Prasanth Parameswaran

Mumbai Indians batter Romario Shepherd significantly changed the match against Delhi Capitals with his explosive hitting in the last over of their innings, securing a 234/5 total and restricting Delhi to 205/8, winning by 29 runs. Against pacer Anrich Nortje, Shepherd's stunning strokes left the Delhi Capitals bowler reeling, including a hat-trick of sixes.

Left-arm spinner M Siddharth (5 for 57) helped Alwarpet score a 10-wicket win over India Pistons in their TNCA first division match on Wednesday. Having made 354 in their first innings, Alwarpet dismissed India Pistons for 199 in their opening essay.

After bagging six crucial points from the first two drawn encounters, an upbeat Keralaface Tripurain their second home match at Conor Vayal Stadium, Thalassery on Friday.

Vijay CC will lock horns with Alwarpet CC in the finals of the VA Parthasarathy Memorial One-day tournament at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here on Wednesday.

The Tamil Nadu Cricket Association, its President XI side, defending champions Karnataka and Andhra have qualified for the quarterfinals of the All India Buchi Babu Cricket tournament.

Malayali actress Shivani Bhai is on a high with her debut Tamil flick, Naanga, getting an overwhelming response in Tamil

Panaji: Goa has completed its quota of professional players for the 2015-16 Ranji Trophy season after signing fast bowler and India A player Rituraj Singh.

If India Pistons' Ganapathi Chandrasekar's double century headlined Day 2, it was Vijay CC's batters to make it count on a wicket full of runs. The third day of TNCA first division semifinals between the two teams at Chepauk saw batsmen run riot.

Vijay CC pacer Aswin Crist took 5-60 while and skipper Vijay Shankar put up an allround performance as his team beat Alwarpet CC by 21 runs in the final of VA Parthasarathy Trophy one-day tournament at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Wednesday evening.

In the semifinals on Wednesday, the Rovers got the better of India Pistons while Globe Trotters cruised past CromBest.

Tamil Nadu captain S Badrinath was named captain of the 16-member squad announced in Chennai on Thursday.Kerala's left arm pacer Prasanth Parameswaran was included in the reserves list.

Rajagopal (104) and Sanvir (116*) helped India Pistons end on 285/5 from their quota of 50 overs. In reply, Young Stars rode an unbeaten 100 from 88 deliveries by skipper Adithya Ganesh to finish on 285/7.

India Test discard leg-spinner Piyush Chawla picked up five wickets and Kerala left-arm seamer Prasanth Parameswaran took four wickets as defending champions Chemplast defeated Indian Income Tax by 82 runs in the BCCI Corporate Trophy at Motera. Parameswaran also bagged the man-of-the-match award.

Hrishikesh Kanitkar knows all about winning. He is the man who hit a last-ball winning boundary in fading light in India's memorable victory over Pakistan, accumulated more than 8000-plus runs in Ranji Trophy and remains the only captain in Ranji history to lift the Elite and Plate league titles. Kanitkar will now steer Goa’s challenge in the Ranji Trophy and instill that winning mentality. The ex-India player spoke exclusive to TOI.

Robin Uthappa and Srikkanth Anirudha scored blistering centuries as India Green posted an imposing 348/9 against India Blue in the third match.

As Sandeep Warrier moves on, he leaves behind a huge vacuum in the Kerala Ranji Trophy team to which there is no immediate filler in sight. Sandeep, inarguably the leader of the Kerala pace attack for the last few seasons, has decided to join neighbours Tamil Nadu after playing pivotal roles in Kerala's success stories of late.

In a race against time, members of a sports club in Alappuzha, collected money by pledging their properties and gold to buy their playground that was up for sale

Ravindra Jadeja pummelled 62 off 28 balls and lifted CSK to 191 for four after skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni opted to bat in a top-of-the-table clash. Then, with his slow-left arm spin bowling, the star all-rounder picked up the important wickets of AB de Villiers and Glenn Maxwell to derail RCB's run chase on a sluggish Wankhede pitch.

Karnataka clinched their eighth Ranji Trophy title as they thrashed Tamil Nadu by an innings and 217 runs on the last day of the Ranji Trophy final in Mumbai.