Abhishek Purohit

New Zealand were not as consistent with the ball as they would have wanted to be but they still prised out four West Indies wickets after nearly a session was lost to rain in Wellington

Dropped on zero, Ross Taylor made his tenth Test hundred, went past 4000 career Test runs and tallied 362 runs for the series before falling towards the close

A delayed declaration from Jharkhand allowed a shaky Mumbai side to escape with a draw at the Wankhede Stadium, though the visitors picked up three crucial points due to a first-innings lead

The third day in Mumbai belonged almost entirely to bottom-placed Jharkhand - not only have defending champions conceded a substantial first-innings, they could also lose this one outright

Fourteen overs spread over three sessions is not much to go by but Varun Aaron's furious seven-over burst before lunch against Mumbai was another indication that his comeback from a long injury layoff is progressing well

Saurabh Tiwary plundered nine fours and four sixes in 35 deliveries to surge to 238 from his overnight 175

Mumbai have been guilty of being too cautious in the field previously, and on Friday against Jharkhand that tendency cost them

Saurabh Tiwary's unbeaten 175 propeled Jharkhand to 262 for 8 on the opening day against Mumbai at the Wankhede

Sulakshan Kulkarni, the Mumbai coach, has strongly backed Pravin Tambe, the 42-year-old legspinner who is yet to play a first-class match

Jharkhand sniff a chance against a Mumbai team weakened by retirements and international call-ups, in a top-versus-bottom clash at the Wankhede

After Sachin Tendulkar's emotional farewell, India move on to the format in which they are now used to playing without him

So for one last time, it is over to the ground where it all began in 1988, for Bombay against Gujarat in the Ranji Trophy

West Indies collapsed from 101 for 1 to 168 to plummet to a heavy defeat inside three days at Eden Gardens

Rohit Sharma led a recovery with a debut Test hundred along with MS Dhoni and R Ashwin after Shane Shillingford reduced India to 83 for 5

Mohammed Shami's reverse swing and West Indies' self-destruction led to the visitors crumbling after lunch from the promising advantage of 138 for 2

Regardless of how or why this series came to be, two teams are going to play cricket now, during the retirement

With 3596 runs scored in 11 innings over six India-Australia ODIs, the time has come to revisit the imbalance between bat and ball

Mumbai's Ranji Trophy match against Haryana was "perfect preparation" for Sachin Tendulkar ahead of his farewell Test series against West Indies, Zaheer Khan has said

Sachin Tendulkar's unbeaten 79 in his final domestic match was the difference between Mumbai and Haryana, Ajay Jadeja has said

Sachin Tendulkar signed off on his domestic cricket career by guiding Mumbai to a four-wicket victory on a testing pitch in Lahli