Hemang Badani scored a brilliant unbeaten 104 before his home crowd to turn possible defeat into glorious victory in the final of the Hero Honda NKP Salve Challenger Series at the floodlit MA Chidambaram stadium on Thursday

Venkatesh Prasad's first spell in which he dismissed both openers Sachin Tendulkar and Jai P Yadav in his first four overs, followed by a 167-run second wicket partnership between Sridharan Sriram (85) and skipper Rahul Dravid (92) paved the way for

Indian captain Sourav Ganguly set Chepauk afire on Tuesday

Sparkling performances by Nayan Mongia who hit 28 not out (32 balls, five fours) and Ajit Agarkar who scored 19 not out (19 balls, 3 fours) enabled India A to complete a rather convincing four wicket victory over the fancied India Seniors with 13

The seventh edition of the Hero Honda NKP Salve Challenger Series will commence at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on Monday with India Seniors taking on India A in a day night fixture

Star players do not generally these days take part in domestic tournaments

Orissa medium pacer Debasish Mohanty and veteran left arm spinner from Hyderabad Venkatapathy Raju are among the 25 probables selected for the conditioning camp to be held at Chennai from February 6-11 and February 16-20 before the home series

The NKP Salve Challenger Series limited overs tournament will be held at Chennai from February 12 to 15