Amid high expectations of Jammu and Kashmir making a maiden clinch of the Ranji Trophy, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday flew to Hubli to cheer for the UT’s cricket team that will play the finals with Karnataka.
That resistance proved short-lived. Ricky Bhui, Andhra’s lone bright spot in the first innings, fell early on the final morning, becoming Shahbaz Ahmed’s second scalp of the innings.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) mourned the death of former Mizoram Ranji cricketer K. Lalremruata, who passed away after collapsing during a local cricket match on Thursday.
Chasing Sikkim’s 236 runs in Jaipur, Rohit slammed a series of sixes and fours that made the target seem easy to reach.
Passi also became only the third Indian to score a century on T20 debut, following Punjab’s Shivam Bhambri and Hyderabad’s Akshath Reddy, both of whom reached the milestone in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
