Jaipur: Fine half centuries by Gagan Khoda (61) and Rahul Kanwat (54) helped Rajasthan take vital 23 run first innings lead against Karnataka on day two of the Ranji trophy Elite Group 'B' league match at the Mansarovar stadium.
Kochi: Elite 'C' is all set to clinch the Duleep trophy via the vital first innings lead after it restricted Plate 'B' to 309 for 9 in its first innings at close of play on the penultimate day of the Duleep trophy match on Saturday.
Bangalore: A captain's knock of 165 not out by J Arun Kumar and his 204-run partnership for the third wicket with Vijay Bharadwaj (91) enabled Plate 'B' take a vital 69 run first innings lead over Plate 'A' on the second day of the Duleep Trophy tournament on Friday.
Bangalore: A fine spell of bowling by yesteryear Test star Narendra Hirwani helped Plate 'B' restrict Plate 'A' to a moderate total of 247 runs in the first innings on the opening day of the four-day Duleep Trophy match on Thursday.
Ranchi: Karnataka medium pacer Venkatesh Prasad on Wednesday said he was working very hard to get back into the Indian team for the World Cup and would think on retirement plans only after the cup.
Jalandhar: An 87-run partnership between Vinod Kambli and skipper Jacob Martin helped West Zone to a five-wicket win over South Zone in a Deodhar Trophy Limited Overs match on Friday.
Bangalore: Karnataka crushed Goa by nine wickets in a South Zone Ranji Trophy league match at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Thursday.
Lucknow: A sophisticated electronic surveillance net has been spread in Kanpur as part of stringent security measures to crack down on bookmakers and prevent match- fixing at the India-Zimbabwe One-day match on Monday, a police official has said.
Margao: An outstanding performance, marked by inspired bowling coupled with an equally fine batting display by captain J Arun Kumar and his 96 runs partnership for the first wicket with Mithun Beerala, guided Karnataka to a comfortable nine-wicket victory over host Goa on the last day of the four day South Zone Ranji Trophy cricket tournament, which concluded at the Rajendra Prasad Stadium here on Saturday.
Lucknow: The Special Task Force (STF) of the Uttar Pradesh police has sought arrest warrants against the prime bookies-one each from Mumbai and New Delhi-following arrests of 19 people involved in betting during sunday's final between India and Sri Lanka in the Coca cola Cup cricket tournament at Sharjah.
