Waleed Hussain

Two seasons ago, the mighty Mumbai team was shown the door by an upbeat and unexpected Uttar Pradesh team in the semi-finals of the Ranji Trophy in their own backyard

Tamil Nadu riding on a fluent century by opener S Sriram, posted a healthy 325/5d from 100 overs on the third day of their South Zone Ranji trophy match against Andhra Pradesh here at the Guru Nanak College ground in Chennai

Punjab's Gagandeep Singh gave Delhi a run for their money in a Ranji Trophy North Zone league match at the capital's Harbax Singh Stadium

The Prince of Calcutta as he is commonly known is a true prince

Delhi medium pacer Ashish Nehra put up a fine display, bagging four wickets for 53, to restrict a star studded Punjab lineup to 187 in 78.3 overs on the first day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy match at the Harbax stadium in New Delhi on Wednesday

Kerala ended the second day of their South Zone Ranji Trophy match against Karnataka, trailing by 68 runs with seven wickets in hand in the first innings at the Nehru stadium in Kochi on Thursday

Maharashtra skipper Hrishikesh Kanitkar displayed a fine all-round performance to guide his team to a six wicket victory over Gujarat in their Ranji One-Day West Zone League match at the GSFC ground in Baroda on Wednesday

A cricket crazy country having a population of over a billion has produced exceptionally gifted cricketers time and again

Mumbai qualified for the Wills Trophy from the West Zone on Wednesday by topping the table with the maximum eight points from their four games

Anil Kumble's ten wickets against Pakistan, Saeed Anwar's innings of 194, Shahid Afridi's 37 ball century were all remarkable extraordinary performances

Hrishekesh Kanitkar notched up a strokeful century to give Maharshtra their first victory of the Ranji One-Day West Zone League against Saurashtra at the Alembic ground in Baroda

Robin Morris stroked his way to his second unbeaten half century of the season for Mumbai in the Ranji One-Day West Zone League against Gujarat at the GSFC ground, Baroda

Baroda facing Gujarat in the Ranji One-Day West Zone League at the Alembic ground won the toss and elected to bowl first

Opting to bat, Saurashtra ran into trouble in the Ranji One-Day West Zone League facing the formidable Mumbai at the Motibaug Ground, Baroda

Bengal skipper Amitava Chakraborty scored a patient 148 to post a mammoth 433 all out in 110.1 overs against Bihar at Telco Club Ground, Jamshedpur in another East Zone Cooch Behar Trophy match

A fine exibition of bowling by skipper Rasmi Rajan Das who finished with match figures of 11 for 37 helped Orissa defeat Assam by 10 wickets in the East Zone Cooch Behar Trophy match at the North-East Frontier Railway Stadium, Guwahati on Saturday

Rajshekhar Ghosh, who returned match figures of 6/33 helped Tripura defeat Sikkim by an innings and 84 runs in an East Zone Cooch Behar Trophy match at the Polytechnic Institute Ground, Agartala on Saturday

A fine all-round performance by Robin Morris highlighted Mumbai's ten wicket victory over Maharashtra in the West Zone Ranji Trophy one day match at the Central College Ground in Baroda on Saturday

Baroda kicked off their West Zone Ranji One-Day tournament on a winning note with a 102 run win against Maharshtra at the Motibaug Palace grounds in Baroda