Bhushan Chauhan and Jayadev Shah kept the Mumbai bowlers toiling through the bulk of the day, before Saurashtra struck in the lead-up to stumps to assume full control

The Saurashtra openers' put together a double-century stand against Mumbai as the visitor's bowlers struggled to make inroads on a flat pitch

Rajasthan have appointed Meyrick Pringle, the former South Africa fast bowler, as bowling coach for the remainder of their Ranji Trophy campaign

Few players in Indian domestic cricket have the aura and record of Wasim Jaffer, who has made a habit of making mountains of runs for Mumbai

Irfan Pathan has said he is fit and fresh, and in line to better his performance in his debut season for India

Ajit Agarkar, the Mumbai seamer, has been left out of Mumbai's squad for the Ranji Trophy Elite group match against Saurashtra that begins in Rajkot from December 6

Mumbai's chairman of selectors has said he was "very hurt" at Zaheer Khan comments on the axeing of Ajit Agarkar from Mumbai's XI for the Ranji Trophy game against Orissa

Ajit Agarkar, Mumbai's leading fast bowler, flew back from Cuttack earlier today where Mumbai was playing Orissa because he was disappointed at being dropped from the final XI

Harbhajan Singh has done little in the Ranji Trophy to warrant a recall, but will the selectors still opt for his experience in Australia?

Haroon Lorgat talks about the postponement of the Test Championship over commercial concerns, and why he didn't seek an extension to his tenure

Haroon Lorgat, the ICC CEO, has said the unwillingness of the 10 Full Members to adopt a qualification system for the 50-over World Cup failed to pave the way for a 10-team event in 2015

Zaheer Khan's selection in India's squad for the Test series in Australia will be "provisional", ESPNcricinfo has learned

Karnataka embarrassed Mumbai on their home turf by snatching three points with a 194-run first-innings lead

Abhishek Nayar has played one of the best innings of his first-class career but Karnataka have the chance of an outright victory

He has earned a spot in India's Test squad, but with plenty of other young India batsmen knocking on the door, Rohit Sharma knows he needs to make opportunities count

Karnataka tightened their control over the game by adding a further 319 runs on day two and declaring on 635 for 9

Manish Pandey and Ganesh Satish added 182 for the third wicket, recovering from early setbacks and helping Karnataka end the day in a dominant position

The 22-year-old has been called for chucking, lost a season to injury and now has to follow the likes of Prasanna, Chandrasekhar, Kumble and Sunil Joshi as Karnataka's new lead spinner

Mumbai overtook defending champions Rajasthan's mighty first innings' score to take lead and thereby pocketed three critical points

Steadfast centuries from Abhishek Nayar and Rohit Sharma and a belligerent knock from Suryakumar Yadav brought Mumbai within 91 of Rajasthan's first innings score