Saurabh Somani

Assistant editor, ESPNcricinfo

Poor decision-making has cost RCB in big matches - Virat Kohli

The RCB captain also admitted last season's marketing campaign - this year the cup is ours - may not have been the wisest move

16-Mar-2019•Saurabh Somani in Bengaluru

No cap on India players' IPL participation ahead of World Cup - Virat Kohli

The RCB captain feels responsibility for managing workloads would lie with the players themselves, a view shared by coaches Ashish Nehra and Gary Kirsten

16-Mar-2019•Saurabh Somani in Bengaluru

How should one bowl to Kohli? Shane Warne explains

Warne says he is "still working out" whether the India captain is better than Tendulkar and Lara and "more destructive" than Viv Richards

09-Mar-2019•Saurabh Somani and Shashank Kishore

Chandrakant Pandit: Less of a general, more of a 12th man

Vidarbha's senior players, and Pandit himself, share what makes a unit that's always hungry for success

08-Feb-2019•Saurabh Somani in Nagpur

Aditya Sarwate seizes his biggest moment yet

The allrounder's journey to domestic cricket's highest peaks has been all about two words tattooed on his arm: 'Carpe Diem'

07-Feb-2019•Saurabh Somani in Nagpur

'If anyone thought last year was a fluke, we have proven ourselves again'

Faiz Fazal and Chandrakant Pandit, Vidarbha's captain and coach, speak about what it took for the team to win back-to-back Ranji Trophy titles

07-Feb-2019•Saurabh Somani in Nagpur

Aditya Sarwate takes 11, Vidarbha win second straight Ranji Trophy title

The left-arm spinner picked up his maiden ten-wicket match-haul as Saurashtra were bowled out for 127, losing by 78 runs

07-Feb-2019•The Report by Saurabh Somani

Smart planning, smarter execution - how Vidarbha plotted Cheteshwar Pujara's fall

Aditya Sarwate's third wicket of the day could well be the most important of the final

04-Feb-2019•Saurabh Somani in Nagpur

Saurashtra falter around unbeaten Snell Patel

Vidarbha offspinner Aditya Sarwate ran through Saurashtra's top order, also accounting for Cheteshwar Pujara for just 1

04-Feb-2019•The Report by Saurabh Somani in Nagpur

Saurashtra attack limits Vidarbha on opening day

Saurashtra chipped away steadily at Vidarbha on a day of attritional cricket, ending the first day of the Ranji Trophy 2018-19 final in a position of advantage

03-Feb-2019•The Report by Saurabh Somani in Nagpur

Vidarbha v Saurashtra - a fitting Ranji final

Rarely do you get a battle that checks every box - the best teams in the competition, top stars available, and evenly matched

02-Feb-2019•Saurabh Somani in Nagpur

Battles of the Ranji final: Pujara v Umesh and Jaffer v Unadkat

On the eve of the final on Saturday, there were two sets of a pair of players engaged in animated conversation in the nets sessions in Nagpur

02-Feb-2019•Saurabh Somani in Nagpur

Sheldon Jackson - support act to Cheteshwar Pujara, leading man in his own right

Opportunities at the higher levels have been hard to come by, but the Saurashtra stalwart has no grudges

01-Feb-2019•Saurabh Somani

After semi-final heartbreak, Karnataka ponder road ahead

With many of their stalwarts busy elsewhere or fading away, the Ranji Trophy powerhouses find themselves at a crossroads

29-Jan-2019•Saurabh Somani

Lack of DRS in focus as Pujara rides his luck in Ranji semi-final

Players and coaches involved in the game between Karnataka and Saurashtra have indicated that they would welcome the use of technology in domestic cricket, especially in knockout matches.

28-Jan-2019•Saurabh Somani

Pujara and Jackson steer Saurashtra to the brink of victory

They put on an unbroken 201 runs for the fourth wicket to deflate Karnataka, who at one stage had reduced Saurashtra to 23 for 3 in their chase of 279

27-Jan-2019•The Report by Saurabh Somani at the Chinnaswamy

Left-arm wristspin to left-arm orthodox: the <i>other</i> Jadeja finally gets it right

From being insecure about his place in the Saurashtra side, Dharmendrasinh has carved out his own identity both with bat and ball this Ranji Trophy season

26-Jan-2019•Saurabh Somani in Bengaluru

Shreyas Gopal and Abhimanyu Mithun frustrate Saurashtra on seesawing day

The ninth-wicket pair added an unbroken 61 to extend Karnataka's lead to 276 and give them the edge on a pitch with inconsistent bounce

26-Jan-2019•The Report by Saurabh Somani

Synchronised clapping - the 'punch' that keeps Saurashtra going

In the silence of the Ranji Trophy venues, the players pump each other up with their mini orchestra

26-Jan-2019•Saurabh Somani in Bengaluru

Pujara gets unexpected gift on 31st birthday, but fails to cash in

The batsman was adjudged not out despite having nicked one off Abhimanyu Mithun, but couldn't build on the slice of luck too much

25-Jan-2019•Saurabh Somani in Bengaluru

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