Fabid Ahmed

An all-round display from Fabid Ahmed (103 not out & 4/6) has left Puducherry needing just two wickets to complete a well-deserved innings victory in their Ranji Plate division clash against Mizoram at CAP Siechem Ground in Puducherry on Friday.

Haryana registered a six-wicket win over Pondicherry in their Syed Mushtaq Ali Group D clash in Mumbai on Thursday. This was Pondy's second loss in 5 games in the competition and they are on 10 points.

Fabid Ahmed slammed a double century and returned with a match haul of four wickets as Puducherry thrashed Manipur by an innings and 241 runs inside two days in their Plate Group Ranji clash on Wednesday.

On a day when 22 wickets fell, it was Cricket Association Puducherry (CAP) that had its noses ahead against Arunachal Pradesh in their Ranji clash at DN Singha Stadium in Goalpara on Friday.

Cricket Association of Pondicherry (CAP) named the squad for the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Thursday. The 15-member squad will be led by D Rohit while Fabid Ahmed has been named his deputy. The squad will be undergoing a short camp in Pondicherry from 14th of this month.

It took a little more than four overs and barely 20 minutes of play on the final day for Puducherry to complete a crushing 238-run innings victory against Mizoram in their Ranji Trophy Plate division clash in Puducherry on Saturday.

Puducherry won their first-ever Ranji Trophy match on Saturday as they thumped Mizoram by an innings and 238 runs. Incidentally, one of the main protagonists of the win was a Keralite Fabid Ahmed who scored a century (103) and took six wickets (2/22, 4/8) in the match. Fabid was awarded Man of the Match for his allround effort as he became the lead player in a major milestone in Puducherry's nascent cricketing history.

For the second day in succession, it was Cricket Association of Puducherry (CAP) that called the shots against Sikkim at the Krishnagiri Stadium in Wayanad.

Pondicherry registered a 31-run win over Mizoram in their Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 clash in Mumbai on Monday. This was Pondicherry's second win in three outings in the competition.

Kerala and Mumbai are on 20 points from six matches though the latter are placed on top of Group ‘A’ on better net run rate. A big win on Tuesday against Railways in their final group game should keep Kerala in the hunt for a knockout berth in the Vijay Hazare one-day tournament. Sanju Samson, who was selected in Indian ODI squad for SA, scored a breezy unbeaten 35 to steer Kerala to a six-wicket win over Pondicherry at Alur Cricket Stadium in Bengaluru.

Left-arm spinner Saurabh Kumar (4 for 14) shone with the ball for Uttar Pradesh as they registered a comfortable 77-run victory over Pondicherry in their Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 clash at New Delhi on Monday.

Fabid Farooque Ahmed's allround brilliance steered Kerala to an emphatic 273-run win over Mumbai in the CK Nayudu U-23 Elite Group C match at Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana, Kandivali on Thursday.

Fast bowler S Sreesanth, who made a return to competitive cricket on Monday, castled Puducherry opener, Fabid Ahmed, in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match in Mumbai. Sreesanth, who was named in the Kerala squad for the showpiece event last month, bagged his first wicket in seven years as he announced his return to competitive cricket in style.

Tamil Nadu's run of three back-to-back victories in the Vijay Hazare Trophy ended when they lost to Pondicherry by 1 run --- using the VJD method --- in a rain-affected clash at Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday.

Rajasthan's Deepak Hooda led from the front with an unbeaten 105, guiding his team to 234/6 against Pondicherry in the Ranji Trophy. Although Rajasthan struggled initially, Hooda's disciplined batting helped them trail by just 14 runs at stumps on Day Two. However, Pondicherry's spinners remained a formidable challenge.

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.

Tamil Nadu’s run of three back-to-back victories in the Vijay Hazare Trophy came to a halt when they lost to Pondicherry by 1 run under the VJD method in a rain-affected clash at Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday. Pondicherry No.

After firing on all cylinders so far in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT), most Vidarbha batters had an off day on Monday. Skipper Atharva Taide took on the onus of seeing Vidarbha through against Pondicherry with a masterful knock at Mullanpur Stadium.

Ruturaj Gaikwad scored his third straight half-century (81 off 47 balls) and powered Maharashtra to a 27-run win over Odisha in an Elite Group A match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 cricket tournament on Saturday.

Unfancied Pondicherry pulled off an upset one-run win over Tamil Nadu in a Vijay Hazare Trophy Elite Group B match on Sunday, while Karnataka beat Baroda for their third victory.