Almas Shaukat

KN Bharath cracked a double hundred as Karnataka extended their first innings lead on the third day of their four-day U-19 Cooch Behar quarterfinal tie against Uttar Pradesh at the M Chinnaswamy stadium here on Tuesday.

Karnataka completed an innings and 69-run victory over Uttar Pradesh to march into the semifinals of the U-19 Cooch Behar tournament at the M Chinnaswamy stadium on Wednesday.

Almas Shaukat, Karan Sharma and Rinku Singh’s joint efforts helped Uttar Pradesh drub Maharashtra by six wickets on the fourth and final day of Ranji trophy tie which concluded at Gurugram Cricket Stadium at Gurugram on Sunday.

Uttar Pradesh bagged three points on back of their first innings lead in a drawn Group A Ranji Trophy game against Baroda at the Gold Club ground.

Uttar Pradesh stunned Maharashtra by six wickets in their Ranji Trophy elite group G match to qualify for the knock-outs here on Sunday. Uttar Pradesh were thus set a stiff target of 357, but they rode on hundreds from opener Almas Shaukat (100) and skipper Karan Sharma (116) to win the match. Rinku Singh also chipped in with an unbeaten 78 off just 60 balls.

Indian spinner Kuldeep Yadav will lead the Uttar Pradesh squad in the Ranji Trophy.

Inspiring words were embossed on the practice shirts of players of the Uttar Pradesh team. "Self-belief" was printed on Aksh Deep Nath's shirt. And he showed ample self-belief on Day One of Uttar Pradesh's Ranji Trophy match against Mumbai at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday.

A four-wicket haul by left-arm orthodox spinner Raj Choudhary enabled Vidarbha restrict Uttar Pradesh to 264 for 9 on the opening day of the Col CK Nayudu U-23 quarterfinal match.

Hosts Karnataka took the first innings lead against Uttar Pradesh, as their Elite Group B Ranji Trophy game ended in a draw. After bundling out Uttar Pradesh for 281 in the first innings, courtesy a valiant half-century by all-rounder Shreyas Gopal (58), Karnatka posted 321 on the board to take a slender 40-run lead.

Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA) will organize an eight-day Ranji trophy preparation camp for its selected players at the Kamala Club ground from January 2. As per the BCCI schedule, the prestigious Ranji Trophy will be played in the country from January 13.

Uttar Pradesh managed a slender first-innings lead and then raced to 117 for no loss in the second innings of their Group A Ranji Trophy cricket match against Baroda on Friday.

Suresh Raina will lead the Uttar Pradesh Ranji Trophy team in the first two matches in the forthcoming season.