Abrar Kazi

Left-arm spinner Abrar Kazi's match figure of 10 for 76 highlighted Vice President XI's facile 10-wicket victory over Dharwad Zone in the SA Srinivasan memorial cricket tournament.

Just as they were looking forward to play their first-ever game at the iconic Wankhede Stadium against formidable Mumbai, in front of live TV audience, things have turned nightmarish for Mizoram.

Bottom-placed Saurashtra were poised for an upset win over Karnataka after their spinners spun a web around the opposition batsmen on the third and penultimate day of their Group B Ranji Trophy cricket match on Thursday.

Coming into the contest after conceding the innings lead against Odisha, Karnataka were yet again at the receiving end against a spirited Saurashtra, who weathered a batting crisis of their own before taking a handy lead of 97 runs.

In-form all-rounder Rajoo Bhatkal has been roped in as a replacement for injured spinner Abrar Kazi (fractured finger) in the Karnataka one-day squad for the KS Subbiah Pillai Trophy South Zone limited overs tournament to be held in Goa from Feb 14 to 20.

The Karnataka high court on Wednesday granted bail to cricketers CM Gautam and Abrar Kazi nearly five weeks after they were arrested in connection with Karnataka Premier League (KPL) spot-fixing scandal.

Nishant narrowly missed out on a double ton but led VP's XI to a massive innings-and-121-run win over Raichur Zone in SA Srinivasan U-25 tournament.

Two more domestic cricketers were arrested on Thursday in connection with the KPL fixing scandal, taking the total number of those detained to six. Bellary Tuskers captain CM Gautam, a former Karnataka wicketkeeper-batsman, and his teammate Abrar Kazi were arrested by the city Central Crime Branch. Gautam and Kazi have played in domestic cricket and the IPL also.

The central crime branch of Bengaluru police on Thursday arrested keeper-batsman CM Gautam and left-arm spinner Abrar Kazi, both former Karnataka Ranji players, for alleged spot-fixing in the final of 2019's Karnataka Premier League.

Vinay to lead Karnataka

Central Crime Branch of Bengaluru city police probing allegations of match-fixing and spot-fixing in Karnataka Premier League (KPL) netted the first big fish on Thursday, with the arrest of former Karnataka Ranji captain and wicketkeeper CM Gautam.

Dharwad Zone began their two-day SA Srinivasan memorial trophy U-25 zonal cricket tournament with an eight-wicket win over Raichur Zone on Sunday.

KB Pawan smashed an unbeaten 83 off 91 balls to guide Nagaland to an easy seven-wicket victory over Sikkim in a Vijay Hazare Trophy Plate Group encounter on Sunday.

Prerak Mankad hit his maiden first-class century to help Saurashtra take a first innings lead on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Group match against Karnataka here today.

Bhavane’s consistent showing in the junior circuit was rewarded with a spot in the 15-member Karnataka team

Right-hand batsman R Samarth returned to the Karnataka squad for the Vijay Hazare All India limited overs knockout cricket tournament

The Central Crime Branch investigating into the Karnataka Premier League (KPL) match-fixing scandal has filed charge sheet in three cases, Additional Commissioner of Police Sandeep Patil said on Friday.

The Goa Cricket Association (GCA) on Thursday terminated CM Gautam's contract and named Darshan Misal as the new captain for the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament which begins on Friday, after the wicket-keeper batsman was arrested for spot-fixing in a domestic league.