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Players say pink ball still a work in progress

The durability of the pink ball and its visibility under lights remain concerns among some of the players who featured in the recently-concluded Duleep Trophy

16-Sep-2016•Arun Venugopal

Jadeja's 10 in match gives India Blue title

After having been set an improbable target of 517 with two-and-a-half sessions to go on the fifth day of the Duleep Trophy final, India Red's batsmen played a series of poor shots to fall well short of the far more achievable goal of batting out time for

14-Sep-2016•The Report by Sirish Raghavan

Agarwal fifty swells India Blue lead on truncated day

Only 33 overs were possible on the fourth day of the Duleep Trophy final in Greater Noida where India Blue ended the day in a commanding position

13-Sep-2016•The Report by Sirish Raghavan

Jadeja's five-for takes India Blue a step closer to Duleep title

Ravindra Jadeja's five-wicket haul dismissed India Red for 356 and handed India Blue a first-innings lead of 337 in Greater Noida

12-Sep-2016•The Report by Sirish Raghavan

Pujara 256* flattens India Red

Having passed 700 in their last match, India Blue declared seven runs short of that mark in the Duleep Trophy final, with Cheteshwar Pujara scoring his tenth first-class double-hundred, before Pankaj Singh ripped into India Red's top order

11-Sep-2016•The Report by Sirish Raghavan

Pink ball to be used in Ranji Trophy - Thakur

BCCI president Anurag Thakur has said the pink ball, which was introduced to Indian first-class cricket in the Duleep Trophy, would be used in the 2016-17 Ranji Trophy as well

10-Sep-2016•Arun Venugopal

Pujara ton leaves India Blue in command

Cheteshwar Pujara's fluent unbeaten 111 and Gautam Gambhir's well-compiled 94 studded a dominant India Blue batting display over an India Red attack that lacked penetration and consistency

10-Sep-2016•The Report by Sirish Raghavan

No difference between pink and red ball, says Gambhir

Having captained India Blue in two matches of the Duleep Trophy, Gautam Gambhir has categorically asserted that the pink ball behaves in "exactly the same way" as the red ball

08-Sep-2016•Gaurav Kalra

India Blue enter final after dull draw

The match between India Blue and India Green laboured to a predictable draw in Greater Noida, as India Blue, who began the final day with a lead of 555, batted on until they were bowled out an hour from the dinner break

07-Sep-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Dhawan, Rohit to play Duleep Trophy final

Six members of India's last Test squad will be part of the teams that meet in the Duleep Trophy final from September 10 to 14 in Greater Noida

07-Sep-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Bowlers all but seal India Blue's entry into final

After grinding India Green down on the first two days by posting 707, India Blue turned in a masterful effort on the field to skittle their opponents for 236 in 61 overs on the third day of the Duleep Trophy league fixture in Greater Noida

06-Sep-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Pujara, Jackson tons help India Blue amass 707

India Blue's marathon innings ended on 707 at stumps on the second day of their 2016-17 Duleep Trophy match against India Green, after centuries from Cheteshwar Pujara and Sheldon Jackson

05-Sep-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Agarwal 161 and Pujara fifty highlight run-fest

Opener Mayank Agarwal smashed 161 off 218 balls, Gautam Gambhir collected 90 and Cheteshwar Pujara was unbeaten 63 as India Blue dominated India Green in their Duleep Trophy match

04-Sep-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

More rain puts India Red in Duleep Trophy final

Rain washed out play on the final day in Greater Noida as India Blue and India Red took a point each by virtue of a draw

01-Sep-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Jackson, Karthik steady India Blue before rain arrives again

An unbroken 85-run partnership between Sheldon Jackson and Dinesh Karthik went some way towards repairing India Blue's Tuesday collapse on another rain-truncated day

31-Aug-2016•The Report by Arun Venugopal

Kuldeep's four help India Red rally after rain delay

After two-thirds of play was rendered impossible by the weather for the second day in succession, Kuldeep Yadav ate into India Blue's gains with a four-wicket burst late in the night

30-Aug-2016•The Report by Arun Venugopal

Agarwal, Gambhir hit fifties on truncated day

Mayank Agarwal and Gautam Gambhir struck half-centuries for India Blue before thunderstorms washed out close to two sessions in Greater Noida

29-Aug-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Kuldeep six-for seals India Red's thumping win

Kuldeep Yadav's best first-class figures of 6 for 88 dismissed India Green for 277 and gave India Red a 219-run win in the country's maiden first-class game with the pink ball

26-Aug-2016•The Report by Arun Venugopal

India Red firm up advantage after Kuldeep's maiden five-for

Kuldeep Yadav's 5 for 55, the bowler's maiden first-class five-for, spliced through the heart of India Green's line-up on the third day of the Duleep Trophy match to render an already tough chase of 497 all but impossible

25-Aug-2016•Arun Venugopal

India Red pull away with big lead after Abhinav, Chatterjee tons

After playing awkwardly with the pink ball on day one, India Red, emboldened by centuries from Abhinav Mukund and Sudip Chatterjee, made purposeful strides in their second dig, and extended a 10-run first-innings lead to 354 runs by close of play

24-Aug-2016•Arun Venugopal

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