Manender Singh

Maharashtra produced a collective bowling effort to reduce Rajasthan to 299 for eight and seize the initiative in a Group B Ranji Trophy cricket match, here today.

Wicketkeeper batsman Chetan Bist has been dropped by the state selectors for the next two games that Rajasthan will play against Gujarat and Kerala in Jaipur and Trivandrum respectively. The opener has been replaced by Manender Singh who is more of a T20 specialist and comes with an experience of 11 first-class matches.

Rajasthan rode on career-best centuries from Manender Singh and Mahipal Lomror to crush Assam by 142 runs and brighten their hopes for knock-out berth in the Vijay Hazare Trophy national one-dayers on Sunday.

Left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem spun a web around Rajasthan batsmen to hand Jharkhand a narrow two-run first innings lead in a Group B Ranji Trophy match, on Friday.

Vidarbha bowlers produced a clinical display to bowl Rajasthan out for a paltry 140 on the opening day of their Group B Ranji Trophy cricket match on Wednesday.

Former India U19 skipper Ricky Bhui 149 and Karan Shinde's 96-run knock helped Andhra post 389 in the first innings against Services in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group E match here on Friday. Resuming at the overnight 277 for 3, Andhra continued to add runs as Bhui and Shinde took the score to 337 before the latter fell to off-spinner Pulkit Narang for four short of a well-deserved hundred.

Rahul Tripathi fell short of a century by five runs but his knock helped Maharashtra score a big total of 461 all out in their first innings on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Group B match against Rajasthan.

Manavjit Singh Sandhu, who is not really a figment of imagination, did create some magic with his silver engraved Perazzi MX2000 at Dr Karni Singh shooting range.

In a first, officials of Panchkula municipal corporation on Monday issued challans to the residents found washing their vehicles outside their homes in various parts of the city.

In another low-scoring encounter where bowlers called the shots, Udaipur leg-spinner Pradhumn Parikh rattled Kota's batting line-up picking up four crucial wickets to help his team secure a six wickets victory in a Rajasthan Premier League (RPL) match at Barkatullah Khan Stadium in Jodhpur on Monday.

Pacer Pankaj Singh returned with a five-wicket haul to help Rajasthan bundle out Jharkhand for 209 in their first innings in a Group B Ranji Trophy match.

Uttarakhand spinner Mayank Mishra pursued a simple formula for success as he took seven wickets on the third day of a Ranji Trophy match against Rajasthan in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday. In 23.

Left-arm paceman TM Ul-Haq returned career-best figures of six for 21 as Rajasthan bundled out Vidarbha for 116 to take a crucial 24-run first innings lead in their Ranji Trophy Group B match on Thursday.

Rajasthan defeated Pondicherry by 6 wickets in their Vijay Hazare clash in Jaipur on Sunday. Pondicherry’s Paras Dogra hit a 109-ball 101 to help the side finish on 273-6 in their 50 overs.

Back from injury break, Shikhar Dhawan looked in fluent touch as he hit six crisp boundaries in his unbeaten 29 with Delhi finishing the first day's play at 37 for no loss against Rajasthan in a Ranji Trophy group B encounter on Monday.

Andhra crushed Hyderabad by an innings and 96 runs to register their third win in Group A of the Ranji Trophy on Tuesday. Resuming at the overnight score of 45 for three, Hyderabad were shot out for 168 in 74.4 overs in their second innings.

Kunal Chandela hit a fighting 89 while Swapnil Singh slammed an unbeaten 69 as Uttarakhand recovered from a poor start to post 228-5 against Rajasthan on the opening day of their Elite Group E Ranji Trophy match, according to information received from Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday.

Left-arm spinner S Ashish picked up four wickets to help Andhra bowl out Services and secure a vital 46-run lead on the third day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group E match on Saturday. Resuming at 75 for two, Services lost Hardik Sethi (27) to a catch by Ricky Bhui off Prithvi Raj's bowling.

Rajasthan opened their 2021-22 Ranji Trophy campaign with a 158-run victory against Andhra in their Elite Group E fixture in Trivandrum on Sunday. An important win, says captain Ashok Menaria, emphasising on how no team can afford lax attitude, given it is a curtailed season this year.

Bengal batting was in shambles for the second day in a row as defending champions Vidarbha cruised to a nine-wicket victory in a Ranji Trophy group A encounter riding on left-arm spinner Aditya Sarwate's six-wicket haul.

With the league stage of the Ranji Trophy at its fag end, which two teams will qualify for the knockouts is open to speculation. Neither late bloomers Rajasthan nor rugged Bengal can afford to take their foot off the pedal when they take on each other at the SMS Stadium on Tuesday.

A depleted Tamil Nadu side will kick off their Vijay Hazare campaign against Rajasthan at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Tuesday. Injuries have ruled out all-rounders - Vijay Shankar and Washington Sundar - from the first couple of games.

About 300 farmers associated with Gramin Kisan Samiti and Kisan Army, who broke the barricades at the protest site at Jaisinghpur Khera on Thursday, have marched 7km towards Delhi and are camping on a service lane near the Rohtak-Jhajjar bypass. Some of the farmers who were earlier at Jaisinghpur Khera, the Haryana-Rajasthan border, have now set up langars at the new spot while the rest say they will wait for the next round of talks on January 4.

The Rajasthan senior selection committee on Monday appointed a 20-member squad for the upcoming Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy that will be played between January 10 and 31. Seasoned Ashok Menaria has been appointed as the captain of the side while left-hand batsman Mahipal Lomror will be his deputy.

Rajasthan opened their 2021-22 Ranji Trophy campaign with a 158-run victory against Andhra in their Elite Group E fixture in Trivandrum on Sunday. An important win, says captain Ashok Menaria, emphasising on how no team can afford lax attitude, given it is a curtailed season this year. "Starting with a win always boosts your confidence going ahead in any tournament.

Opener Abhijeet Tomar struck a maiden unbeaten century to complement their bowlers' stunning effort as Rajasthan defeated Punjab by six wickets in a group E match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy domestic one-dayers on Wednesday.

Uttarakhand thrashed Rajasthan by 299 runs on the fourth and final day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group E match on Sunday to top the points table with 12 points.

Karnataka rode on half-centuries from KV Siddharth (85 not out), skipper Manish Pandey (52 not out) and R Samarth (54) to sail into the quarterfinals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy with a comprehensive eight-wicket win over Rajasthan here on Sunday.