Babashafi Pathan

The Ranji Trophy match between Baroda and Madhya Pradesh was evenly poised after the first day's play with the former team reduced to 31 for two at stumps in reply to the latter's modest first-innings score of 217 all out here.

Unbeaten half-centuries by Uttar Pradesh tail-enders -- Kuldeep Yadav (77 not out) and Saurabh Kumar (85 not out) -- guided the team to 360 for seven against Baroda on the opening day of their Group A Ranji Trophy match here.

Ravi Teja scored a resolute second innings fifty and returned with a match haul of eight wickets to power Hyderabad to a 43-run victory over Baroda in their Ranji Trophy group B match here on Saturday.

Baroda continued their winning streak in the Vijay Hazare Trophy after beating Hyderabad by 110 runs in their Elite Group A match here on Wednesday, courtesy Kedar Devdhar's hundred and impressive show by the bowlers. This is Baroda's third win on the trot after they had defeated Goa and Tripura.

Baroda put up a comprehensive all-round performance to thrash Railways by 180 runs in their Elite Group A game of the Vijay Hazare Trophy here on Sunday.

All-rounders Krunal Pandya and Deepak Hooda have been named in the 22-member Baroda squad for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy National T20 Championships, starting January 10.

All-rounder Hardik Pandya, out of cricket since September due to back injury, has been named in the Baroda squad for their Group A Ranji Trophy game against Mumbai commencing in Mumbai on December 14.

The all-round ability of Ravi Teja was to the fore once again as Hyderabad registered a 43-run win over Baroda in the Ranji Trophy Group B match in Bhubaneswar on Saturday.

Skipper Krunal Pandya's unbeaten 133 formed the cornerstone of Baroda's 13-run win over Chhattisgarh in an Elite Group A game of the Vijay Hazare Trophy here on Friday, even as Atit Sheth blazed away to a 16-ball 51.

Hosts Gujarat defeated Baroda by 40 runs in their last Group A match to remain unbeaten in the league stage of the Vijay Hazare Trophy here on Sunday. Opting to bat, Gujarat posted 277 for 7, riding on opener Dhruv Raval's 102 off 129 balls and then restricted the opposition to 237 for 9. Experienced leg-spinner Piyush Chawla (3/52) shone bright with the ball for Gujarat.

Madhya Pradesh needed just two deliveries to dismiss the last Baroda batsman and wrap up an easy 232-run victory on the fourth and final day of their Group A Ranji Trophy match on Friday.

Madhya Pradesh are just one wicket away from registering an outright win over Baroda, who were struggling at 114 for nine while chasing 347 on the penultimate day of their Ranji Trophy Group A match.

30, 35 and 38 were the only notable partnerships for Chandigarh before being bundled out for a meagre 168 in 62.3 overs, and merely two sessions into the first day's play of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group B match against Baroda in Cuttack. Baroda made good use of the remaining overs to pile up 80 for 1 and trail by 88 runs at stumps.

Former India white-ball player Manoj Tiwary and up-and-coming cricketer Sudip Gharami gave Bengal a hard-fought seven-wicket win against Baroda to climb to the top of Group A in the Ranji Trophy here on Friday. The two batted with confidence to stitch together a century partnership at a time when the match seemed to be slipping away from their hands in the chase of a modest 177 for victory.

Kedar Jadhav and Naushad Shaikh struck unbeaten half-centuries as Maharashtra defeated Chhattisgarh by eight wickets in their Elite Group 'C' game of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament on Tuesday.

Hyderabad rallied brilliantly to wrest a first innings lead of 34 runs against Baroda on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Group B match in Bhubaneswar on Friday.

30, 35 and 38 were the only notable partnerships for Chandigarh before being bundled out for a meagre 168 in 62.3 overs, and merely two sessions into the first day’s play of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group B match against Baroda in Cuttack.

Veteran Bengal batter Anustup Majumdar scored an unbeaten 137 -- his 12th first-class century -- as the visitors made a strong start in their Ranji Trophy Group A match against Haryana on Tuesday.

Vishnu Solanki's stroke-filled century and bowlers' splendid show set up Baroda's five wicket win over Goa in an Elite Group A game as they kicked off their Vijay Hazare Trophy campaign on a winning note here on Saturday.

Wicketkeeper-batter Abhishek Porel continued his fine form with a second half century on the trot as Bengal took an upper-hand on day one of their Ranji Trophy group B match against Hyderabad at the Barabati Stadium on Thursday.