Shivam Chaudhary

Central Zone showcased a commanding performance in a round-robin match of the Deodhar Trophy in Puducherry on a Sunday, defeating North East Zone by eight wickets.

Mumbai batsman Suryakumar Yadav followed up his special hundred (110) against Railways in the last match with another fighting 99 against a quality UP attack on Sunday. His three and halfhour effort saw Mumbai reach 233 and Yadav regretted getting out LBW against parttime spinner shivam chaudhary while attempting a sweep shot.

Imtiaz Ahmed produced an impressive pace-bowling show as his five-wicket haul helped Uttar Pradesh shot Railways out for 213 to take a crucial first innings lead on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Group B match here today.

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).

Rajasthan's winning streak came to a halt as their Elite Group C game against hosts Uttar Pradesh ended in a draw on Saturday.

Suresh Raina hit an aggressive 91 in his first first-class match after a brief illness-related lay-off as Uttar Pradesh sniffed victory over Railways on the third and penultimate match of their Group A Ranji Trophy match here today.

Uttar Pradesh managed a slender first-innings lead and then raced to 117 for no loss in the second innings of their Group A Ranji Trophy cricket match against Baroda on Friday.

Karnataka piled up 453 for 8 before declaring their first innings against Pondicherry on the second day of their Ranji Trophy elite group C match here on Friday. Karnataka then reduced Pondicherry to 52 for 2 at stumps with Prasidh Krishna and Vidyadhar Patil picking up a wicket apiece.

A day after crashing to a big defeat against Mumbai, Bengal made some amends in their second Vijay Hazare Trophy Group E match in Ranchi on Sunday, hammering Mizoram by nine wickets.Chasing only 58, Bengal achieved the target in just 6.

Railways batted first and made a sensible start before pacer Shrestha Nirmohi drew the first blood for Ut in the form of shivam chaudhary 26. Gaurav Gambhir gave the second blow to railways by dismissing Pratham Singh 4 in good form so far in the tournament. Mohd Saif 5 fell cheaply when he was trapped lbw by Sandeep Singh with 673 on the board Sandeep managed his second success in the same spell by removing Mrinal Deodhar 9 leaving the side struggling at 774amidst the fall of wickets Vivek Singh completed his halfcentury and kept the scorer busy with the new batter Captain Upendra Yadav both stitched a brilliant 169 runs partnership in 252 balls to get their team out of trouble.

Dropped for the three-match ODI series against New Zealand, opener KL Rahul was on Monday drafted as an additional member in the Board President's XI side which will take on the visitors in two warm-up games.

Atit Sheth made a brilliantly-timed fifty as West Zone remained in the race to the Deodhar Trophy final with an edgy one-wicket win over Central Zone on Friday. Sheth (53 not out, 53b, 4x4, 2x6) and Rajvardhan Hangargekar (24, 12 balls, 1x4, 2x6) pulled West Zone out of woods with a quick 39-run stand for the ninth wicket while chasing Central's competitive 243 for 7.

After their crushing nine-wicket loss to Punjab in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament, circumstances demanded that Karnataka win big in the rest of their matches. But in two matches thereafter, it has been a battle for survival than commanding victories.

On Thursday evening, a speeding car struck two young men on a scooter on Kisan Path in Lucknow, dragging them for several meters. The incident, captured on video, shows bystanders chasing the car and alerting the police. The driver, a 70-year-old man, is now in custody. One of the victims sustained injuries to his hands and legs.