L Balaji took a five-wicket haul before Dinesh Karthik and S Anirudha completed an easy win for Tamil Nadu over Andhra Pradesh at the Rajinder Singh Institute Ground in Bangalore. Balaji helped bowl Andhra out for 247, and then Karthik scored an unbeaten

Bangalore: Dinesh Karthik`s blazing century and an equally attacking innings by Srikkanth Aniruddha helped Tamil Nadu register a comfortable five-wicket win over Andhra in their opening South Zone leg match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Monday. Karthik w

BANGALORE: Dinesh Karthik's blazing century and an equally attacking innings by Srikkanth Aniruddha helped Tamil Nadu register a comfortable five-wicket win over Andhra in their opening South Zone leg match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Monday. Karthik w

Bangalore, Feb 20: Debutant seamer Ronit Gajanan More took 6 for 18 as Karnataka drubbed Goa by eight wickets in the South Zone Subbaiah Pillai Trophy one-day tournament here Monday. The 20-year old More marked his first class debut by making good use of

Mumbai Indians have added five uncapped players to their squad for the 2012 IPL, including Jharkhand medium pacer Rahul Shukla, Mumbai (Ranji) batsman Sushant Marathe, Vidarbha batsman Apoorv Wankhade, Mumbai allrounder Sujit Nayak and Uttar Pradesh Unde

It hung grimly in the air for the better part of Monday and then, it finally arrived — a tiresome, frown-provoking draw — on the fourth and final day of the Duleep Trophy semifinal between Central and South zones, here on Tuesday. Central qualified for t

Six times winner Central Zone moved one stop closer to regaining Duleep Trophy entering the final edging out South Zone by virtue of their first innings lead as the dour day match ended in a draw here today. On the final day at the M A Chidambaram stadiu

CHENNAI: Central Zone took a firm grip on the Duleep Trophy semifinal against South Zone by stumps on the second day with an overall lead of 237 runs and nine wickets in hand. Resuming at their overnight score of 292 for eight, Central Zone's first innin

Host and reigning champions South Zone, would be looking to exploit the home advantage when they take on former champions Central Zone in the second Duleep Trophy semi final to be played over four days at the M A Chidambaram stadium here from tomorrow. I

Dinesh Karthik: ""It was far more difficult to bat than on what it was at the start of the match" © K Sivaraman Dinesh Karthik, the lone centurion for Tamil Nadu in the Ranji Trophy final, has blamed the Chepauk pitch for spoiling his team's chances of w

For an expressive cricketer, Dinesh Karthik’s reaction on getting his 11th Ranji Trophy hundred — and second in a final — was rather understated. Eight wickets down, Tamil Nadu were long out of the contest. Karthik needn’t have lost himself in the plot a

Defending champs Rajasthan virtually seal Ranji title through first innings lead over Tamil Nadu Rajasthan have all but won the Ranji Trophy for the second season running as they took a match-winning first innings lead of 326 after dismissing Tamil Nadu

Chennai: Rajasthan are all set to retain the Ranji Trophy after ensuring a huge lead against hosts Tamil Nadu at stumps, on the fourth day of the final, here on Sunday. Dinesh Karthiks valiant effort — he scored 150 — wasnt matched by other Tamil Nadu ba

Dinesh Karthik’s ton not enough to rescue Tamil Nadu in Ranji Trophy final In Chennai There is nothing left for Tamil Nadu in this game. Not even pride to play for. The script written by Rajasthan batsmen over the first two days of the Ranji Trophy final

CHENNAI: Rajasthan are well on their way to winning the Ranji Trophy a second time in a row, but there's a 'winner' in the Tamil Nadu ranks too. Even as the hosts got dismissed for 295 on the fourth afternoon to give Rajasthan a 326-run first-innings lea

When J Kaushik holed out to Pankaj Singh at the fine-leg fence an hour after tea, the Rajasthan players held back the urge to break into an impromptu jig even though the final day’s play of the Ranji final is now a formality. According to the rules, a te

Rajasthan, rather inevitability, claimed the first innings lead against Tamil Nadu, and are almost certain to pocket the Ranji Trophy for the second year in a row when play will be called off some time on Monday, the fifth day of the final. Dinesh Karthi

Dinesh Karthik has a sense of occasion but his team comes up short on the big occasion. The wicket-keeper batsman notched up a century in the Ranji Trophy final against Mumbai at Chepauk in 2004. In Tamil Nadu's next appearance in the summit clash — at t

Dinesh Karthik breathes defiance but to no avail Weathering a heroic innings of different hues from Dinesh Karthik, Rajasthan has all but retained the Ranji Trophy title. Dismissing the host for 295 here on Sunday, Rajasthan gained a massive 326-run firs