Sagar Trivedi

Mumbai in driver's seat

Pondicherry registered a four-wicket win over Meghalaya in the Vijay Hazare Trophy Plate division clash in Dehradun on Wednesday.

Pondicherry ended their Vijay Hazare campaign with a 137-run loss to Maharashtra in their final league clash in Jaipur on Monday. Pondicherry finished last in Group D with one win from 5 outings in the tournament.

Mumbai registered its fourth win in the league stage of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Tuesday after beating Pondicherry by 27 runs.

Even as the Mumbai selectors named him in the squad on Friday, uncertainty continues to prevail over Prithvi Shaw’s participation in the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal against Karnataka, The match will be held in Nagpur from December 7 to 11.

Bihar returned to domestic cricket with an easy eight-wicket win over Nagaland in a plate group match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy one-day tournament on Wednesday.

Madhapur police arrested two thieves on Monday and recovered Rs six lakh worth stolen goods from their possession.

The BCCI Thursday came down heavily on domestic debutants Puducherry by cancelling registration of eight of their senior team players for flouting eligibility criteria.

Pondicherry crushed Mizoram by 10 wickets in their Vijay Hazare Trophy clash at Dehradun . The architects of Pondicherry's second victory were - Vinay Kumar (3 for 14) and skipper D Rohit (3 for 2) with the ball and V Marimuthu who hit an unbeaten 44.

Karnataka and Railways played out a draw in a Ranji Trophy Elite Group C match while Jammu and Kashmir began on a winning note, trouncing Pondicherry by eight wickets on Sunday. Resuming at 63 for one, Karnataka slipped from 179 for 2 to 223 for 9 before skipper Manish Pandey declared, leaving the opponent with a 278-run target from 41 overs for an improbable victory.

Karnataka secured the first innings lead against Railways despite a ton by Arindam Ghosh (105) and Mohammad Saif's knock of 84 on the third day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group C match here on Saturday. Ghosh's batting was slow when compared to Friday but he hit two sixes on the trot to reach his ton. Gopal trapped Ghosh leg-before wicket to end a stand that was threatening to take the fight to the Karnataka team.

Satellite police have rounded up a youth for the Saturday evening mishap where a car had rammed into a BRTS corridor on Iskcon-Bopal road.

Namo Bandra Blasters made a winning start to their T20 Mumbai League campaign after they defeated Shivaji Park Lions by 12 runs at the Wankhede Stadium here.

BPCL and DY Patil 'B' recorded outright wins on the third and final day of their Times Shield 'A' Division matches on Thursday.

R Vinay Kumar has been the architect of many a Karnataka victory at the M Chinnaswamy stadium, but on Sunday, playing in Pondicherry colours, the former state skipper came up short against his old team both with the ball and bat as the hosts coasted to an eight-wicket win in the quarterfinals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy.

Mumbai were in for a shock on Friday as they lost to Puducherry by seven wickets in the semi-finals of the Vizzy Trophy, at Academy Cricket Ground in Vizianagaram.

Injured pacer Shardul Thakur does not feature in Mumbai's Ranji Trophy squad for their quarter-final match against Karnataka beginning on December 7.

In the end, Mumbai recorded a comfortable 27-run win over Puducherry in their fourth Group D league match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament at the Wankhede Stadium amid fading light on Tuesday evening.

Puducherry vaulted to the top of the Plate Group table with a clinical eight-wicket win over Chandigarh in the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Monday. The loss also halted the UT cricket team’s three-match unbeaten streak in the tournament.

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.