Shasheem Rathour

Bihar defeated Meghalaya by six wickets for their third straight win in the Plate group of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament on Friday. Sent in to bat, the Meghalaya batsmen found the going tough against some tight bowling and could manage just 82 for 9 in 20 overs.

Bihar thrashed Manipur by nine wickets in a Plate Group match to register their fourth straight win in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament, here on Sunday.

Left-arm spinner Anukul Roy picked up a four-wicket haul as Jharkhand beat Maharashtra by eight wickets in a rain-hit match to enter the semifinals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy here on Monday.

Pondicherry were in command against Bihar on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Plate Group clash in Patna on Monday. Pondy's left-arm spinner Sagar Udeshi was the wrecker-in-chief for the visitors - taking 6 for 50 - as Bihar were bowled out for 173 in the first innings. In reply, Pondy were 62 for no loss at close of play.

Veteran R Vinay Kumar excelled with an all-round display as Puducherry climbed to the top of Plate Group table with a crushing 296-run win over Arunchal Pradesh on Tuesday.

Cheteshwar Pujara warmed up nicely for the Sri Lanka Test series with a record 12th first-class double hundred ensuring a huge first innings total of 553 for 9 for Saurashtra against Jharkhand in a group B encounter.

Mahipal Lomror was the standout performer as Rajasthan defeated Bihar by 16 runs in the fourth quarterfinal of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Wednesday at the Motera Stadium.

Jharkhand produced a clinical performance to ease past Maharashtra by eight wickets (VJD method) in the Vijay Hazare quarterfinals at the M Chinnaswamy stadium on Monday.

Gautam Gambhir-led Delhi will need to negotiate Jharkhand's potent bowling attack with guile when the two teams meet in the second semifinal of the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Thursday.

Samit Gohel hammered a sizzling 135 as Tripura crushed Arunachal Pradesh by 210 runs in a Vijay Hazare Trophy Plate Group match on Wednesday.

A blistering 51-ball 146 by captain Punit Bisht, which included six fours and 17 sixes, powered Meghalaya to a massive 130-run win over Mizoram in a Plate group match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament on Wednesday.

Manipur were shot out for 27 by Meghalaya, narrowly avoiding the lowest Ranji Trophy total on their way to an innings and 116-run defeat in a Plate group match on Monday.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni led Jharkhand entered the quarterfinals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy with a six-wicket thrashing of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday.

The last couple of months have been a mixed bag for Karnataka’s new skipper R Samarth. The opener failed to make it to the squad for the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament but not only was he named in the Vijay Hazare squad, he was also handed the captain’s band.