Eklavya Dwivedi

Mukar Dagar's 55 and useful contributions by Prashant Gupta and Eklavya Dwivedi helped Uttar Pradesh beat Goa by 48 runs in the Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy Group A match.

Kuldeep Yadav (62 not out) and wicketkeeper Eklavya Dwivedi (60) rescued Uttar Pradesh from a shaky 143 for five to take the team to 300 for six at the close of first day's play against Punjab in a Ranji Trophy Group A match.

The Indians were once poor chasers till Mahendra Singh Dhoni burst onto the scene. He cracked the chasing code keeping cool in tense situations.

Riding on an unbeaten century by Eklavya Dwivedi and his fourth wicket unbroken 152-run partnership with Rinku Singh (62), Uttar Pradesh comprehensively defeated Himachal Pradesh by seven wickets.

Suresh Raina will lead the Uttar Pradesh Ranji Trophy team in the first two matches in the forthcoming season.

B Aparajith (90), S Karthik (63) and Pradosh Ranjan Paul (66 no) shone with the bat as they help TNCA President's XI make the title clash of the Kalpathi AGS Buchi Babu tournament after beating TNCA Districts XI by four wickets in the semifinal at the SSN College Ground here on Tuesday. TNCA President's XI will lock horns with Hyderabad in the final at the SSN College Grounds on September 14.

Chawla's unbeaten 45-run knock not only gave UP their third successive win in the ongoing Central Zone Syed Mushtaq Ali Twenty20 Trophy but also broke the Twenty20 jinx against MP.

While Day 1 track was a belter, where the batsmen made merry, it was a complete different story on Day 2 when the winning teams-Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan-clashed against each other.

It was during a T20I against Bangladesh in Rajkot in 2019 that Rishabh Pant effected a stumping that was deemed 'not out' because he grabbed the ball in front of the stumps. The pressure on Pant, the wicketkeeper, multiplied manifold from there on and every ball that reached him behind the stumps was scrutinized. But his turnaround may come across as a Genie-out-of-the-lamp story.

Uttar Pradesh reached 147 for four in reply to Gujarat's 347 all out in their first innings at the close of play on the second day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Group A match.

Uttar Pradesh's middle-order fired in unison as they amassed 524 in their first innings and then reduced Tamil Nadu to 34/1 at stumps on the second day of their Group A Ranji Trophy match on Friday.

Right-arm medium-pacer KM Asif (6 for 22) was the wrecker-in-chief for Kerala as they humbled Assam by 240 runs in their Kalpathi AGS Buchi Babu clash at the CPT-IP Grounds here on Wednesday. Asif was well-supported by Vinod Kumar who returned with figures of 2 for 43. For the losing side, Subham Mandal (55) and Abhisekh Thakur (39) were the notable contributors.

India pacer RP Singh has been named as captain of the Uttar Pradesh cricket team which will participate in the Twenty20 Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy scheduled to be held from October 20 to 25 at Indore.

A fine bowling show by Akshdeep Nath and Mukul Dagar's cracking 63 helped Uttar Pradesh thrash Jharkhand by eight wickets in Sayed Mustaq Ali trophy.

Wriddhiman Saha slammed an unbeaten 35-ball 64 as Bengal defeated UP by 14 runs for their 2nd successive win in the Super League match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament.

Defending champions SRH have added four bowlers, two allrounders, one batsman and a wicketkeeper by spending Rs 8.65 crore from their purse of Rs 20.9 crore. They are the sixth highest spenders with 25 players in their squad.

Punjab are just 51 runs away from a deserving win as they bundled out Uttar Pradesh for a paltry 95 in their second innings and then reached 61-2 at stumps on the third day of the Ranji Trophy Group A match here today.

Kanpur will be hosting two IPL matches on May 10 and 1 and what is special this year is the felicitation of the players from the state playing in these three teams, apart from Kuldeep Yadav who will be specially invited for this felicitation.

Hardik Patel (4/71) and Rush Kalaria (3/40) shared seven wickets between them to bundle out Uttar Pradesh for 241 and help Gujarat take a healthy 106-run first innings lead on the third day of their Ranji Trophy Group A match.