Rahul Batham

Bhopal played a key role in making the MP team maiden Ranji trophy winner at Bengaluru on Sunday. In all, five players from Bhopal were part of the MP team. These were captain Aditya Shrivastava, Anubhav Agarwal, Puneet Datey, Araham Aqueel and Rahul Batham.

After scripting history, four players of the MP Ranji team returned to their hometown Bhopal on Tuesday. Team skipper Aditya Shrivastava will return to the state capital on Wednesday. BDCA is to felicitate the players.

A ‘missing person’ on police records has turned out to be a criminal who had a merry run for four years, “laughing” every time he came across his picture on posters and advertisements of missing persons. The suspect, Rahul Batham, committed several crimes in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, while police in Gwalior were still looking for him for the sake of his family, say sources.

While Madhya Pradesh team skipper Aditya Shrivastava was lifting the maiden Ranji trophy in Bengaluru on Sunday, his coach J P Tyagi in Bhopal was busy developing more players like him.

A 49-year-old man wanted in connection to a case of fraud involving illegal sale and supply of liquor was caught by the police on Monday, officials said.

During the managing committee meeting, various cash prizes to be given to players of Madhya Pradesh who have brought laurels to the state were decided by the members of the committee.

Madhya Pradesh Ranji Trophy team captain Aditya Shrivastava on Wednesday said that the maiden title is memorable for every player of the team as it has opened the way for their future and the MP team will now be “taken seriously”.

Mumbai defeated Madhya Pradesh by five wickets in a thrilling Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy final in Bengaluru. Chasing 175, Mumbai overcame early setbacks thanks to Suryakumar Yadav (48) and Ajinkya Rahane (37). Late fireworks from Suryansh Shedge (36*) and Atharva Ankolekar (16*) sealed the victory.

wo persons living in Danteshwar were detained for getting into a scuffle with cops in Pratapnagar on the midnight of Saturday when they were stopped for roaming around during curfew hours.

Vidarbha skipper Siddesh Wath surprised Madhya Pradesh when he handed the very second over of the 4-day match to off-spinner Yash Kadam, at Vadodara. The out-of-the-box move ended up choking the batters on a damp pitch.

VIdarbha lose by 14 runs to suffer first defeat in central zone under-23 one-dayers.

Nitish Kumar Reddy took a hat-trick for Andhra in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy against Madhya Pradesh, reducing them to 14 for 3. Despite Reddy's bowling heroics, MP recovered with a crucial partnership to secure a four-wicket victory. Reddy's hat-trick marked the first of the current tournament season.

Indore, Aug 2 () Steering clear of giving an opinion on the Lodha Committee reforms which have been made binding by the Supreme Court, former India captain Sourav Ganguly said the matter is for the BCCI to decide.

If Vidarbha bowlers had a ball on Monday, their Madhya Pradesh counterparts returned the favour with more venom to grab an early advantage in the CK Nayudu Trophy semifinal.

Will Madhya Pradesh lift the Ranji Trophy for the first time in 88 years of India’s biggest domestic tournament? This was the talk of the town when MP began their campaign against 41-time champs Mumbai in the final on Wednesday.

Madhya Pradesh humbled Railways by 27 runs in Central zone under-19 Vinoo Mankad trophy league match played at Green Park stadium here on Monday.