Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) on Tuesday announced the appointment of M. Senthilnathan as the head coach for the men’s senior team for the 2025-26 season. Senthilnathan played 37 First-Class and 16 List A games for Tamil Nadu. He has served as the Head of Cricket Affairs at the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai. He … Read more
As the IPL reaches the halfway stage, there’s a strong chance that one of the four teams yet to win the title could change that on May 25. All these four teams – Delhi, Punjab, Lucknow and Bengaluru have been playing top-class cricket. Yes, they have had the odd setback, which is expected in this … Read more
What if there was no Mike-Gatting-reverse-sweep moment for Sachin Baby? What if Ahammed Imran didn’t gift his wicket away battling so hard? What if Akshay Chandran held on to that catch from Karun Nair? If none of the above had happened, Kerala probably would have been celebrating one of its greatest moments in its rich … Read more
Danish Malewar was a bit like a dangerous malware that would refuse to go away. Much to Kerala’s dismay, he was still there unbeaten on 138 (259b, 356min, 14×4, 2×6) at stumps on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy final. The 21-year-old’s superbly constructed innings not merely helped Vidarbha tide over a bumpy start, … Read more
The excitement is palpable in the Kerala camp at the VCA Stadium on this humid afternoon. The team manager, Nazir Machan, is in great demand with the multiple television crews that have come from Kerala. He tells one channel after another how thrilled every player is about Kerala’s first-ever Ranji Trophy final. The team’s captain … Read more
Far from the madding crowd lies the VCA stadium. It is the last stop for a maddeningly thrilling journey for Kerala in India’s premier domestic cricket tournament. An 81-run partnership by the last pair against Jammu & Kashmir that gave a one-run first-innings lead in the quarterfinal; and a two-run lead against Gujarat, courtesy a … Read more
Vidarbha on Monday retained its 17-member squad to take on Kerala in the final of the Ranji Trophy which will be played at the VCA Stadium here in Jamtha from Wednesday. “VCA’s senior selection committee, which met on Monday, decided to retain the same squad that did duty in the semi-final against Mumbai. Akshay Wadkar … Read more
Akshay Wadkar and Aditya Sarwate are the only two cricketers to have featured in each of Vidarbha’s three Ranji Trophy finals so far. Come Saturday and the duo will yet again take the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium on the outskirts of Nagpur. However, this time, the duo will be in opposite camps. While Wadkar – … Read more
When Gujarat resumed its first innings on day four of its Ranji Trophy semifinal against Kerala on Wednesday, the side looked primed to chase down the visitor’s score of 457. Former skipper Priyank Panchal, who had reached the three-figure mark the previous day, and Manan Hingrajia had already put up a 91-run stand. The pair … Read more
It was a test of patience for the Kerala batters. Still, they managed to pass with flying colours, batting out the final day of its Ranji Trophy quarterfinal against Jammu and Kashmir to force a draw. The one-run lead in the first innings eventually made all the difference as Sachin Baby and Co. made the … Read more