Nikhil Patwardhan

Indore’s Nikhil Patwardhan will make his come-back as an umpire after a decade as Akshay Totrey makes his debut as umpire in the IPL 2022 league matches.Besides Nitin Menon, Patwardhan and Totrey from Madhya Pradesh will be umpiring during the matches.

Mumbai’s Cross Maidan, done up with many interesting art installations for the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival in association with The Times Of India, has been seeing a constant footfall of varied age groups in the last few days.

The win was special for UP coach Sunil Joshi as this was the third time that he had coached a team which beat Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy.

ICC Elite Panel member Nitin Menon is among 10 officials grouped in the newly introduced A+ category of BCCI umpires. The others in the A+ category include four international umpires -- Anil Chaudhary, Madangopal Jayaraman, Virender Kumar Sharma and KN Ananthapadmabhanan. Rohan Pandit, Nikhil Patwardhan, Sadashiv Iyer, Ulhas Gandhe and Navdeep Singh Sidhu are also part of the A+ category.

MUMBAI: Ajit Agarkar forgot his exclusion from the India squad for Lanka and decided to play in Mumbai's local cricket -- the Dr HD Kanga league.

Shocking scenes unfolded at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai during the final over of the high-scoring Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals clash on Friday as the dramatic events overshadowed an epic 15-run Royals victory.