Aswin Crist

Medium-pacer Sandeep Warrier’s hat-trick (3-20) and left-arm spinner R Sai Kishore (4-2-2-4) shone for Chepauk Super Gillies as they scored a 60-run run win over Tiruppur Tamizhans in their TNPL-6 clash at Salem on Friday.

India Test players Ravichandran Ashwin and Murali Vijay were on Wednesday included in the Tamil Nadu team for Vijay Hazare Trophy Group C League which will be played here from February 5 to 14.

TNCA named a 26-member probables on Wednesday for the upcoming Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament to be held from January 10 to 31. The list saw the return of wicketkeeper-batsman KB Arun Karthick to the TN fold after a gap of 7 years. Another new addition to the line-up is medium-pacer Sandeep Warrier who moved from Kerala ahead of this season.

Vijay CC pacer Aswin Crist took 5-60 while and skipper Vijay Shankar put up an allround performance as his team beat Alwarpet CC by 21 runs in the final of VA Parthasarathy Trophy one-day tournament at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Wednesday evening.

Aswin Crist's (6 for 31) best bowling figures in an innings in first-class games headlined Day 1 of the Ranji Trophy quarterfinals against Karnataka and put Tamil Nadu ahead.

In a low-scoring TNPL 6 encounter, Tiruppur Tamizhans registered a 53-run win over Madurai Panthers at Salem on Wednesday night.

Bengal batsmen led by Manoj Tiwary employed a cautious approach against a disciplined Tamil Nadu attack that restricted them to 190 for 3 on the first day of the Ranji Trophy group A encounter.

All-rounder Vijay Shankar will lead Tamil Nadu in the Ranji Trophy matches that will be played in Ahmedabad while Washington Sundar will be his deputy.

Despite having amassed 549, Tamil Nadu players and support staff won't be able to sleep well on Saturday night as Maharashtra stayed in hunt on the penultimate day of the Ranji Trophy semifinal.

Out-of-favour India players Dinesh Karthik, Murali Vijay and Vijay Shankar were on Wednesday named in a 26-strong probables list by Tamil Nadu for next month's Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament.

Gujarat were 267 for seven after electing to bat in their Group A Ranji Trophy cricket match against Tamil Nadu here today.

India's Test regulars M Vijay and R Ashwin have been named in the 16-member Tamil Nadu squad for the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy Group C league phase which will be held here from February 5-14.

Out-of-favour India player Dinesh Karthik will lead Tamil Nadu in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament, to be held in Kolkata from January 10.

Dinesh Karthik, who was named the Tamil Nadu skipper for the upcoming Syed Mushtaq Ali T20s on Wednesday, wants the side to go one step further from what they achieved in the tournament last year.

Baba Aparajith (63, 6x4, 2x6) led the show with the bat to help Nellai Royal Kings beat Tiruppur Tamizhans by 6 wickets in their TNPL-6 clash at Coimbatore on Sunday. Aparajith’s 46-ball knock paved the way for Nellai to chase down Tiruppur’s modest target of 118 with 27 balls to spare.

Tamil Nadu rode on centuries by captain Vijay Shankar and M Kaushik Gandhi to post a 76-run win over Gujarat in the opening match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy Group 'C' league on Monday.

Tamil Nadu closed in on Punjab's first-innings total of 284 all out in their Group A Ranji Trophy cricket match here today.

iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans kicked off their TNPL-6 campaign with a four-wicket win over Ruby Trichy Warriors in Tirunelveli on Monday.

K Vignesh's eight-wicket match haul along with contributions from R Aushik Srinivas and Aswin Crist enabled Tamil Nadu post an innings and 44-run victory over Baroda inside three days and earn a bonus point from their Group A Ranji Trophy match here.

Tamil Nadu's dream of winning their their third Ranji Trophy title will remain an elusive one. Their campaign started off with a loss to Mumbai in Lahli, and it concluded the same way - now in Rajkot.

Tamil Nadu pacer T Natarajan, who was ruled out of the ongoing Ranji Trophy season with an elbow injury, is set to undergo a surgery in Mumbai on Friday.

Krishnamoorthy Vignesh and Aswin Crist shared nine wickets between them as Tamil Nadu bundled out Baroda for 93 in their Group A Ranji Trophy match here today.

Tamil Nadu may have beaten title favourites Karnataka in the Ranji Trophy quarterfinals on Saturday, but their feet is firmly planted on the ground.

Tamil Nadu prevented a repeat of last year's final as they beat Maharashtra on first-innings lead at the Eden Gardens on Sunday to set up a Ranji Trophy summit clash with Karnataka.

On Tuesday, November 26th, in a Ranji Trophy match between Mumbai and Tamil Nadu, Mumbai lost 16 wickets in the first innings. Mumbai asked Tamil Nadu to bat first, and were 183 for six after putting out the visitors for 144.

Tamil Nadu - to be captained by Vijay Shankar - will enter a new era this Ranji season when they take the field without the likes of seasoned campaigners such as Murali Vijay, Abhinav Mukund and Dinesh Karthik.

The 23-year-old pacer suffered a major setback when he was ruled out of action for a while with a “back stress fracture” following the completion of TNPL in August. The injury has ruled him out of TN’s first four Ranji Trophy matches of the season.

Tamil Nadu trounced Tripura by 262 runs to enter the quarter-finals as table toppers from Group A in the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Monday.

All-rounder Vijay Shankar will lead a 15-member Tamil Nadu team for the Deodhar Trophy cricket tournament to be held at Visakhapatnam from March 25.

A brilliant 154 by skipper Abhinav Mukund and half-centuries by Dinesh Karthik and Baba Indrajith enabled Tamil Nadu reach 398 for six in their first innings on the penultimate day of their Group A Ranji Trophy match.