Pallavkumar Das

Jharkhand were in command of their Ranji Trophy Group B clash against Assam after making 316 in their first innings and then dismissing the north-eastern side 126 on the second day here.

Rajasthan produced a solid batting performance to be 208/3 in their first innings on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Group B clash against Assam on Friday.

Rajasthan began the day on 147 for 5 and Das took four of the remaining five wickets as the visitors added only 39 runs to their overnight score.

Rookie left-arm pacer Suryakant Pradhan claimed three wickets to help Odisha beat Bengal by 34 runs and top the table in the East Zone leg of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament.

A superb knock of 141 by opener Jay Bista powered Uttarakhand to a six-wicket win over Meghalaya in a Plate Group match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Sunday. Chasing 243 for victory, Bista and skipper Kunal Chandela (55 off 80 balls) set up the win with a second-wicket partnership of 126 runs in 142 balls.

Going down to Odisha in their campaign opener on Monday, captain Riyan Parag's all-round show helped Assam to register a hard-fought five-run win over Bihar in their second match of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday.

Skipper Harbhajan Singh led from the front with figures of four for 33 as Punjab beat Haryana by five wickets in a Vijay Hazare Trophy Group A encounter on Friday.

Medium pacer Sunny Rana returned with a career-best 5/26 as Uttarakhand bowlers bundled out Sikkim for just 52 to script a massive 253-run victory in their Plate Group Vijay Hazare Trophy fixture on Sunday.

Top-order batsmen Jitesh Sharma (83) and Ganesh Satish (73) hit half-centuries as Vidarbha trounced Assam by 104 runs to finish on top of Group A points table at the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Monday.

Riding on their seamers' tidy show, Bengal grabbed a Super League spot from Group D with an eight-wicket win over hosts Odisha in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Saturday.

A clinical Tamil Nadu thrashed Assam by 10 wickets to register their second win in the Elite Group B Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 clash at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Tuesday.

Arun Karthik made an unbeaten 86 as Puducherry thrashed Arunachal Pradesh by nine wickets on Thursday to dominate the Plate Group standings of the Vijay Hazare Trophy domestic one-day cricket tournament.

Vidarbha were looking for the first innings lead. Assam were trying to deny them. Vidarbha got the first innings lead. Assam failed in their quest.

Shreevats Goswami powered Bengal to a five-wicket win over Jharkhand and emerge zonal toppers with an all-win record, while Assam defeated Odisha by six wickets to finish runners-up in the East Zone Twenty20 League.