Harshad Khadiwale

Maharashtra cricket coach Surendra Bhave on Friday heaped praise on his opening batsman Harshad Khadiwale who notched up his maiden double century on the second day of the Ranji Trophy Group ‘C’ match against Goa at the Gahunje stadium.

Parvez Rasool impressed with a five-wicket haul but WI 'A' held the edge as they made inroads into the India 'A' batting line-up after being all out for 429.

Veteran Mumbai batsman Wasim Jaffer was today named captain of the West Zone squad for the upcoming Duleep Trophy tournament.

Powell's fifty along with spinners Permaul and Miller's magical spell, tightened the West Indies A grip over India A on the third day of the first unofficial Test.

Powell's fifty, along with spinners Permaul and Miller's magical spell, tightened the West Indies 'A' grip over India 'A' on the third day of the first unofficial Test.

Riding on skipper Yusuf Pathan's brilliant unbeaten half century, Baroda registered their fourth successive win by thrashing Maharashtra by six wickets in a West Zone leg match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy.

G Gaikwad took four wickets as Maharashtra beat Baroda by five runs in the Twenty20 zonal league (west zone) match at the Reliance Cricket Stadium.

Maharashtra earned three points on the basis of a first innings lead while Andhra Pradesh had to be satisfied with one as the Ranji Trophy Elite Group B match ended in a draw.

In the last league match of the triangular series in Colombo, the India U-19 beat Bangladesh by 129 runs.

Led by an in-form Cheteshwar Pujara, India A would eye revenge for the ODI series loss when they take on a confident West Indies A in the three-Test series.

Replying to Andhra Pradesh's 348 all out, Maharashtra were 205 for one on the second day of elite B group Ranji Trophy match between at Anant Kanhere grounds.

Leg-spinner Piyush Chawla returned with a four-wicket haul to guide Uttar Pradesh to a comfortable seven-wicket win over Maharashtra in a weather-hit Group D Twenty20 match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy here today.

India U-19 got the measure of Sri Lanka again when they thrashed the hosts for the second time by 161 runs in the triangular series in Colombo on Wednesday.

While Team India is slugging it out in England to make its reputation as smart travellers, the Indian colts are looking to build upon it. It has been a year of consistency for the u-19 boys, who have not lost a series in the past one year.

An aggressive half-century by Abhishek Nayar and an unbeaten 27 by S Chitnis helped Mumbai beat Gujarat by five wickets in the West Zone Twenty20 league.

Munaf Patel and Sudeep Tyagi wreaked havoc as India Red won the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, steamrolling MS Dhoni led India Blue.

Maharashtra were 272-5 at tea. However, the most cherished wicket for the visitors fell when opener Swapnil Gugale got out on 174, his maiden first-class hundred, well past tea.

Stand-in-skipper Swapnil Gugale's patient 152 was complemented brilliantly by Ankit Bawane's equally impressive 120 not out which helped Maharashtra reach a commendable 290 for 2 against Delhi on the first day of their Ranji Trophy group league encounter.

Yuvraj Singh was named the skipper of the India 'A' side for the unofficial three one-dayers and a Twenty20 game against the visiting West Indies 'A' side.