Over the years, Delhi's Rajat Bhatia has taken difficult decisions and beaten several hurdles to become one of the most reliable allrounders in Ranji Trophy cricket

Dunedin had been dry for almost 14 sessions, but the rains arrived just before tea on the last day to leave New Zealand stranded 33 runs away from their first Test win under Brendon McCullum

A stubborn fifth-wicket stand between Darren Bravo and Narsingh Deornarine tested New Zealand's patience and it took a peach of a delivery from Corey Anderson to revive the home team's flagging spirits in Dunedin

Darren Bravo and Kirk Edwards scored half-centuries as West Indies put up a resistance in the second innings after they were forced to follow on in the Dunedin Test

A maiden double-century by Ross Taylor ensured New Zealand cashed in on the platform laid by the top order to declare the innings on 609 for 9 soon after tea on the second day of the Dunedin Test

A power-packed double-act from New Zealand's experienced duo of Brendon McCullum and Ross Taylor tormented West Indies' bowlers in Dunedin after Darren Sammy, without hesitation, had chosen to field on a grassy pitch

VRV Singh, the Punjab fast bowler, marked his return to first-class cricket after an absence of five years with a five-wicket haul against Haryana in Lahli

Plays of the day from the first ODI between India and West Indies in Kochi

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli continued their prolific runs to set up India's chase with effortless half-centuries after India's spinners, led by Ravindra Jadeja and Suresh Raina, had taken eight wickets to bowl West Indies out for a below-par total in Koc

Prithvi Pankaj Shaw, a 14-year-old from Mumbai, has entered the record books after smashing 546 runs - the highest score by an Indian batsman in minor cricket - during a Harris Shield match at the Azad Maidan in Mumbai

Virender Sehwag failed for the second time in Surat after briefly promising a serious attempt to chase down the target of 257 runs in less than two sessions on the final day of the Group A game against Gujarat

Delhi picked up four Gujarat wickets in the second innings after conceding a 25-run lead, but an unbeaten fifth-wicket stand of 42 between Parthiv Patel and Smit Patel stretched Gujarat's overall lead beyond 100

An unbeaten fifth-wicket partnership of 146 between Mithun Manhas and Manan Sharma helped Delhi to 195 for 4 against Gujarat at the end of day two

Once among the country's top players, Venugopal Rao's fortunes plummeted so much that he was thinking of stepping away from the game, at least temporarily, though he's only 31

Venugopal Rao scored his first first-class century in almost six years to help Gujarat close the day on a relatively positive note despite allrounder Sumit Narwal's sixth five-wicket haul.

On a ground where Ravindra Jadeja scored a tripe-hundred last season, Delhi and Gujarat will square up in a Ranji Trophy game that pitches the latter's experienced batting line-up against Gujarat's young and in-form attack

Before Tendulkar shot to fame at the first-class and international levels, he set the Mumbai club circuit on fire

Pakistan have never won a bilateral ODI series against South Africa. Can they turn the tables this time?

AB de Villiers and Graeme Smith pummelled the Pakistan bowlers during an unbeaten stand worth 326 that stretched South Africa's lead in the second Test in Dubai to 361

South Africa took the lead on the first day of the second Test after Imran Tahir's maiden five-wicket haul had helped wrap-up Pakistan for 99 in the first innings