Vijay Gohil

Some lessons are learnt only under pressure. Young Vijay Gohil found this out in the Ranji quarterfinal and will be a better bowler for it.

Batsman Abhishek Nayar was on Wednesday dropped from the Mumbai Ranji Trophy squad for their must-win game against Tripura, beginning from Saturday.

Left-arm spinner Vijay Gohil registered his best first-class bowling figures to put defending champions Mumbai in firm control against Hyderabad in the quarterfinal of the Ranji Trophy tournament on Monday.

Ashay Sardesai slammed an unbeaten 150 (251b, 21x4) to help DY Patil B score 267 for 9 against Income-Tax A on Day 1 of the Times Shield ‘A’ Division Third Round at the DY Patil University Ground on Tuesday.

Injuries to some key players and poor form of some others have forced defending champions Mumbai to make a few changes to their squad for the knock out Ranji Trophy quarter finals against Hyderabad to be played at Raipur from December 23-27.

After their Harris Shield triumph, Rizvi Springfield, Bandra, added another feather to their cap by beating Oxford Public, Kandivali, by 103 runs to retain the B Khichadia-Khar Gymkhana Shield.

Aditya Shrivastava (87) and Rajat Patidar (83 not out) cracked half-centuries to power Madhya Pradesh to 239 for two in their first innings against Mumbai on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Group A match.

Serving a reminder to the Mumbai selectors when they pick the squad for the Ranji Trophy knockouts, left-arm spinner Dhrumil Matkar took 5-50 in nine overs, including a hat-trick, to help Mumbai Customs skittle out hosts Air India for just 137 in 31.

Mumbai bowlers put up an impressive show as they restricted Baroda to 286 for 9 on the first day of a Ranji Trophy group league encounter.

Pacer Tushar Deshpande took his third five-wicket haul since he was snubbed by the Mumbai selectors on fitness grounds, while young bat Suryansh Shedge slammed a superb century on Day One of the third Round of the Times Cricket Shield ‘A’ Division League matches on Tuesday.

Bopal police on Wednesday arrested a 30-year-old man for driving into a sub-inspector who tried to wave him down, when he was enforcing the night curfew in the South Bopal area. In a bid to avoid arrest, the man drove his car into the PSI, leaving him severely injured.

Aditya Tare will lead Mumbai into their Ranji Trophy opener against Madhya Pradesh, which begins in Indore from October 14, but some star players are missing as they have been named in India A and Board President's XI squads, which takes on visiting New Zealand sides.

All-rounder Washington Sundar spun a web around the India Blue batsmen for his successive five-wicket haul of the match as India Red emerged champions of the Duleep Trophy with a 163-run victory on Thursday.

In its first meeting, Mumbai's new senior selection committee, led by former India pacer Raju Kulkarni, on Friday dropped pacer Siddharth Raut from the list of 35 probables for an off-season camp, which will be held at the Mumbai Cricket Association's Indoor Academy from next week. Raut played 4 games in the Ranji Trophy last season, in which he took 4 wickets@62.00, with a best haul of 2-26.

A superb 11-wicket match haul by left-arm spinner Pushkraj Chavan (5-49 & 6-41) helped Mumbai Customs score a crushing innings & 69-run victory over Central Railway on Day 3 of the first round of their Times Shield match, at Goregaon SC on Thursday.

The city police nabbed six persons in connection with a break-in of Rs 1.15crore that took place in the Reliance Industries in the city last month. Costly machine parts were stolen from the warehouse of the company by the accused. The material worth Rs 1.

Mumbai's 'Man of all Seasons' Abhishek Nayar once again brought his best out in pressure situation to guide the defending champions to the semi-final of the Ranji Trophy beating Hyderabad by 30 runs in a closely-contested last-eight encounter.

Serving a reminder to the Mumbai selectors when they pick the squad for the Ranji Trophy knockouts, left-arm spinner Dhrumil Matkar took 5-50 in nine overs, including a hat-trick, to help Mumbai Customs skittle out hosts Air India for just 137 in 31. 3 overs on Day One of their Times Shield Fifth Round match, at the Indian Airlines Ground in Kalina on Tuesday.