Saurabh Rawat

Wicket-keeper Saurabh Rawat made a career-best 85 while Biplab Samantray hit 58 to help Odisha take the all-important first innings lead over fancied Karnataka in a Group B Ranji Trophy cricket match, here today.

Rajat Bhatia and Saurabh Rawat led Uttarakhand's rearguard action with fighting centuries, taking their team to 290/5 against Sikkim in a top of the table Ranji Trophy Plate Group match on Tuesday.

Middle-order batsman Avneesh Sudha hit a patient 91 to guide Uttarakhand to a respectable 293 for six against reigning champions Vidarbha on day one of their Ranji Trophy quarter-final on Tuesday.

Odisha finished at 274 for eight in their second innings as Delhi failed to garner bonus points after their Group B Ranji Trophy match ended in a tame draw.

Opener Kumar Deobrat's unbeaten knock of 93 helped Jharkhand beat Uttarkhand by six wickets in a Ranji Trophy Group 'C' match. Requiring 203 for victory, Deobrat mixed caution with the aggression as his 157-ball knock included 13 fours and two sixes on day four.

Skipper Unmukt Chand hit an unbeaten 80 to help Uttarakhand defeat Assam by seven wickets in a rain-curtailed Plate group match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy here on Friday.

Uttarakhand opener Kamal Singh scored a century in his first-class debut in Uttarakhand’s Ranji Trophy encounter against Maharashtra in Baramati on Thursday. Singh’s knock of 101 is only the second century from an Uttarakhand batsman in the current Ranji Trophy season after wicket-keeper batsmen Saurabh Rawat scored a century against Jharkhand in Ranchi last month.

Veteran Wasim Jaffer and opener Sanjay Ramaswamy struck unbeaten centuries as Vidarbha took command against Uttarakhand on the second day of their Ranji Trophy quarter-final match on Wednesday.

Skipper Ashutosh Aman and Samar Quadri shared nine wickets between them as Bihar shot out Manipur for 156 in their must-win final round Ranji Trophy Plate group match at the Moin-ul-haq Stadium on Monday.

Vineet Saxena missed out on a double century by 15 runs but his knock ensured Uttarakhand put up a massive 557 against Nagaland to keep them firmly in sight of a sixth win on the trot in their Ranji Trophy Plate Group fixture here on Sunday.

Meghalaya put up a spirited bowling show to tighten their grip over Nagaland in their Ranji Trophy Plate group match on Wednesday.

Puneet Bisht cracked a career-best 135 before Abhay Negi bamboozled Arunachal Pradesh with a seven-wicket haul to power Meghalaya to a huge 256-run win in the Vijay Hazare Trophy one-day cricket tournament here Monday.

Karnataka dominated Day 4, bundling out Uttarakhand for 233 and then extending their lead to 802 runs in their second innings. With KL Rahul scoring an unbeaten 70, Karnataka effectively booked their Ranji Trophy final spot, focusing on preparation for their title clash.

Uttarakhand left-arm spinner Mayank Mishra claimed a hat-trick to trigger Goa's batting collapse in his side's eight-wicket win in a Group A match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament on Tuesday.

Uttarakhand today defeated Chandigarh by a solitary goal to earn a ticket into the final round of the Senior National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy to be played in Siliguri later this month.

Jammu & Kashmir bounced back superbly after conceding first innings lead to pull off a four-wicket win over Odisha on the third day of the Ranji Trophy Group 'C' match on Tuesday.

Karnataka secured their Ranji Trophy final berth despite a brief, unusual resumption of play after tea. Umpires insisted on continuing the match against Uttarakhand, though the result was a foregone conclusion. Karnataka will now host Jammu and Kashmir in the final, with coach Yere Goud acknowledging the formidable challenge posed by the first-time finalists.