Suyash Prabhudessai

Royal Challengers Bangalore started the day with INR 35.40 crore in their kitty and ended it with some mind-boggling purchases at the 2021 IPL Auction in Chennai on Thursday.

Opting to bat, Goa had a solid start with Suyash Prabhudessai and Ishaan Gadekar (45) putting on a 79-run opening partnership before Gadekar was dismissed by pacer Arpit Pannu. Prabhudessai then partnered with Krishnamurthy Siddharth (77), and together, they built a formidable 149-run partnership for the second wicket, consolidating Goa's innings. The partnership was eventually broken by Raj Bawa, but Prabhudessai's unbeaten century put Goa in a commanding position at the end of the first day.

Left-arm spinner Siddharth Desai grabbed a fifer as Gujarat thrashed minnows Goa by a whopping 464 runs to storm into the Ranji Trophy semifinals, on Sunday. Set a daunting target of 629 for an improbable win, Goa were bundled out for 164 in their second essay on Day 4 of the Ranji quarterfinals at the Sardar Patel Stadium.

Sunrisers Hyderabad opted to bowl against Royal Challengers Bangalore in an IPL match on Saturday. Both teams fielded unchanged playing eleven. Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis(c), Anuj Rawat, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Suyash Prabhudessai, Shahbaz Ahmed.

Tripura were in command from the first day and it took them less than an over to chase the 8-run target on the final day and add seven points to their kitty.

After dismissing Gujarat for 263 on the first day, Karnataka reached 328 for five at the end of Day 2, with Manish Pandey contributing an unbeaten 50 and Sujay Sateri on 24. The duo has already built a partnership of 60 runs. The opening pair of Ravikumar Samarth (60) and Mayank (109) provided Karnataka with a strong start, putting together a partnership of 172 runs. Mayank reached his 16th first-class century off 124 deliveries, featuring 17 fours and a six.

Young batter Sarfaraz Khan continued his purple patch, slamming an unbeaten century to put Mumbai in the driver's seat in their Ranji Trophy elite group D match against Odisha here on Friday.

Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and elected to bat against Gujarat Titans in an Indian Premier League match here on Saturday.

Lucknow Super Giants skipper KL Rahul won the toss and elected to bowl against Royal Challengers Bangalore in their IPL match on Tuesday. Both teams are fielding the same playing XI from their respective previous games.

Chirag Jani hit a superb 140 while Sheldon Jackson smashed an unbeaten 96 as Saurashtra reached 343 for 7 at stumps on day one of their Ranji Trophy group D match against Goa here on Thursday. Saurashtra lost opener Snell Patel for a duck but Chirag and Harvik Desai (14) steadied the innings with a 75-run stand.

Defending champions Tamil Nadu went down to Goa by 7 wickets in their Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 encounter in Lucknow on Monday. Goa's Shubham Ranjane (52 n.o., 3x4, 2x4) and Suyash Prabhudessai (43 n.o., 2x4, 3x6) played a key role in the side chasing down TN's target of 137 with 8 balls to spare.

Rinku Singh has been called up for the second round of the Duleep Trophy as key players like Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, and Rishabh Pant were rested. Several other national team players have also been exempted. Pratham Singh, Akshay Wadkar, and SK Rasheed are among the replacements announced by BCCI.

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field against Rajasthan Royals in their Indian Premier League match on Tuesday.

Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Faf du Plessis won the toss and opted to field against Chennai Super Kings in an IPL match on Tuesday.

Bhargav Merai and Het Patel stitched together a 257-run partnership for the fourth wicket as Gujarat piled up a mammoth total of 555 for eight declared against Meghalaya in their Ranji Trophy Group A natch in Rajkot on Friday.

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.

Goa and Rajasthan split points in their Ranji Trophy Group C encounter after the match ended in a tame draw, with both sides managing to complete just one innings each in the four-day contest.