Rohan Prem

Rohan Prem and Bhavin Thakkar hit centuries as Kerala took Goa to the cleaners to take an upper hand in their group C Ranji Trophy cricket fixture at Brabourne Stadium today.

Chhattisgarh grabbed the early initiative as they reduced Kerala to 194/8 on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Group C match on Thursday.

Half centuries from senior pros - Sachin Baby, Sanju Samson and Rohan Prem - helped Kerala recover from a precarious start and post a total of respectability on a truncated Day 1 of their Ranji Trophy tie against Chhattisgarh at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Naya Raipur on Friday.

Becomes first Keralite to score 4000 first-class runs; surpasses three major landmarks in the game against Goa.

Experienced batsman Rohan Prem has been recalled into the Kerala Ranji Trophy squad for the match against Hyderabad as a replacement for Sanju Samson who will be on national duty in the T20I series against Sri Lanka.

Kerala have taken a sizeable lead of 210 runs against Goa in a Ranji Trophy group C encounter on Tuesday.

The Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) has continued to play musical chair in naming captains for the state senior squad for Ranji Trophy as Sachin Baby replaced Rohan Prem at the helm for the upcoming domestic season.

Sanju Samson will return as captain of Kerala in the longer format as he will lead the team that has been picked to play the first two matches of Ranji Trophy this season.

Sitting on the either side of the sight screen, two coaches-Usman Ghani and Biju George gave opposite reactions as soon as Amol Jungade castled Rohan Prem with a beauty in the last over of the day.

Patient half-centuries Rohan Prem and Sachin Baby, and a brisk 46 from skipper Sanju Samson put Kerala in command against Chhattisgarh on Day 2 of their Ranji Trophy at St Xavier’s College ground, Thumba on Wednesday.

An orthodox left-hand batsman, Rohan Prem likes to bat long in domestic matches. Like his approach to batting, Rohan’s cricketing career for Kerala too has been a lengthy one.

Jalaj Saxena (58 not out) and Sachin Baby (51 not out) put together 114 runs in their undefeated partnership to help Kerala overcome a jittery start against Hyderabad in their Ranji Trophy Group B match.

Unmukt Chand's century went in-vain as Kerala beat Delhi by 6 wickets in a Super League (Group A) match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament.

One is a veteran of Jharkhand cricket. The other does not have his seniority but has come out strong for the team on multiple occasions.

Hosts Andhra and Karnataka continued to falter, while Hyderabad suffered their first defeat in the South Zone Twenty20 tournament for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Thursday.

Skipper Rajesh Bishnoi slammed a blistering 75 (36b, 5x4, 6x6) to help Rajasthan rally brilliantly, while chasing 173, and beat Kerala by three wickets, with just a ball left, in a Group ‘B’ game of the Syed Mushtaq Ali All India T20 Group B game, at the Sharad Pawar indoor academy ground in BKC on Thursday. It was Rajasthan’s second win on the trot.

Madhya Pradesh wicket-keeper batsman Naman Ojha will lead a third string Board President's XI squad against Sri Lanka in a two-day warm-up tie, scheduled to be played in Kolkata from November 11.

Kerala secured 3 points for taking the first-innings lead in their Group C Ranji Trophy cricket match against Chhattisgarh on Sunday.

In the past, Kerala played the pre-quarterfinals in the 1992-93 season and reached the Super League in the 1996-97 season. They also reached the plate (second tier) final and semi-finals in 2002-03 and 2007-08 respectively.

Rohan Prem had produced a fake degree certificate to secure a job.

Sachin Baby remained unbeaten on 52 as Kerala reached 163 for four in their first innings at stumps on the opening day of their Group C Ranji Trophy clash against Himachal Pradesh at the Eden Gardens.

Mayank Agarwal's brilliant 111 and Manish Pandey's all-round heroics helped Karnataka beat Hyderabad by 12 runs to top the South Zone leg of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy.

Unmukt Chand's century went in-vain as Kerala beat Delhi by 6 wickets in a Super League (Group A) match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament.

Time is running out for Kerala and they need a win sooner than later. Despite getting first-innings lead in three out of the four matches so far, Kerala have not been able to close out games.

The biggest controversy to hit Kerala cricket this year involving the state cricket association, KCA, and its most high-profile cricketer, Sanju Samson, is reaching an amicable settlement.

Robin Uthappa hit 86 as Saurashtra managed to take a slender seven-run first innings lead over Kerala, scoring 232 all out on the second day of their Group B Ranji Trophy match on Saturday.

The selectors have named three newcomers in Kerala’s Ranji Trophy squad for the first two matches of the upcoming season. As expected, Sanju Samson has been named captain of the team while opener Rohan Kunnummal will be his deputy.

In what is seen as a sign of things to come, Sachin Baby has been named Kerala captain for the KSCA Trophy beginning next week. It is a clear indication that the current KCA management and a majority of the selectors are in favour of handing over the captaincy mantle to Sachin for the upcoming Ranji Trophy season.

Seamer Rituraj Singh claimed a career-best 7/42 but Goa's batsmen let him down with a lacklustre effort as they trailed Kerala by 173 runs with four wickets in hand in their Ranji Trophy group C cricket fixture at Brabourne Stadium on Monday.

Young opener Bishal Ghosh kept Tripura in the hunt for the crucial first innings lead against Jammu and Kashmir with a unbeaten half-century on day two of their four-day Ranji Trophy Group C game here today.