Mumbai pacers Tushar Deshpande and Shardul Thakur shone early to bowl out Tamil Nadu to 146 in their first innings on Day 1 at Bandra Kurla Complex. Avesh Khan picked a four-wicket haul for Madhya Pradesh to bowl out Vidarbha 170 in the first semifinal game in Nagpur.
“I don't think he needs any encouragement or advice. He has always contributed with the bat for Mumbai, and him being around other players in the dressing room will also help the team’s cause," Ajinkya Rahane said on the eve of the Ranji Trophy semifinal round.
Vidarbha and Madhya Pradesh will clash in the first semifinal in Nagpur while Ajinkya Rahane-led Mumbai will take on Sai Kishore-led Tamil Nadu in the high-voltage second semifinal game at home starting on March 2.
Mumbai duo of Tushar Deshpande and Tanush Kotian went on a rampage against Baroda in the Ranji Trophy quarter-final in Mumbai. The duo smashed centuries and stitched a 232-run stand for the 10th wicket to achieve and break several records on Tuesday, February 27.
Veteran red-ball batter Hanuma Vihari has confirmed his departure from the Andhra Cricket Association after the end of the Ranji Trophy 2024 campaign. In a thriller, Andhra lost to Madhya Pradesh by just four runs in the quarter-finals as the visitors failed to chase a target of 170 runs.
Musheer Khan was the second highest run-getter for India in the U19 World Cup. Soon after the event, he was picked in Mumbai squad for Rani Trophy quarterfinal and the man stepped up to bail his side out of trouble against Baroda.
Tamil Nadu last qualified for the Ranji Trophy knockouts during the 2016-17 season where they lost to Mumbai in the semifinals. Bowling allrounder Sai Kishore is leading Tamil Nadu in the ongoing season.
Ajinkya Rahane-led Mumbai concluded their Ranjit Trophy 2024 group stage campaign with a huge win over Assam on Saturday. The experienced pacer Shardul Thakur took ten wickets across two innings and Shivam Dube recorded an unbeaten hundred in the first innings.
Assam players displayed the spirit of the game as they withdrew an appeal to call back Mumbai captain Ajinkya Rahane after being given out obstructing the field in the last Ranji Trophy 2024 group stage match on Friday.
Indian batter Shreyas Iyer after being dropped from the Test squad seems like hasn't showed up for the Ranji Trophy. Mumbai announced a 16-man squad for their Ranji Trophy match against Assam and Iyer wasn't one of those names.
A few Indian players are away from the team and the NCA currently but are still not playing in the Ranji Trophy tournament. The Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Jay Shah has called this a "significant issue".
The Indian Board will likely make it compulsory to play in 3-4 Ranji Trophy matches to feature in the Indian Premier League. BCCI has reportedly instructed Ishan Kishan to feature in his state team Jharkhand's upcoming Ranji Trophy match on February 16.
Madhya Pradesh pacer Kulwant Khejroliya ran riot in Indore on the final day of the Ranji Trophy game against Baroda with a five-wicket haul including four scalps in four consecutive deliveries. This was the 80th hat-trick in Ranji Trophy history and the third by an MP bowler.
After spending more than five months on the sidelines due to injury, the young Mumbai opener made a sensational return to competitive cricket by smashing a 159 off 185 against Chhattisgarh in the Ranji Trophy 2024 match on Friday, February 9.
The in-form Shivam Dube smashed 72 off just 73 balls against Bengal to boost Mumbai to 330/6 on Day 1 at Eden Gardens. The pace all-rounder now has registered five fifty-plus scores and has taken six wickets in his last six overall matches.
Prithvi Shaw hasn't played for India since July 2021 and injury has kept him away from competitive cricket every now and then. He has been sidelined since August 2023 due to a knee ligament injury that he sustained during One-Day Cup in England. But now he has been declared fit.
Agni Dev Chopra, the son of filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra, is making all the right noise in domestic cricket whether in the T20s or now in the red-ball cricket in the Ranji Trophy. Chopra is currently the leading run-getter in Ranji Trophy with 767 runs to his name in the 2024 edition in 8 innings.
Agni Dev Chopra, the left-handed batter has been in exceptional form playing for Mizoram in the ongoing Ranji Trophy and has scripted history after just four games in the domestic red-ball competition. Agni has smashed five centuries in four matches so far and is the leading run-scorer currently.
Mayank Agarwal shared the latest update on his health after falling sick during flight from Agartala. Agarwal felt a burning sensation in his mouth and throat and had to be deplaned and then was admitted to the hospital. Agarwal was with his Karnataka team for the Ranji Trophy match against Tripura.
Karnataka captain Mayank Agarwal felt discomfort during a Delhi-bound flight from Agartala and has been admitted to the hospital in Tripura capital. Mayank-led Karnataka beat Tripura in its fourth Ranji Trophy 2024 match from January 26-29 in Agartala.
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