Samarth Vyas

Samarth Vyas scored a magnificent 133 and put on 193 runs for the third wicket with Jyotir Singh (74) as Saurashtra batted themselves to a position of safety on Day One of their Cooch Behar Trophy under-19 match against Tripura being played at the Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) Stadium in Khandheri near Rajkot on Saturday.

Samarth Vyas blazed away to 97 off 52 balls to power Saurashtra to a four-wicket win over Baroda in a Group D fixture of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament on Wednesday.

Saurashtra registered an eight-wicket win over Bihar in their Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2022-23 Elite Group D match in Indore on Thursday. This was Saurashtra’s fourth win in six matches and they are on the top of Group D table with 18 points.

Saurashtra opener Samarth Vyas recorded a magnificent double century while Dharmendrasinh Jadeja bagged an incredible 7/10 as their team crushed Manipur by 282 runs in the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Sunday.

A 106-run opening wicket partnership helped Saurashtra stroll to a 7-wicket win over Chandigarh on Saturday in their opening Group ‘A’ fixture in the Vijay Hazare Trophy in Delhi.

Samarth Vyas hit a breezy 97 while Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara struck a 35-ball 62 as Saurashtra crushed minnows Nagaland by 97 runs in a Group D match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy here on Friday.

Saurashtra's combined effort trumped Chirag Gandhi's individual brilliance as they got the better of Gujarat by three wickets in their Group D Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match here on Sunday. Batting first, Gujarat made 162 for seven in their allotted 20 overs. In reply, Saurashtra completed the task with exactly an over to spare.

The BCCI on Wednesday shifted the he Under-23 India-Bangladesh one-day series from Raipur to Lucknow owing to inclement weather conditions at the original venue.

Skipper Prithvi Shaw blazed his way to an unbeaten 185 off just 123 balls as Mumbai stormed into the semi-finals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy with a crushing nine-wicket win over Saurashtra in the fourth quarter-final on Tuesday.

Andhra have been systematic and methodical about their campaign this season. One of their strategies has been to hunt down their enemies in familiar terrain. Andhra played three of their four home games at the CSR Sarma ground with cent percent result and the points earned played a key role in their reaching the quarterfinals of the Ranji Trophy for the first time from the Elite group. Andhra had earlier qualified thrice for the quarters - twice from South Zone and once from Plate group.

Saurashtra, riding on fine centuries from Arpit Vasavada (127 not out) and Harvik Desai (107), posted a mammoth 503 for six as the hosts took control of the Ranji Trophy Group B match against a spineless Delhi bowling attack here on Wednesday.

Akshdeep Nath (89no) and Saurabh Kumar’s sixth wicket partnership for 147 runs helped Uttar Pradesh beat Saurashtra by 2 wickets and enabled their team to grab one out of two berths for qualifying knockout stage from pool in Vijay Hazare cricket championship on Wednesday.

A resurgent Saurashtra steamrolled Services by eight wickets to keep their quarter-final hopes alive in the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Monday.

The 2023-24 Vijay Hazare Trophy is set to kick off on Thursday, featuring a clash between defending champions Saurashtra and Kerala at the KSCA Cricket Ground in Alur. All eyes will be on Test batter Cheteshwar Pujara and Saurashtra's skipper Jaydev Unadkat, who was the team's highest wicket-taker in the previous season. Samarth Vyas, Saurashtra's highest run-scorer last season, and wicketkeeper-batter Harvik Desai, the team's second-highest run-getter in the 2022-23 campaign, will also be closely monitored.

Priyam Garg will captain the India U-23 team in the home series beginning against Bangladesh U-23 beginning September 19 in Raipur. All the five games of the series will be played in Raipur. Garg had captained the India U-19 squad in the recently held youth ODI series in the UK. Yashasvi Jawal too was part of the U-19 squad.

Experienced left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat will lead the Saurashtra team in the knock-out matches of the Vijay Hazare Trophy national 50-over championship. Saurashtra reached the quarter-final stage of the tournament by topping Elite Group E with 16 points. Saurashtra face domestic giants Mumbai on March 9 in their quarter-final match at the Palam Air Force Ground in New Delhi.

Karnataka's batsmen faltered against Saurashtra before their bowlers came to the rescue on the first day of their Ranji Trophy Group B contest at the Dhruv Pandove stadium in Patiala on Tuesday.

Chirag Jani came up with an all-round show (52 not out and 3/52) as Saurashtra defeated Tamil Nadu by 44 runs to enter the semifinals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Monday.

Seasoned speedster Jaydev Unadkat will lead a 20-member Saurashtra squad at the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy National T20 Championships, which will kick off the 2020-21 domestic season next month. The Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) on Friday announced the squad through a media release after its senior selection committee held an online meeting.