Tejas Baroka

Delhi raced to an innings and 16-run win over Tamil Nadu in the U-23 Col CK Nayudu Trophy semi-final in New Delhi on Monday. The architect of Delhi's emphatic win was Tejas Baroka who took 6 for 84.

Delhi came here with a depleted squad, sans India stars Ishant Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan, but a resilient performance from their bowlers put the visitors in a commanding position on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy game against Punjab at the IS Bindra Stadium, here on Friday.

Delhi needed another 115 runs to emerge victorious in the U23 Col C K Nayudu Tournament after they bundled out Mumbai for 267 in their second innings on the third day of the four-day final played.

Delhi and District Cricket Association has been named for the 'Best Overall Performance Award' by the BCCI for the consistency shown by its senior and junior teams in both men and women, its Court Appointed Administrator said on Tuesday.

Middle-order batsmen Manpreet Juneja and Dhruv Raval in a counter-attacking fifth wicket stand added 181 runs as Gujarat are well on course for a first innings lead on the second day of their Ranji Trophy group A game against Delhi.

Left-arm seamer Pradeep Sangwan was on Friday appointed captain of the Delhi team for the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy national 50-over championships ahead of India opener and senior batsman Shikhar Dhawan.

Delhi coach KP Bhaskar's ploy of using four-pronged spin attack backfired badly as Kerala comfortably reached 276 for 3 riding on a patient hundred from Robin Uthappa on the first day of their Ranji Trophy Group A encounter.

India players, including captain Virat Kohli, Ishant Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and Rishabh Pant were on Monday named among the 30 shortlisted players for the Delhi team for the Ranji Trophy camp beginning here on Tuesday.

Skipper Sachin Baby grinded a listless Delhi attack to hit 155 as Kerala gained complete control, first by posting a mammoth 525 for 9 and then removing the two opposition openers on Day 2 of their Ranji Trophy group A campaign.

Wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant and pacer Navdeep Saini were on Wednesday named in the 16-member strong Delhi squad, led by top-order batsman Dhruv Shorey, for the first four games of Vijay Hazare Trophy, starting September 24.

The champions of the inaugural edition Rajasthan Royals came to the mega auction with Rs 62 crore purse after retaining three players, and spent judiciously with Prasidh Krishna as their biggest buy. Royals spent Rs 10 crore for India's latest pace sensation.

Struggling Gujarat Lions is set to receive a much-needed boost with the imminent return of ace all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja during their clash against Rising Pune Supergiant in the Indian Premier League on Friday.

With an aim of making it to the Indian squad for the Champions Trophy in England, Ashish Nehra is all set to play three matches for the Rishabh Pant-led Delhi in the Vijay Hazare national one day tournament in Cuttack

In-form Dhruv Shorey showed a different facet of his batsmanship, hitting four sixes in his unbeaten 59 off 44 balls as Delhi beat Haryana by seven wickets in a North Zone encounter of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy.

Having gone off the boil in the last few games, Jos Buttler would be eagerly waiting to pounce on an inexperienced Chennai Super Kings attack in order to clinch a play-off berth for Rajasthan Royals in the IPL here on Friday.

Delhi Capitals will aim to quickly recover from their loss in the previous match to stay in the IPL play-offs race while Rajasthan Royals will be eager to hold on to their winning momentum when the two teams clash on Wednesday.

India opener Shikhar Dhawan, who last played a red-ball game three years ago, has been named among Delhi's 39 probables for the Ranji Trophy beginning December 13.

The senior selection committee of DDCA on Tuesday dropped Bihar politician Pappu Yadav's son Sarthak Ranjan and brought back seasoned Unmukt Chand for the knock- out phase of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, starting January 21 in Kolkata.

Tamil Nadu are facing an uphill task in their bid to upstage Delhi in the semifinals of the U-23 Col CK Nayudu Trophy. At the end of Day 3, TN still trail the hosts by 54 runs with just five wickets in hand after reaching 196/5 in their second innings with N Jagadeesan contributing 64.

Gujarat Lions coach Brad Hodge blamed his batsmen for not putting enough total against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Rashid, the teenaged leg-spinner from Afghanistan who is the first-ever player from the war-torn country to make his debut in IPL, claimed 3 wickets as Hyderabad restricted Gujarat to 135-7.

Their campaign done and dusted after being knocked out of the play-off race, Gujarat Lions and Delhi Daredevils will look to salvage pride when they clash in the Indian Premier League on Wednesday.

Yuvraj Singh and Gautam Gambhir began their quest to get fresh IPL contracts in earnest, hitting half-centuries, as Punjab pipped Delhi by two runs in a marquee North Zone encounter of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

RCB would hope their star batter Kohli gets back among the runs besides a much improved performance by the batting unit after a shocker in the previous game, where they were hammered by Sunrisers Hyderabad in a nine-wicket defeat.

Rajasthan Royals would aim to build on their promising start to the season when they take on Royal Challengers Bangalore, a side that is yet to unlock its potential, in the Indian Premier League here on Tuesday.

Off-spinner Jalaj Saxena showed his Delhi counterparts how to bowl on an unresponsive track with a six-wicket haul, raising visions of an innings victory for Kerala in their first round Ranji Trophy Group A encounter here on Wednesday.

Last time Vidarbha and Delhi met in a List 'A' match, Faiz Fazal's gritty 83 was the difference between the two sides. In gloomy conditions during Delhi winter, Faiz held the innings together with a composed knock against the likes of Ishant Sharma, Navdeep Saini, Pradeep Sangwan and Pawan Negi as Vidarbha recorded a fighting 18-run victory.

Faced with a do-or-die situation, defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad would go all out against a struggling Gujarat Lions and clinch the last-available spot in the IPL play-offs, when the two teams clash on Saturday.

Jadeja, who was advised rest for the first two matches, will provide the side assistance when they take on Rising Pune Supergiant at the SCA stadium in Rajkot.

After a miserable white-ball season, Robin Uthappa regained form to hit his 22nd first-class century and put Kerala in a position of strength on day one of the Ranji Trophy opener at St Xavier's College Ground, Thumba here on Monday.