Ranji Trophy: Sudeep ton boosts Bengal as Nigam leads UP fightback
Opener Sudip Chatterjee scored a century as Bengal posted 269/7 in their first innings on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy match against Uttar Pradesh on Friday.
Opener Sudip Chatterjee scored a century as Bengal posted 269/7 in their first innings on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy match against Uttar Pradesh on Friday.
The Ranji Trophy has been split into two phases this time, with the 20-over Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and the 50-over Vijay Hazare Trophy sandwiched in between.
Earlier this month, the BCCI announced that those who play 75 percent of India’s Tests in a season will earn Rs 45 lakh per Test, and those who play 50 to 75 percent of Tests will earn Rs 30 lakh. This is in addition to the match fee of Rs 15 lakh
The Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) stadium in Nagpur and the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) stadium will host the last four stages of this domestic tournament.
After topping the Elite Group C table in the league stage of the 2023/24 Ranji Trophy, two-time winners Tamil Nadu are in the knockouts for the first time since the 2016/17 season.
Former India cricketer Vinod Kambli feels if young player Yash Dhull keeps on performing consistently in domestic matches, the Delhi batter will certainly play for Team India.
Dhull opened the batting for Delhi after Tamil Nadu skipper Vijay Shankar elected to bowl first. Dhull watched his opening partner Dhruv Shorey get out for one followed by one-drop Himmat Singh was dismissed for a duck as pacer Sandeep Warrier bagged both wickets.
The BCCI president, on Tuesday, had said that, no matter what, the Ranji Trophy would be gone ahead with all right. The sweep of the sentences in the assorted news copy suggested a certainty akin to the inevitability of the everyday rise of the sun in the east.
Bhatia started his domestic career with Tamil Nadu in 1999-2000 season prior to moving to Delhi in 2003-04.
But if the cricket board decides to deem its job well done once the IPL gets going in a blaze of publicity and its mandarins pat each other on the back when it climaxes equally dramatically, Ganguly, as a former Indian captain, will have failed us and the game should everything else be forgotten about and cold-storaged.