Yo Mahesh

Almost a decade ago, V Yo Mahesh, a 20-year-old rookie pacer then with Delhi Daredevils, went berserk after rearranging the stumps of Sachin Tendulkar in an IPL match.

Former Tamil Nadu allrounder Yo Mahesh Vijaykumar announced his retirement from all formats of the game on Sunday evening. The 32-year-old represented the state in 50 first-class matches scoring 1119 runs and taking 108 wickets.

V Yo Mahesh became the latest casualty in the Tamil Nadu injury list after suffering a knee injury during their 130-run victory against Assam in the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Thursday.

With just over a month to go for the fresh IPL auctions, franchises have begun their talent hunt across the country. Defending champions Mumbai Indians had called five Tamil Nadu cricketers - comeback man V Yo Mahesh, left-arm spinners R Sai Kishore and S Mohan Prasath, allrounder M Shahrukh Khan and pacer K Vignesh - for a trial at Navi Mumbai earlier this week.

An unbeaten 103 by V Yo Mahesh, batting at No. 9 combined with a superb 152 by Baba Indrajith helped Tamil Nadu post 450 and grab a vital 76-run lead against Mumbai in a Ranji Trophy Group C match on Thursday.

Over the last few days, N Jagadeesan has been specifically honing his skills for the T20 version in the yellows of Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium heading into his maiden IPL season.

TNCA first division league champions Grand Slam will have Yo Mahesh captaining the side in the new season.

All-rounder Vijay Shankar will lead Tamil Nadu in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 cricket tournament to be held at Vishakhapatnam and Vizianagaram from January 8 to 14.

Karaikudi Kaalai defeated Ruby Trichy Warriors by 1 wicket in a low-scoring TNPL-3 clash at the IC Ground in Tirunelveli on Friday evening.

Karaikudi's medium pacers Ashwath Mukunthan (5 for 36) and Yo Mahesh (2 for 30) set up the game before openers S Anirudha (43, 4x4, 2x6) and V Aditya (49, 6x4, 2x6) made it no-contest in the end.

Shikhar Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane guided India Blue to a comfortable 111-run victory with bonus point and seal the Challenger Trophy final berth.

All-rounder Vijay Shankar and Baba Aparajith returned to the Tamil Nadu team which will take on Mumbai in a Ranji Trophy Group "C" match to be played in Mumbai from October 24.

Sehwag (71) and Gambhir (50) helped Delhi Daredevils hand Chennai Super Kings first defeat of the Indian Premier League at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.

Nishaanth hit a 102-ball 118 to help Globe Trotters defeat Grand Slam by 10 runs in their VA Parthasarathy Trophy clash at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday

Amit Mishra claimed the second hat-trick as Delhi Daredevils beat Deccan Chargers by 12 runs in their Indian Premier League match at the Feroze Shah Kotla.

Off-spinner Malolan Rangarajan and rookie paceman V Lakshman were on Thursday picked in the Tamil Nadu team to face Odisha in the Ranji Trophy Group 'C' match at Cuttack from November 9 to 12.

When the auctions for the IPL were going on, teams lapped up the Shoaib Akhtars and the Ajit Agarkars, but an old man who went into the reserve pool was Glenn McGrath.

In a matter of mere 30 balls, Yusuf Pathan had decisively turned Challenger Trophy match in India Red's favour, notching up 63 with 5 fours and 5 sixes.

L Balaji will lead a 15-member Tamil Nadu squad for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy South Zone Twenty20 tournamen.