Aamir Gani

Skipper Vijay Zol played a fine knock of 65 as Indian colts recorded their first victory in Sri Lanka after beating the hosts by 22 runs in the second 'Youth ODI'.

Wicket-keeper Abhishek Gupta struck an unbeaten century on debut as Punjab reached 484 for six in reply to Himachal Pradesh's mammoth 729 for eight declared on the third day of a Group D Ranji Trophy match, on Sunday.

Off-spinner Aamir Gani claimed 6/14 to help IOC Mumbai win the All-India YSCA Trophy as they defeated AG's Office by 18 runs in the final here on Sunday.

India U-19 team has won the quadrangular series being played in the nation by beating South Africa in the final by 201 runs.

Skipper Laxmi Ratan Shukla struck an unbeaten 53 to set up former champions Bengal's 44-run win over Assam in the East Zone league match for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

B Amit's all-round prowess and Aamir Gani's useful contribution at the rear propelled Bengal to a commanding position against defending champions Gujarat after the second day of the Ranji Trophy quarter-final here.

Sri Lankan batsmen led by Kavindu Kulasekara provided stiff resistance against Indian bowlers as the hosts finished the third day's play on 235 for five.

Manoj Tiwary and Wriddhiman Saha struck fluent half-centuries as Bengal cantered to an eight-wicket win over Jharkhand in their East Zone league match for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament.

Left-handed opener Akhil Herwadkar scored a century as almost all the Indian batsmen scored runs in their crushing 189 run win over hosts United Arab Emirates in the opening game of the U-19 Asia Cup here today.

Suresh Raina continued his imperious form with a third successive half century as Uttar Pradesh kept their final hopes alive with a resounding seven-wicket win over Baroda in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy on Wednesday.

Seamer Subodh Bhati triggered a middle-order collapse in the second session as Delhi gained upper hand against Bengal with a slender 20-run first innings lead after the second day in a Ranji Trophy group league encounter.

Maharashtra's Vijay Zol has been named captain of the Indian junior team that will compete in a tri-series to be played in Australia in June-July.

Close on the heels of Parveez Rasool's selection in the Indian team for the Zimbabwe tour, another J&K Shubham Khajuria was selected in the India U-19 squad for the tour of Sri Lanka.

Bengal recorded a facile nine-run victory over Odisha to emerge as East Zone league toppers and enter the main round of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament, at the Eden Gardens on Saturday.

Vijay Zol will lead a 15-member Indian under-19 cricket team in a quadrangular one-day series against Australia, South Africa and Zimbabwe starting September 23 in Visakhapatnam.

Indian bowlers fail to polish off Sri Lanka's lower middle-order as twin centuries by No. 8 Binuka Fernando (100 not out) and No. 9 A K Tyronne (123 not out) enabled the hosts to earn a respectable draw in the second 'Youth Test'.

Gujarat, riding their skipper Parthiv Patel's 82-ball 88, registered a comfortable seven-wicket win over Bengal in their Group C Vijay Hazare Trophy at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here on Monday.

A day after he was not picked due to "fitness issues" in the Mumbai Ranji Trophy squad by the selectors, a fired up pacer Tushar Deshpande put in a telling all-round performance (42 & 4-34) while playing for BPCL against DY Patil B at MCA's ground in BKC on Day One of the Times Shield 'A' Division on Wednesday.

The cold war between Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) and discarded India spinner Pragyan Ojha intensified after the state body "failed to establish contact" with him before naming the Bengal squad for two-match warm-up tour of Gujarat, starting September 17.

Desperate time calls for desperate measures. The Bengal selectors called up three players from the senior team for the next Col CK Nayudu Trophy (U-23) match against Andhra in Kalyani, near Kolkata, which will begin on Thursday.