Bandaru Ayyappa

Pacers Bandaru Ayyappa and Prithvi Raj shared seven wickets between them as table-toppers Uttarakhand were dismissed for 194 in their first innings by Andhra Pradesh in a Ranji Trophy Elite Group E match here on Thursday.

Hyderabad faltered on the first day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group B third round fixture against Baroda in Bhubaneswar on Thursday. Hyderabad made wholesale changes to the side that lost to Bengal in the previous match.

Teenage batsman Prithvi Shaw continued his stellar form and scored his fifth first-class century as Mumbai ended at 248/6 on the opening day of their fifth-round Ranji Trophy match against Andhra on Friday.

Delhi Capitals, previously known as Delhi Daredevils, used their purse of Rs 25.5 crore wisely at the IPL auction to buy the likes of Colin Ingram, Axar Patel and Ishand Sharma, and went home with Rs 7.7 crore in their pocket at the end of the showpiece event.

Vikas Yadav (3/81) and Azaruddin Bloch (5/92) shared eight wickets to help Services dismiss Andhra for 341 and grab a crucial first innings lead of 105 runs as their Ranji Trophy Group C match ended in a tame draw here today.

Discipline has been the key word for Vidarbha on and off the field ever since Chandrakant Pandit took over Vidarbha reigns. Be it cricketing skills, fitness or diet, the Vidarbha team management makes sure their cricketers maintain the required standard.

Andhra gained a 32-run first innings lead before picking two opposition wickets to seize the initiative against table-toppers Uttarakhand on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group E match here on Friday.

When they collapsed to 159 for eight in the final session on Day 1, Andhra seemed to cave in against mighty Mumbai in their opening 2022-23 Ranji Trophy match against Mumbai at the Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex in Vizianagaram on Tuesday.

Rajasthan’s Ranji Trophy campaign has come to an end with a 10-wicket loss against Services in an Elite Group E match in Trivandrum on Saturday. Ashok Menaria & Co finished at the bottom of the table with six points, which they had earned after winning the first game.

It would be hard to pick a team in the domestic circuit who have shown the uncanny knack of making a meal out of seemingly winnable positions time and again other than Kerala.

The CSR Sarma College ground here plays host to age-group tournaments regularly. But, its moment in the sun came in January 2015, when it hosted its maiden Ranji Trophy game with Andhra Pradesh taking on Tripura, and later that year, in the 2015-16 season, Uttar Pradesh faced off against Andhra in yet another Ranji tie.

Uttarakhand finished on top of Elite Group E in the Ranji Trophy tournament despite going down to Andhra Pradesh by eight wickets in their final league match here on Saturday.

The shrewd tactician in Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be plotting a rampaging Rishabh Pant's downfall when Chennai Super Kings face Delhi Capitals in an Indian Premier League encounter on Tuesday.

Delhi Capitals will be playing on their home turf but there is a possibility that the conditions may turn out to be favourable for the visiting Kolkata Knight Riders when the two teams clash in an IPL match in New Delhi on Saturday.

With a new role in his life, a proud father Cheteshwar Pujara would be hoping to bring in some more luck for Saurashtra, who got a boost after Ravindra Jadeja walked into the side for the big game.

Mumbai registered its first win of the season, thrashing Odisha by 120 runs in a Ranji Trophy Group 'C' match at KIIT Stadium on Saturday. Resuming at the overnight 93 for 4, Odisha capitulated in less than two sessions as Akash Parkar and Dhawal Kulkarni finished with three wickets apiece.

Their net run-rate slipping into negative after a defeat against Mumbai Indians, defending champions Chennai Super Kings will be keen to get back to No. 1 spot when they take on current table-toppers Delhi Capitals in an Indian Premier League match in Chennai on Wednesday.

Their playoff berth sealed, Delhi Capitals will aim for a big win against Rajasthan Royals to enhance their chances for a second-place finish when the two teams clash in their final IPL league match on Saturday.

Bowlers often complain about cricket being heavily skewed in favour of batsmen and this is promptly countered by the latter, saying they are constantly at the mercy of that one particular delivery that can turn things around dramatically.

Medium-pacer D Siva Kumar was carrying a groin injury but he still ran through the Delhi top order to set up his side's perfect six-wicket win over the hosts in the quarterfinals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy at the Palam cricket ground on Thursday.