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The BCCI's technical committee has recommended a revamp of the domestic calendar,playing the Ranji Trophy knockouts over five days and revising the points system

Dinesh Karthik, the lone centurion for Tamil Nadu in the Ranji Trophy final, has blamed the Chepauk pitch for spoiling his team's chances of winning the title

Rajasthan became only the fifth team to win the Ranji Trophy in successive seasons, as they beat Tamil Nadu on the first-innings lead in Chennai

Defending champions Rajasthan have virtually sealed the Ranji Trophy title, after bowling out a Tamil Nadu batting line-up that crumbled under the pressure of big runs

Rajasthan's plan was to run Tamil Nadu ragged and then unleash their fresh fast-bowlers on tired batsmen. It worked, as the home side's top order made a quick exit

With Rajasthan losing just two wickets in as many days, the Ranji final has all the makings of a high-scoring draw

Vineet Saxena remained unconquered for the second successive day as he notched his career-best score

In an age of sit-ins, Rajasthan were on an Occupy Chepauk drive as their opening pair of Vineet Saxena and Aakash Chopra frustrated Tamil Nadu to return undefeated at stumps

ESPNcricinfo previews the Ranji Trophy final for the 2011-12 season, between Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan to be played in Chennai

The Ranji Trophy final, starting Thursday, will be played on the same surface on which Tamil Nadu played two matches last month, which could make the track a little weary

Sulakshan Kulkarni, Mumbai's coach, has singled out the failure of his senior batsmen and their inability to adapt to the situation in the knockouts as the main reason behind the team not reaching the Ranji final

Tamil Nadu entered the Ranji Trophy final for the first time in eight years after gaining a massive first-innings lead against Mumbai, setting up a summit clash with defending champions Rajasthan

Now that Rajasthan are in the final, Hrishikesh Kanitkar said that getting a second shot at the title was "a humbling thing" knowing "that there are many teams who have done it many times"

Tamil Nadu have virtually booked their ticket for the final against defending champions Rajasthan, after consigning Mumbai to a wretched first innings with the bat at the Wankhede Stadium

Rajasthan have entered the Ranji Trophy final for the second year straight, following a 64-run win over Haryana at the Bansi Lal stadium in Lahli outside Rohtak

Three innings have been completed and 32 wickets have fallen in two days. At the end of it, both sides are left with a shot at earning a place in the Ranji final

Aggressive and accurate bowling helped Tamil Nadu flatten Mumbai on the second day at the Wankhede Stadium after the visitors' lower order had taken their total to 359

Haryana and Rajasthan find themselves locked in a struggle of nerve and application, with only two wickets needed on the second morning to complete the first two innings

Ramaswamy Prasanna's painfully constructed unbroken 111-run stand for the seventh wicket with Yo Mahesh helped Tamil Nadu recover from the depths at 139 for 6 to a modest 250 for 6 at stumps

Rajasthan and Haryana both stumbled their way through the group stages, and the semi-final between them promises to be a close fight. But fog may spoil the party