Gitansh Khera

Mandeep Singh will lead the Punjab side in the Vijay Hazare Trophy limited-overs tournament while attacking batsman Gurkeerat Singh will be his deputy, said a release from the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) on Tuesday.

Punjab were 241/6 on the first day of their Group A Ranji Trophy match against Tamil Nadu on Monday. At stumps, Gitansh Khera and Sandeep Sharma were batting on 22 and 4 respectively.

Tamil Nadu closed in on Punjab's first-innings total of 284 all out in their Group A Ranji Trophy cricket match here today.

The senior selection committee of Punjab Cricket Association picked a 20-member one-day squad for upcoming assignments.

Veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh will lead the Punjab team in the Vijay Hazare Trophy one-day tournament to be played at Alur in Karnataka from February 7 to 16, a Punjab Cricket Association spokesman said on Friday.

Harbhajan Singh will lead the 16 member Punjab squad for the Vijay Hazare trophy and the team will play their first match against Vidarbha on February 25.

Mumbai were in trouble at 8/2 after Punjab rode on Mayank Sidhana's century and skipper Gurkeerat Singh's 93 to notch up 468 in their Group A Ranji Trophy match on Thursday.

Gujarat put themselves in line for full seven points after enforcing the follow-on against Punjab on the back of a strong show by their bowlers on the third and penultimate day of their Ranji Trophy Group B match on Thursday.

Chandigarh once again had to settle for a draw (one point) as the second days' play in the ongoing the Punjab Inter-District under-22 Cricket Tournament got delayed to wet conditions.

Patiala's Kunwar Raina slamed a match-winning ton on the second day of the under-22 Inter-district Cricket Tournament against Mohali at Dhruv Pandove Stadium, Patiala.

Uday Kaul and Mandeep Singh struck half centuries as Punjab reached 216 for 4 on the opening day of their Group A Ranji Trophy match against Mumbai here today.

World-cup winning former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh is set to come out of retirement and play domestic cricket again after being named in Punjab's 30-strong list of probables for next month's Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament. Yuvraj, the star of India's 2011 World Cup-winning campaign, had announced his retirement last June but he decided to resume playing for his home state.

Haryana hammered Himachal Pradesh by seven wickets and advanced to the Super League stage of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy at the PCA Stadium on Saturday.

Mumbai are out of the Col CK Nayudu (U-25) Trophy cricket meet after trailing in the first innings against Punjab at Cricket Club of India (CCI) on Monday.

The much-awaited return of Yuvraj Singh for Punjab in the upcoming Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament has hit the roadblock. Former India all-rounder, who was in Punjab probables' for the tournament, has written a letter to the Board of Control for Cricket in India BCCI President Sourav Ganguly asking the board's permission to come out of retirement, but he didn't get the approval.

Fit-again Mandeep Singh will lead the Punjab team in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, beginning February 20. The Punjab Cricket Association announced a 22-member squad through a media release issued on Thursday.

Opener Abhimanyu Easwaran cracked a second successive century as he along with skipper Manoj Tiwary led Bengal's strong fightback against Punjab in their do-or-die Ranji Trophy Elite Group B clash on Wednesday.

The third day of an under-22 inter-district match between teams Ludhiana and Patiala saw the local talent shine. A day after Ludhiana's Akhil Aggarwal hit a ton, his teammate Nikhil Chaudhary scored a century against Patiala.

Mohali learnt that in a hard way, succumbing to a 70-run defeat, in the crucial Pool A match of the Punjab senior inter-district one-day tournament for FC Mittal Trophy.

Punjab smelt blood when Manpreet Singh Gony cleaned up Arun Karthick in the very first over of Kerala's second innings at the PCA Stadium here on Monday.