Former Ranji Trophy star and a stalwart of Mumbai Maidan cricket, Padmar Shivalkar passed away due to age-related issues here on Monday, the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) informed.
Kerala rode a slender two-run first innings lead against Gujarat to storm into their maiden Ranji Trophy final, after featuring in the premier domestic tournament for 68 years.
Milind Rage, who returned to captain Mumbai in domestic cricket after suffering a heart attack at 26, passed away after a second attack on Wednesday, days after turning 76.
The excitement around star batter Virat Kohli’s return to domestic cricket lasted a mere 15 deliveries as the former India captain was dismissed for a forgettable 6, with Railways pacer Himanshu Sangwan sending his stump cartwheeling early in the innings.
Broken phones, lost slippers and shoes lying around the Feroz Shah Kotla before a pitch invader breached security to touch Virat Kohli’s feet were some of the unprecedented scenes that summed up the iconic batter’s return to domestic cricket after more than 12 years.
Puducherry registered one of their biggest wins in their brief Ranji Trophy history after stunning seven-time champions Delhi by 9 wickets in their Group D opener at the Arun Jaitley Stadium here on Monday.
Prithvi Shaw on Wednesday scored the Ranji Trophy's second-highest individual score with his maiden triple hundred against Assam in Mumbai's Group B match here at Amingaon Cricket Ground.
The state's ability to host the games was in doubt
In 1998/99 finale, at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Pandit, then Madhya Pradesh captain, was left to see Ranji Trophy go away from him as Vijay Bharadwaj's part-time off-spin gave Karnataka six second-innings wickets and most importantly, a victory in the home final.
Madhya Pradesh, thanks to a crucial 162-run lead, who are in firm control of the final and lifting the trophy, as Rajat Patidar notched up a fine 122 while Saransh Jain brought up his maiden first-class fifty to take the side to 536.
