Amol Ubarhande

They might have struggled in the last few years but this Ranji Trophy season has been different for Delhi, who are sitting pretty on the top of Group B.

Mayank Jasore and Aditya Shanware cracked brilliant half-centuries to help Secretary XI to a thumping nine-wicket victory over Executive XI in the Twenty20 trial tournament match.

Bowlers, normally, don't have much say in Twenty20 but Vidarbha-Rajasthan tie was different.

With relatively young side, the likes of Faiz Fazal 66 (56b, 4x4, 2x6) and Shalabh Shrivastava (3-0-13-3) needed to take more responsibility.

Riding on Mohammad Kaif's 70-run knock, Uttar Pradesh beat Karnataka by 10 runs in a Super League match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament.

Two and half sessions, that’s all Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) XI required to bowl Dinshaw’s XI twice and won the match by ten wickets in their opening tie of the Bapuna Cup in Nagpur.

The Vidarbha selectors have showed faith in the youngsters for the shorter format, including as many as four new faces in the squad for the Central Zone Vijay Hazare One-day tournament in Jaipur.

For the last few years, Vidarbha have played the shorter format better than the longer one.They have won the Central Zone Vijay Hazare One-day championship twice in the last five years.

With Sulakshan Kulkarni opting for high-profile Mumbai job, the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) has began the search for its seventh coach in nine years.

Jay Desai scored a masterly 60 and put on 100 runs for the first wicket with Aditya Waghmode (49) as Income Tax defeated Andhra Bank by five wickets and inched closer to the semifinal of the BCCI Corporate Trophy.

Once he was tipped to lead Vidarbha and had Faiz Fazal not joined Railways, he would have been an automatic replacement for Preetam Gandhe as a captain three years ago.

Only 25 matches in a career spanning six years isn't the fair reflection of Akhay Wakhare's talent.

The recognized district associations of the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) have expressed their unhappiness towards the step-motherly treatment being meted out to them.

Different opposition, different venue and different nature of wicket, but the challenge remain the same for Vidarbha.

Railways' Amit Paunikar thrashed Vidarbha and scored a belligerent unbeaten 150 (156b;13x4;6x6) out of Railways' 242-6 but still ended up on the losing side.

The situation is desperate for both Vidarbha and Saurashtra. While the former is chasing the knock-out berth, the latter is fighting to avoid the relegation.

The recognized district associations of the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) have expressed their unhappiness towards the step-motherly treatment being meted out to them.

Vidarbha middle-order Ranji Trophy batsman Shalabh Shrivastava will be leading the President's XI team in the Krishna Godbole Memorial one-day cricket tournament.

Modern day cricket is all about multi-utility players. Railways, in that regard, are not only lucky to have such players in their side but also have two quality wicketkeeper-batsmen in Mahesh Rawat and Amit Paunikar.

Despite losing to Uttar Pradesh by eight wickets Vidarbha had lot to cheer about on Friday.