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Prerak Mankad hit his maiden first-class century to help Saurashtra take a first innings lead on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Group match against Karnataka here today.

Robin Uthappa hit 86 as Saurashtra managed to take a slender seven-run first innings lead over Kerala, scoring 232 all out on the second day of their Group B Ranji Trophy match on Saturday.

Looking to end their disastrous Ranji Trophy campaign on a high note, Gujarat bowled out Meghalaya for 166 in the first innings in their Elite Group A match at the Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) stadium, in Rajkot on Saturday.

Vidarbha recorded their first win of the season as they defeated Saurashtra by eight wickets at the Karnail Singh Stadium here today.

India Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane will lead the Rest of India side against Ranji Trophy champions Vidarbha in the Irani Cup match to be played in Nagpur from February 12-16.

Cheteshwar Pujara endured a horror Saturday after first being dismissed without troubling the scorers and then getting the news of being axed from the Indian Test team as defending champions Saurashtra were made to follow-on in a group D Ranji Trophy match by 44-time champions Mumbai.

Pacer Ronit More ripped apart the Saurashtra middle and lower order with a five-for to give Karnataka an upper hand in their Ranji Trophy semifinals here on Friday.

Harvik Desai hit his maiden first-class century to help Saurashtra pull off the highest run chase in Ranji Trophy history, beating Uttar Pradesh by six wickets to enter the semi-finals on Saturday.

Mumbai's left-arm orthodox spin bowler Harmeet Singh is all set to lead a 15-member West Zone squad in the Under-19 inter-zonal tournament to be held in Chennai.

Vidarbha took the all-important first innings lead against Saurashtra on day three of the Ranji Trophy Group B match here today.

Never would Mohit Avasthi ever have imagined that he would get India’s Test No. 3 Cheteshwar Pujara’s wicket for a duck on his first-class debut.

Batting at number nine, bowler Parth Bhut shone with the bat and saved Saurashtra the blushes with a gritty century on the first day of their Ranji Trophy quarterfinal against Punjab.

Less than 24 hours after being dropped from the India Test squad, Cheteshwar Pujara struck an uncharacteristic 83-ball 91 for Saurashtra in their Ranji Trophy match against Mumbai here on Sunday.

Sanju Samson continued his good form and struck a quickfire century as Kerala need another nine wickets on the final day of the play to register an outright win over Saurashtra in a Ranji Trophy Group B match.

Out-of-favour Ravindra Jadeja struck a timely double century while slow left-arm spinner Dharmendra Jadeja picked up three wickets as Saurashtra reduced Jammu and Kashmir to 103/4 in their first innings in reply to 624/7 declared in a Ranji Trophy Group B match on Sunday.

Saurashtra batsmen survived nasty body blows from Umesh Yadav during their gallant fight against Vidarbha in the Ranji Trophy final, which is now on even keel after third day.

Coming into the contest after conceding the innings lead against Odisha, Karnataka were yet again at the receiving end against a spirited Saurashtra, who weathered a batting crisis of their own before taking a handy lead of 97 runs.

Uttar Pradesh thrashed Saurashtra by an innings and 72 runs, even as Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara failed miserably with the bat in the second innings of the Elite Group B match of the Ranji Trophy held here on Saturday.