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Fans flock to thrilling finale

Fans flock to thrilling finale

The overwhelming reception for the final in Mysore has lessons for the tournament's organisers

14-Jan-2010•Siddarth Ravindran in Mysore

A parochial plaint

A parochial plaint

Had allrounder Balachandra Akhil been picked in place of Stuart Binny for the final, the Ranji Trophy would have journeyed southwards to Bangalore

14-Jan-2010•Ramachandra Guha

Manish Pandey on track for national reckoning

Manish Pandey on track for national reckoning

Manish Pandey's attacking century in the final underlined his transformation from a no-name cricketer to a worthy contender for a place in the national squad

14-Jan-2010•Siddarth Ravindran in Mysore

Mumbai's bloody-mindedness to the fore

Mumbai's bloody-mindedness to the fore

Mumbai's victory in the Ranji final epitomises the bloody-mindedness and never-say-die attitude that makes them the behemoths of Indian domestic cricket

14-Jan-2010•Nagraj Gollapudi

Mumbai lower order covers the slack again

Mumbai lower order covers the slack again

Praveen Amre's insistence on getting his bowlers to improve their batting is responsible for Mumbai getting this far

13-Jan-2010•Siddarth Ravindran in Mysore

Pace finds its voice through Salvi and Mithun

Pace finds its voice through Salvi and Mithun

The fast bowlers have come to the party in a big way thanks to the exploits of Aavishkar Salvi and Abhimanyu Mithun in Mysore

12-Jan-2010•Siddarth Ravindran in Mysore

Vinay Kumar searches for route to the top

Vinay Kumar searches for route to the top

Despite his achievements over the last six years, Karnataka seamer R Vinay Kumar remains unfamiliar to most Indian fans

11-Jan-2010•Siddarth Ravindran in Mysore

Need for speed

Need for speed

The emergence of 20-year-old Abhimanyu Mithun has injected some serious pace in the Karnataka bowling. His 38 wickets this season has been one of the keys to extracting them from the mediocrity they had been trapped in over the past few years

05-Jan-2010•Siddarth Ravindran at the Chinnaswamy Stadium

In Dravid they trust

In Dravid they trust

There can hardly be a more reassuring sight than Rahul Dravid at the crease when your team is in a slight bother. As on innumerable times over the past decade, he calmed Karnataka's nerves on the second day at the Chinnaswamy by blunting the UP attack

04-Jan-2010•Siddarth Ravindran at the Chinnaswamy Stadium

Ground realities and more for Hyderabad

Ground realities and more for Hyderabad

Invoking the gods at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium has done little to change Hyderabad's fortunes so far. Vital first-innings lead has proved elusive so far this season, and the ignominy of the Plate League looms large

04-Dec-2009•Siddarth Ravindran in Hyderabad

Angry Tiwary, happy Joshi, triumphant Karthik and other stories

Angry Tiwary, happy Joshi, triumphant Karthik and other stories

Cricinfo picks out the highlights of the fourth round of the Ranji Trophy 2009-10

28-Nov-2009•Sriram Veera

Faulty covers, Pujara power, and Bengal's problems

Faulty covers, Pujara power, and Bengal's problems

Cricinfo picks out the highlights of the third round of the Ranji Trophy 2009-10

21-Nov-2009•Sidharth Monga

Sunny in Indore but not in New Delhi

Sunny in Indore but not in New Delhi

Cricinfo picks out the highlights of the first two rounds of the Ranji Trophy 2009-10

14-Nov-2009•Sidharth Monga

Twelve hopeful men

Twelve hopeful men

Whites have been cleaned, pitches have been readied, it's time to hope again; we look at men who will be expecting slightly more than some of the others

03-Nov-2009•Sidharth Monga and Sriram Veera

Starry-eyed surprise

Starry-eyed surprise

In 16 months since he reached Delhi, Pawan Suyal has climbed the rungs from being a totally unknown fast bowler to being named in the Ranji squad

26-Oct-2009•Jamie Alter

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