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Cricketer Ambati Rayudu would lead the HCA XI Cricket team in the All India Coromandel Kng Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Cricket Tournament to be held here from August 22 to 31.

Hyderabad faltered on the first day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group B third round fixture against Baroda in Bhubaneswar on Thursday. Hyderabad made wholesale changes to the side that lost to Bengal in the previous match.

Hyderabad ended their first innings at 517 in the Col CK Nayudu under 25 match against Saurashtra at Gymkhana here on Wednesday, the match ended in a draw. Brief scores: Col CK Nayudu U25 Saurashtra 409 in 1115 overs 812 in 33 overs Prasham Rajdev 34 Dharma A Changela 23, drew with Hyderabad 517 in 1844 overs Rahul Radhesh 226 A Takshith Rao 108, Neel Pandya 387, P Rana 3119 A1 division. Three day sportive 3967 in 845 overs Shaik Sameer 35, C Siddharth Rao 78, Mohd Liakhath Hussain 128, No Y Sai Varun 68 vs Concorderohit XI 244 in 524 overs. MD Shafi Ali 33, Dharmasai 32, drew with Sporting XI (Gemini Friends) 1173 in 32 overs. Yash Gupta 67, Nobudding Stars 282 in 83 overs, Harshith Choudhary 37, Mir Jaweed Ali 67, Aawez Ahmed 36, D bhuvan 50, Virender Dagar 449, Koteshwar Rao 360 vs Aoca3 oneday S Amberpet 2177 in 45 overs.

Rookie spin all-rounder Shahbaz Ahmed shone with a first-innings hat-trick in a six-wicket match haul as Bengal thrashed a sloppy Hyderabad by an innings and 303 runs for their first win of the ongoing Ranji Trophy season on Tuesday.

It has been over three years since he played for Hyderabad in the Ranji Trophy but opener T Suman is looking to don the state jersey this season again. In pursuit of it, the right-handed batsman has been toiling it out in the off season.

Skipper Tanmay Agarwal’s unbeaten 116 (210b, 4x14) enabled Hyderabad recover from a disastrous start to reach 256 for five at stumps on the first day of their Elite Group B Ranji Trophy match against Tamil Nadu at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here on Tuesday.

Hyderabad rallied brilliantly to wrest a first innings lead of 34 runs against Baroda on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Group B match in Bhubaneswar on Friday.

Ganesh Satish smashed his 15th first-class hundred as defending champions Vidarbha produced a power-packed batting performance raising visions of an outright victory over a depleted Delhi after third day's play in the Ranji Trophy group A encounter on Tuesday.

A pregnant woman and her husband were tragically killed in Hyderabad when a drunk driver rear-ended their two-wheeler. The driver, Pranay, who had a BAC of 138, was arrested after causing further accidents and injuring four more people. Additionally, a police crackdown on drunk driving in Cyberabad resulted in 172 arrests.

Paceman Rajamani Prasad's six-wicket haul helped EMCC restrict Jai Hanuman to a modest score on the opening day of the A-1 Division (3-day) League Championship on Wednesday.

Skipper Abhimanyu Easwaran led from the front with 114 as Bengal put up a solid batting display to take the opening day's advantage against Chandigarh in their Ranji Trophy group B match here on Thursday.

Accurate left-arm spin bowling, gun-fielding and clearing the ropes with hefty hits, Bengal all-rounder Shahbaz Ahmed wants to be a 'Ravindra Jadeja proto-type' for Bengal and for Royal Challengers Bangalore where skipper Virat Kohli might take interest in his skill-sets.