in the first innings of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group B League match against Hyderabad. Hyderabad bowlers managed to peg back the visitors’ charge on the second day of the match, with delhi still 223 for 5 at stumps. 20-year-old yash dhull led India to victory in the U19 World Cup last year, and he attacked the Hyderabad bowlers early in the innings. Both dhull and shorey scored 13 runs from debutant mediumpacer s praneeth raj’s first over. The duo’s ploy of unsettling the Hyderabad bowlers with their aggressive batting worked for a while, before a momentary lapse cost shorey his wicket. He was dismissed by mediumpacer ajay dev goud when delhi were 83 hrithik shokeen 4 off 10 balls. However dhull continued his aggressive batting and completed his half century in style with a straight boundary off mediumpacer goud. He finally departed when he nicked one to wicketkeeper rahul radesh off spinner aniketh reddy in second over after the tea interval. Ay

Prithvi Shaw, Indian cricket’s latest sensation, carried his red-hot form into the Vijay Hazare Trophy, scorching Hyderabad the way he did the West Indies in the two-match Test series. In the process, Mumbai sailed into the final of the tournament, a sharp shower in the semifinal at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday barely denting their march.

Hyderabad defeated Chandigarh by 110 runs in the Group A league match for the Vijay Hazare Trophy in Delhi on Wednesday. Riding on half-centuries from Tanmay Agarwal, K Rohit Rayudu, Bhavesh Seth and Rahul Buddhi, Hyderabad piled up 306 for five and bundled out Chandigarh for 196.