Chandrakant Sakure

Chandrakant Sakure (5/25) finished with a five-wicket haul as Madhya Pradesh registered a 80-run win over Ranji Trophy finalists Mumbai in a Group C match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Tuesday.

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.

Dinesk Karthik missed out on a ton by just five runs while Kaushik Gandhi hit an unbeaten 71 to help Tamil Nadu overcome early jitters and reach a commanding 262 for four against Madhya Pradesh on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Group A match on Thursday.

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.

Mumbai held a slight edge reducing Madhya Pradesh to 197 for five in their Ranji Trophy cricket semifinal after being bowled out for 371 in their first innings here on Monday.

First-innings centurion Yuvraj Singh produced another fine knock before the captain made a sporting declaration to set Madhya Pradesh a target of 307 on the third and penultimate day of their Group A Ranji Trophy match on Saturday.

Medium-pacer Chandrakant Sakure (5/25) ran through the Mumbai batting line-up to help Madhya Pradesh notch up a 80-run victory in the third round match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy here at the MRF Pachyappas Ground on Tuesday .

Loss of two quick wickets towards the end of day two put Madhya Pradesh on the backfoot against Gujarat in the Ranji Trophy Group A match on Monday.

Yuvraj Singh shrugged off rustiness as he hammered Madhya Pradesh to submission with a superb knock of unbeaten 164 as Punjab posted a record 347/3 on the first day on a track helpful for the seamers in a Ranji Trophy encounter.

A determined knock of unbeaten 94 by Swapnil K Singh helped Baroda make 254 for 8 in 87 overs at stumps on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Group C match against Tamil Nadu at Motibaug Cricket Ground on Saturday.

Delhi and Madhya Pradesh face a new challenge in a strange land. The Ranji Trophy quarterfinal between these two teams is being played far away from their home confines and both sides are weary of the unknown factors they will have to encounter during the course of the next five days.

Harpreet Singh struck a gritty hundred to lead Madhya Pradesh's fightback before Delhi came up with a strong reply to leave the Ranji Trophy quarter-final nicely poised at stumps on day two.

Exhibiting grit and patience of a top-quality opener, Akhil Herwadkar for the second consecutive time bailed Mumbai out from a tough situation with his compact, risk-free, but highly effective approach.

Having slipped to 38 for two while re plying to MP's 445, the defending champions looked to have been cornered at stumps on Day 2 at the Shaeed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium.

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