Dhruv Shorey

Wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant and pacer Navdeep Saini were on Wednesday named in the 16-member strong Delhi squad, led by top-order batsman Dhruv Shorey, for the first four games of Vijay Hazare Trophy, starting September 24.

Punjab skipper Mandeep Singh will captain the North Zone squad in the Duleep Trophy beginning on June 28.

Left-arm seamer Pradeep Sangwan was on Friday appointed captain of the Delhi team for the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy national 50-over championships ahead of India opener and senior batsman Shikhar Dhawan.

Delhi thrashed Pondicherry by 179 runs in their Vijay Hazare Group D clash in Jaipur on Tuesday. Centuries from Nitish Rana (137, 21x4, 1x6) and Dhruv Shorey (132, 13x4, 3x6) helped Delhi score 354-4 batting first before their bowlers dismissed Pondicherry for 175.

Vidarbha secured a thrilling run chase against Rajasthan in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, with skipper Atharva Taide hitting a six in the first over. They finished with 205 runs in 19.5 overs, surpassing Rajasthan's target of 201. Taide and Dhruv Shorey provided a solid foundation for the chase, with Taide scoring a blistering knock at a strike rate of 186.21. Shubham Dubey and Akshay Karnewar also contributed with crucial sixes to seal the victory for Vidarbha.

Vidarbha reached 308/5 on the first day of their Ranji Trophy semi-final against Mumbai, bolstered by Danish Malewar's 79 and Dhruv Shorey's 74. Despite Mumbai's struggles with no-balls and lackluster new-ball performance, the innings featured crucial partnerships that kept Vidarbha in control. Shams Mulani and Shivam Dube were the standout bowlers for Mumbai.

Delhi suffered a huge blow on the opening day of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Super League in Surat on Thursday. The Dhruv Shorey-led outfit, who were pitted against Maharashtra, could lose their star batsman, India opener Shikhar Dhawan to an injury for the entire tournament.

Delhi's dependable No. 3 Dhruv Shorey struck an impressive hundred while Ricky Bhui was unlucky to miss his ton by nine runs as Board President XI's three-day warm-up against South Africa A ended in a tame draw on Wednesday.

Punjab's hard-hitting top-order batter Mandeep Singh was on Thursday appointed captain of the North Zone squad for the upcoming Duleep Trophy.

In-form Dhruv Shorey showed a different facet of his batsmanship, hitting four sixes in his unbeaten 59 off 44 balls as Delhi beat Haryana by seven wickets in a North Zone encounter of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy.

Jharkhand pulled off a thrilling three-run win over holders Delhi in a Group A match in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Cricket tournament here on Thursday.

Visakhapatnam opened the batting on the third day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group B match against Delhi at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Shorey scored 142 runs off 262 balls, including a century partnership with Shokeen. Dhull scored 29 runs off 68 balls, and Singh scored 45 runs off 25 balls. Andhra was able to control the run rate to an extent, and Khan took two wickets and Kumar took one.

Dhruv Shorey is an anomaly in Delhi cricket. He has already amassed 787 runs in five Ranji Trophy matches this season even as the team is reeling at the bottom of the table.

With some of the country's top teams lining up for a shot at the Vijay Hazare Trophy, the knockouts beginning on Sunday are expected to be an exciting affair.

Two aggressive shots going wrong, and a delivery jabbing in from off the pitch snuffed the fight out of Karnataka's first innings in the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal on Sunday.

Offie Wilkins Victor (5-20) led the way for Young Stars as they scored an innings and 131-run win over UFCC T Nagar on Day 3 of their TNCA Group A first division clash here on Wednesday.

Bengal pulled off a narrow three-run victory over Delhi in their Super League Group B match of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at the Jadavpur University Salt Lake campus ground on Tuesday.

A 122-run partnership between Delhi's captain Dhruv Shorey (96) and vice-captain Nitish Rana (64 not out) put the visitors in a commanding position against Punjab on the second day of the Ranji Trophy Group A tie at the IS Bindra PCA Stadium on Saturday.