Skipper Soumik Chatterjee, battling a knee injury, struck a valuable unbeaten 34 as Services beat Uttar Pradesh by five wickets on the third day of the fourth quarterfinals Tuesday and will be making their first Ranji Trophy semi-final appearance since 1967-68.
Opener VA Jagadeesh slammed an unbeaten century to single-handedly take Kerala to 192 for five on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy group league match against Services on Saturday.
Middle-order batsman A G Pradeep was retained Andhra Pradesh skipper for their Ranji Trophy campaign beginning with the match against Services at Anantpur from November 2-5.
HCA XI were leading by 80 runs over Kerala, while Karnataka were ahead of HCA President's XI by 307 runs on the second day of the Moin-ud-Dowla Gold Cup cricket tournament.
India pacer Ishant Sharma was back playing competitive cricket after a month's lay-off but looked gingerly during Delhi's comfortable 62-run victory over Services in a North Zone leg match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, at Feroz Shah Kotla ground on Tuesday.
Kerala were struggling at 121 for four in their first innings after restricting Services to 253 on the second day of their Ranji trophy Plate Group 'A' match at Jawaharlal Nehru International stadium.
Delhi bowlers produced a disciplined effort after opening batsman Virender Sehwag top-scored with 35 as they beat Services by 37 runs in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament on Tuesday.