Pavan Deshpande

Karnataka’s vice-captain for the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament in the previous season, pavan deshpande, will play for Pondicherry this season.

Shivamogga Strikers registered their first win of the season in the penultimate match of the Mysuru leg of the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 tournament here. In the afternoon contest on Sunday, Shivamogga rode on an all-round performance to register a 14-run win over Mysuru Warriors.

In a sublime display of class and composure, Devdutt Padikkal fired Gulbarga Mystics into the final of the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 tournament here on Thursday.

Sadiq Kirmani helped Friends Union Cricket Club (1) dominate the proceedings against Vultures Cricket Club in their final match of this season's KSCA Group I, first division league, and emerge deserving champions.

Half centuries by in-form batsman Devdutt Padikkal (78) and pavan deshpande (65) helped Karnataka reach 259/6 on the opening day of their Elite Group B Ranji Trophy game against Tamil Nadu on Monday.

In what could be a new trend in Karnataka cricket, three players from the state have been roped in by Sikkim to play for their senior state team in the upcoming domestic season, taking the number of senior men players to have moved to other states to four thus far. The players went through a two-part selection process. First at the KSCA and another in Sikkim.

Karnataka thrashed Puducherry by an innings and 20 runs on the fourth and final day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group C match here on Sunday to qualify for the knockout phase in style. With the win and seven points, Karnataka finished on top of the group with 16 points, followed by Railways (10), the winner over Jammu & Kashmir (6 points) and Pondicherry (1 point).

Win PS Ram Mohan Rao Trophy

Powered by debutant KL Shrijith's 31-ball 48, defending champions Karnataka began their Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament campaign on a winning note here on Sunday. At the KSCA Alur stadium, they registered a facile 43-run victory over Jammu Kashmir.

Karnataka were on top against Pondicherry at the end of the third day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group C match here on Saturday. After piling up 453 for eight declared in their first innings, off-spinner K Gowtham picked up five wickets to help bowl out Pondicherry for 242 despite a fighting century by captain D Rohit (100 not out, 133 balls, 15 fours, 2 sixes).

When R Samarth made his Ranji Trophy debut for Karnataka in 2013-14 season, he was just another young talented player determined to secure his place in the squad.

Karnataka thrashed Jharkhand by 123 runs in their Elite Group A match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Thursday.

The prices of leafy vegetables, including coriander, fenugreek and dill (shepu), have gone up by over triple after three weeks - from Rs5 per bunch to Rs15-20 per bunch - in retail markets across the city. This is owing to rising demand and lesser arrivals of fresh harvest into the markets.

Karnataka beat Railways by 16 runs on Friday to qualify for the knockout phase of the Vijay Hazare Trophy from Group A alongside table toppers Baroda.

Opening batsman Abhinav Mukund struck an aggressive unbeaten 68 to help Tamil Nadu notch up a comfortable nine-wicket win over Goa in a South Zone leg match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament on Tuesday.

Karnataka posted an emphatic 117-run win over Jammu and Kashmir while Railways had to settle for first innings points against Pondicherry on the fourth and final day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group C matches on Sunday.

A superb ton by Test batsman KL Rahul (107) went in vain as Karnataka went down by four runs to Punjab on Sunday in the Vijay Hazare Trophy Group 'A' league.

Karnataka U-25 team will be without their prolific opener Mayank Agarwal when they take on Gujarat in the Col CK Nayudu U-25 four-day cricket tournament in Ahmedabad, starting Tuesday.

Dharwad: Deputy director of pre-university education, Ravindra Ritti, highlighted the need for the students to be well-equipped to face the competitive world in the wake of fast-changing global scenario.