Shalabh Shrivastava

Vidarbha middle-order Ranji Trophy batsman Shalabh Shrivastava will be leading the President's XI team in the Krishna Godbole Memorial one-day cricket tournament.

The Vidarbha Cricket Association has declared the team for the Mushtaq Ali Twenty20 Zonal (Central Zone) Cricket tournament scheduled to be played at Indore from March 24 to 29.

One of the most successful First-Class players from Vidarbha, Shalabh Shrivastava, has announced his retirement after playing in the domestic circuit for 13 seasons. He has officially informed Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) about his decision.

It’s not easy to keep going when you are sidelined. Former captain Shalabh Shrivastava, however, is unfazed about the selection. He is just silently scoring runs and keeping selectors and youngsters on the toes.

Openers Faiz Fazal (94) and Sanjay Ramaswamy (77) shared a gritty-171 run stand to take Vidarbha closer to Saurashtra's 301 on day two of the Ranji Trophy Group B match here today.

Vidarbha's experienced trio of Faiz Fazal, Shalabh Shrivastava and Sandeep Singh is likely to be considered for the ongoing Bhausaheb Nimbalkar Cricket Trophy in Pune.

The Vidarbha selectors have showed faith in the youngsters for the shorter format, including as many as four new faces in the squad for the Central Zone Vijay Hazare One-day tournament in Jaipur.

The Delhi-Vidarbha Ranji Trophy clash at the SSN College Grounds was talked about as an opportunity for Shikhar Dhawan to make his India comeback.

It's been more than an year that Shalabh Shrivastava has not played a match for Vidarbha in any format. He has always been in the scheme of things yet he has failed to make it to the playing XI.

With relatively young side, the likes of Faiz Fazal 66 (56b, 4x4, 2x6) and Shalabh Shrivastava (3-0-13-3) needed to take more responsibility.

After the fourth round of the ongoing MN Dorairajan Cricket Trophy, the Vidarbha Cricket Association selectors have short-listed the 31 probables for the forthcoming Ranji Trophy season, which includes pre-season meet — all India tournament in Karnataka.

Before the start of their opener, Vidarbha players went about their improvised version of handball. Skipper Faiz Fazal wasn't part of the now customary warm-up drill of the team. He was deep in conversation with coach Chandrakant Pandit.

While Vidarbha showed tremendous fight in their opening match against Uttar Pradesh, it was a tame surrender against Railways on Wednesday.

Delhi bowled out Vidarbha for 183 before Shikhar Dhawan lasted just nine balls on day one of the Group B Ranji Trophy match here today.

Riding on Niraj Patel and Jesal Karia's fine knocks, Gujarat got the better of Vidarbha by three wickets in the Super League match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament.

After an average performance in Round One of the MN Dorairajan three-day cricket Trophy, the senior players have struck form, something that would gladden the hearts of the Vidarbha team management.

Swiggy has recruited two senior executives, Hari Kumar G and Shalabh Shrivastava, from Flipkart to bolster its leadership team ahead of its IPO. Kumar will oversee Instamart as Senior Vice President and Chief Business Officer, while Shrivastava will optimize product and operations for Swiggy's delivery service as Senior Vice President.

After rains made it a no-show on Day 3 of the Delhi-Vidarbha Ranji Trophy clash at the SSN Grounds , only 19 overs were possible on Friday - the final day.

Vidarbha's seasoned player Ravi Jangid has been working hard to break into the Ranji Trophy side ever since he was left out last season. He has been an integral part of shorter formats - T20s and One-Day. However, the absence from Ranji Trophy squad for more than 13 months was constantly playing on his mind.

"What has changed the Vidarbha cricket?," Vidarbha Cricket Association vice-president Prashant Vaidya was asked after Vidarbha won their maiden Ranji Trophy title last year in Indore.