Tamil Nadu's journey, from a conditioning camp in Chennai to the Deodhar Trophy, has always been about togetherness and creating a winning habit

The presence of several India internationals will add to the interest in this year's Vijay Hazare Trophy, and the selectors will have one eye on bolstering India's bench strength as 28 teams battle it out

The case for Vishnu Vinod, Tanmay Agarwal, Basil Thampi, Mohammed Siraj, Ishank Jaggi and T Natarajan to be bought at the auction

Ravindra Jadeja's relentless accuracy and Ishant Sharma's reverse swing sewed up a 208-run win for India over Bangladesh in Hyderabad

Half-centuries from Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan and Mehedi Hasan buoyed Bangladesh after Umesh Yadav made light work of the top order

Virat Kohli struck his fourth double-hundred in four consecutive Test series as India surged to their third 600-plus score in three successive innings

Cheteshwar Pujara contributed with 83 and broke the record for most runs in an Indian first-class season

Opportunities have been far and few at the first-class level, but becoming an IPL regular has breathed life into Yuzvendra Chahal's yet flourishing limited-overs career

India captain Virat Kohli praised Yuzvendra Chahal as someone who "never says no" to bowling in any situation after the legspinner took 6 for 25 in India's 75-run win over England at Bangalore

England captain Eoin Morgan says his bowlers were badly let down by their batsmen after a collapse of 8 for 8 sealed a 75-run defeat to India in the third T20I at Bangalore

Joe Root has called for the ICC to consider introducing umpiring reviews in Twenty20 internationals to guard against a potential outcry during the climax of a tournament

Plays of the day from the third T20I between New Zealand and Bangladesh at Mount Maunganui

Corey Anderson's unbeaten 94 off 41 balls, studded with a record 10 sixes, led New Zealand to another whitewash of Bangladesh

Tamil Nadu's successes this season have been, in no small part, down to their pre-season preparations and fitness, and the coaching trio of Hrishikesh Kanitkar, L Balaji and Ramji Srinivasan have all played their part

Karnataka were expectedly among the first teams to seal a quarter-final berth after five outright wins in the league stage, but the end was swift, and shockingly so

Tamil Nadu captain Abhinav Mukund expressed happiness at the manner in which a young seam attack stood up and delivered after his team became the first to enter the semi-final of the 2016-17 Ranji Trophy

On a manic day in which 20 wickets fell and three innings unfolded, Tamil Nadu toppled a full-strength Karnataka side inside two days on a green Visakhapatnam track to march into the semi-final of the 2016-17 Ranji Trophy

Tamil Nadu's bowlers, led by Aswin Crist, bowled Karnataka out for 88 on a green Visakhapatnam surface, before the batsmen secured a first-innings lead

Dinesh Karthik's 14-year journey will reach a major milestone on Friday, when Tamil Nadu play against Karnataka in a quarter-final

Nair, Rahul boost for Karnataka, Mumbai favourites despite injury to key personnel, Haryana and Jharkhand in battle of equals, and Odisha eye Gujarat upset