Bipul Sharma

Riding on a fine all-round performance from Bipul Sharma, AG Haryana defeated AG Punjab by 33 runs to lift the Indian Audit and Accounts Department's North Zone Cricket Tournament at Sector 16 Cricket Stadium, here on Tuesday.

After playing for three domestic teams in 15 years, Bipul Sharma's cricketing career comes a full circle at 36 with Chandigarh, where this journey started in boyhood.

The Chandigarh team will take on Arunachal Pradesh at the Sector 16 cricket stadium in their maiden Ranji Trophy match on Monday in a dream that will be fulfilled after 40 years following the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) granting affiliation to the Union Territory Cricket Association (UTCA) a few months back.

Avik Chowdhury made a classy 110 as Indian Revenue edged out Indian Tobacco Company (ITC) by six runs in a tense Group A match of the BCCI Corporate Trophy.

Medium-pacer Jagjit Singh Sandhu made up for his poor ground fielding with a late burst with the ball on the opening day of their Plate Group match against Sikkim at the Sector 16 cricket stadium, taking four wickets.

Left-arm pacer Barinder Sran and Bipul Sharma claimed three wickets apiece as Chandigarh defeated Assam by 21 runs to register their third consecutive win in the Plate Group of Vijay Hazare Trophy one-day cricket tournament on Friday.

AG Punjab continued its dominance by thrashing AG-II Maharashtra by eight wickets to set a title clash with AG Tamil Nadu in the Inter-zonal Indian Audit and Accounts department (IA&AD) cricket tournament on Thursday.

Ankit Kaushik's brilliant unbeaten knock of 74 went in vain as Railways held their nerves to pull off a thrilling one-run win over Chandigarh in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Friday.

Before the tournament, Chandigarh’s skipper Manan Vohra said that we are no underdogs in group C. True to his words the skipper smashed an unbeaten 75 to power Chandigarh to a seven-wicket win over Maharashtra, here on Friday.

Seasoned professionals Uday Kaul and Bipul Sharma were among the 37 probables named for the upcoming preparatory camp, starting Wednesday at the Sector 16 Stadium in Chandigarh. The list of probables expectedly had two notable omissions in star pacer Shresth Nirmohi and promising batsman Raman Bishnoi, who had tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday, and are set to be retested on Saturday.

Deepak Dhapola returned with a match haul of 13 wickets as Uttarakhand secured their second straight victory in the Ranji Trophy Plate Group beating Manipur by eight wickets on Wednesday.

Continuing their rich vein of form, Chandigarh were once again on the money to register a thumping 89-run victory over Mizoram in their Plate Group Round 3 match at the Sri Ramachandra Medical College Ground in Chennai on Friday.

Left-arm spinner Ashutosh Aman returned an astonishing match haul of 14 wickets to help Bihar crush hosts Meghalaya by an innings and 71 runs in their Ranji Trophy Plate Group encounter on Saturday.

Sikkim rode on Milind Kumar's sensational 261 to inch closer to a big win over Manipur in their debut Ranji Trophy Plate group match on Friday.

Dinesh Mongia, Rajesh Sharma, Munish Sharma and Reetinder Sodhi took no time in severing links with the Punjab Cricket Association and joined the ICL, giving a big jolt to Punjab.

A collective effort helped Himachal Pradesh climb to second place in group C with a thrilling five-wicket win over Jammu and Kashmir in their Ranji Trophy cricket fixture at JSCA International Stadium Complex on Tuesday.

Sunrisers Hyderabad have won both their matches so far while Mumbai currently sit at fourth place on the IPL 2017 leaderboard with two points from two games.

Medium pacer Shreshth Nirmohi grabbed five wickets and Arslan Khan (119 batting) and Shivam Bhambri (105) scored classy centuries on Monday to make the Ranji Trophy debut of Chandigarh against Arunachal Pradesh at the Sector 16 cricket stadium memorable.

Chandigarh overcame stiff resistance from rookie opener Basir Rahman before riding on a splendid seven-wicket effort from pacer Jagjit Singh Sandhu to blow Manipur away by an innings and 405 runs in their final Plate group match, and thereby wrap up their maiden Ranji Trophy journey on a winning note here on Friday.

On a roll after recording two convincing victories despite their opening game being called off due to a wet outfield, Chandigarh will aim to complete a hat-trick of wins when they take on Sikkim in a Round 4 match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 trophy at the Guru Nanak College Ground in Chennai on Sunday.

Medium pacer Shreshth Nirmohi grabbed five wickets and Arslan Khan (119 batting) and Shivam Bhambri (105) scored classy centuries on Monday to make the Ranji Trophy debut of Chandigarh against Arunachal Pradesh at the Sector 16 cricket stadium memorable.

Himachal Pradesh were all set to take the all-important first innings lead after they reached 210 for six in reply to Chhattisgarh's 238 all out in a Group C Ranji Trophy cricket match on Monday.

Forced to split points after their opening match against Nagaland was called off due to wet outfield, Chandigarh will be keen to spend some time in the middle as they take on Manipur in their Round 2 match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 trophy at the TI Murugappa Ground in Chennai on Wednesday.

Into their second domestic season, Chandigarh will get first-hand experience of playing in the Elite Group, when they open their Vijay Hazare Trophy campaign against neighbours Haryana in a Group E clash in Kolkata on Sunday.

Vineet Saxena missed out on a double century by 15 runs but his knock ensured Uttarakhand put up a massive 557 against Nagaland to keep them firmly in sight of a sixth win on the trot in their Ranji Trophy Plate Group fixture here on Sunday.

Put in to bat, Kerala, after a shaky start (13/2), went on to post 161 for 6 in their allotted 20 overs. Mohammed Shanu (25, 18b), Madan Mohan (36, 41b), PM Jinesh (29, 22b) and Manu Krishnan (23 not out, 11b) were the main scorers. For Haryana, Bipul Sharma claimed 3 for 18.

The incident occurred on October 12 when the accused and the victim convened in a resort room to discuss a business proposition, as stated by Inspector Paresh Naik of the Calangute police station.

Manipur skipper Yashpal Singh's century went in vain as Sikkim cruised to an innings and 27-run win against Manipur in a Ranji Trophy Plate Group emcounter on Saturday.

Haryana wriggled themselves out from a difficult position to score a modest 231 all out before reducing Tripura to 70 for 4 on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Group C cricket match at Eden Gardens.