Parvez Aziz

A four-wicket haul by pacer Abu Nechim Ahmed and half century by Sibsankar Roy kept Assam in hunt for a berth in the main round as they downed Tripura by 11 runs in the East Zone league for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

A doctor attached to the Thane municipal corporation’s Covid hospital, Dr Parvez Aziz Shaikh (42), was arrested for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh each from two patients for admission to ICU despite treatment at the centre being free. Four of his colleagues have also been booked.

Ahmedabad Rockets will have their hands full against the TimesJobs.com Chennai Superstars, who carved out a six-wicket win over Dhaka Warriors, when they clash in the ICL Championship.

The exodus of some top Bengal players to the breakaway ICL has made Assam players hopeful of getting more opportunities to showcase their worth in domestic cricket.

The commissioner of police on Friday directed the Jinsi police to initiate action against three members of a family in Nagsen Colony who had threatened a school in their neighbourhood against conducting Republic Day programme.

Pondicherry registered a six-wicket win over Assam in their Syed Mushtaq Ali Group D T20 clash in Mumbai on Friday.

Jharkhand became the second team after Bengal to make the main round of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament on net run-rate following their mammoth eight- wicket win over Assam in the East Zone league at the Jadavpur University second campus ground in Saltlake on Saturday.

Punjab demolished a hapless Assam by nine wickets with nine overs to spare to storm into the quarterfinals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Twenty20 All India knockout tournament at the Brabourne Stadium on Friday.

Pathak further said that some meters were intermittently slowed down using remote devices and some were slowed using magnets. Three to four meters had been tampered by breaking the seal.

Bengal returned to winning ways with a five-wicket victory against Assam in a Vijay Hazare Trophy Elite Group 'C' match in Chennai on Friday.

Rajasthan bowlers, led by left-arm medium pacer Aniket Choudhary, skittled out Assam for 108 on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Group C game on Thursday.

An unbeaten 92 by Ryan Campbell powered the hosts Ahmedabad Rockets to a nine wicket win over Mumbai Champs in the ICL Twenty20.

Karnataka all-rounder and former under-19 player Stuart Binny has now shifted his alliance to the Indian Cricket League.

Prasant shone (93) with the bat as Mumbai pile up 230 runs against Karnataka in their final league match of the All India Buchi Babu tournament.

Tamil Nadu skipper Vijay Shankar made an impressive return from injury by smashing a blistering 99-ball 129, inclusive of seven sixes, to power the team to a comprehensive 130-run win over Assam in the Vijay Hazare Trophy Elite Group 'C' league on Thursday.