Abhishek Raut

In a daring burglary in broad daylight, housebreakers managed to decamp with valuables including 18 tolas of gold and Rs 20,000 cash from the residence of Raut family in Manish Nagar.

Leg-spinner Abhishek Raut picked up a fifer, his career-best figures, to help Odisha beat Vidharbha by six wickets in a Group A match of the Vijay Hazare One-Day Nationals here on Saturday.

Shams Mulani produced an all-round show as Mumbai bowlers impressed after the side's superlative batting display to close in on a win against Odisha on the penultimate day of their Ranji Trophy elite group D match here on Saturday. Abhishek Raut was batting on 31 and giving him company was Debashish Samantray on 9 at the draw of stumps with Odisha needing 164 runs with five wickets in hand to make Mumbai bat again.

Ambernath resident Dr Dnyaneshwar Avhad, 33, was astonished one day to see his father wash his infant grandson's cloth diaper. Though modern in outlook himself, Avhad, who runs a clinic with his gynaecologist wife, comes from a farming family of conservative parents, where it was unthinkable for a man to do any childcare work, let alone scrub soiled diapers.

Five batsmen scored half-centuries as Odisha posted a massive 436 and then reduced Assam to 59 for three at stumps on the second day of the Ranji Trophy Group C match on Tuesday.

Six cricketers from IPL team Rajasthan Royals will make a special appearance on talent show Indian Idol 5.

Young Sarfaraz Khan hit a stroke-filled 275 to propel Mumbai to a mammoth 544/7 and put 41-time champions in a commanding position on the second day of their Elite Group D Ranji Trophy game against defending champions Saurashtra here on Friday.

DY Patil beat Shivaji Park Gymkhana on the first innings lead in an exciting Kanga League 'A' Division game, in Nerul on Sunday.

Sumit Ghadigaonkar (118) and Kevin Almeda (73) helped MIG Cricket Club beat Muslim United on the first innings lead basis in a Kanga League 'A' Division match.

Nishit Shetty and Rohan Gavaskar's 135-run fourth-wicket stand based Tata Sports Club's score of 360 for four against debutants Akabar Tarvels in the second round of the Times Cricket Shield 'A' Division league tie at the Brabourne Stadium.

Heavyweights Mumbai stormed into the Ranji Trophy quarterfinals for the first time since 2017-18 season after an innings and 108-run win over Odisha in their Group D match here on Sunday. With the bonus point victory, Mumbai ended up with 16 points, three points ahead of Saurashtra who failed to make the cut despite their big 211-run win over Goa in another match here.

Ace speedster Zaheer Khan is to return to cricket action during the West Zone Twenty20 league to be held at Pune from October 20-25.

An all-round Jharkhand trounced Tripura by 24 runs in a East Zone match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy on Wednesday.

Karnakata's Abhimanyu Mithun starred with five wickets in their three-run victory over Kerala in the second round of the South Zone Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament on Monday.

Bengal recorded their first win in the Syed Mushtaq Ali (T20) meet when they thrashed Odisha by eight wickets in a Group E clash at Lucknow on Friday.

Amandeep Khare’s consistency as a batter and Sumit Ruikar’s outstanding performance with the ball helped Chhattisgarh register their fourth victory in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy on Saturday as they defeated Odisha by a huge margin of 87 runs.

All-rounder Lalit Yadav claimed three wickets with his off-breaks as Delhi notched up a comprehensive 20-run win over Odisha in their final Group 'E' match to qualify for the Super League of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Monday.

Rajasthan's winning streak came to a halt as their Elite Group C game against hosts Uttar Pradesh ended in a draw on Saturday.

Sairaj Bahutule and Nishit Shetty in opposite camps when the 77th edition of The Times of India challenge shield commenced with the opening round A Division games.

Stylish batter Ruturaj Gaikwad continued his impressive run in the shortest format with a strokeful 80 to power Maharashtra to a seven-wicket win against Punjab in an Elite Group 'A' match in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 cricket tournament on Friday.