Ankush Bains

Ankush Bains struck a patient 113 before half-centuries from Prashant Chopra, Nikhil Gangta and skipper Rishi Dhawan helped Himachal Pradesh force draw against Tripura in a Ranji Trophy group C match.

Himachal Pradesh were all set to take the all-important first innings lead after they reached 210 for six in reply to Chhattisgarh's 238 all out in a Group C Ranji Trophy cricket match on Monday.

Tamil Nadu batsman Baba Aparajith will be leading an India U-23 team in the Asian Cricket Council's Emerging Cup tournament in Dhaka.

Riding on a superb bowling performance on the final day, Himachal Pradesh on Sunday notched up a 10-wicket win over Jammu & Kashmir to bag seven points from their Ranji Trophy Group C match.

After the selection of Sushma Verma in India's women team, two boys from Himachal Pradesh have now been picked up for under-19 and one for under-23 national squad.

Shrugging off their loss against Pakistan in last game, India U-19 boys held their nerves as they eked out a three-wicket win against Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup.

Ankush Bains blasted his way to a scintillating century as India inflicted a humiliating nine-wicket defeat on Zimbabwe to seal a berth in the final of the quadrangular under-19 one-day series.

The Indian under-19 cricket team produced a fine all-round performance to outplay Australia and notch a 47-run win in its opening match of the ongoing tri-nation series.

Asked to follow on by Mumbai after conceding a massive 259-run lead, Himachal, looking like in a hurry to return to Dharamshala, again collapsed in a heap in their second innings as only No 4 bat Pukhraj Mann (65 off 109 balls, 9x4s) showed some fight. Post the match, Pukhraj was seen taking some tips from Mumbai batter Sarfaraz Khan, perhaps asking the currently out-of-form batter the secret of scoring big runs in domestic cricket.

Left-handed opener Akhil Herwadkar scored a century as almost all the Indian batsmen scored runs in their crushing 189 run win over hosts United Arab Emirates in the opening game of the U-19 Asia Cup here today.

Ajinkya Rahane's struggles in limited overs cricket continued as India B comfortably beat India C by 30 runs to enter the Deodhar Trophy final on Wednesday.

Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS) have acquired the services of Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) pacer Shardul Thakur for the 10th edition of the Indian Premier League to be held across the country from April 5 to May 21.

Maharashtra's Vijay Zol has been named captain of the Indian junior team that will compete in a tri-series to be played in Australia in June-July.

Close on the heels of Parveez Rasool's selection in the Indian team for the Zimbabwe tour, another J&K Shubham Khajuria was selected in the India U-19 squad for the tour of Sri Lanka.

Vijay Zol will lead a 15-member Indian under-19 cricket team in a quadrangular one-day series against Australia, South Africa and Zimbabwe starting September 23 in Visakhapatnam.

Vijay Zol, fresh from leading India Colts to victory in the Asia Cup, has been named skipper of the U-19 squad that will defend its World Cup title in the UAE.

Ajinkya Rahane's patience trumped Shreyas Iyer's flamboyance in a 'battle of captains', leading India C to the Deodhar Trophy title triumph with a 29-run win over India B on Saturday. Rahane dropped anchor to score an unbeaten 144 off 156 balls while the young Ishan Kishan smashed his way to an 87-ball 114 during their opening stand of 210.