All-rounder Yusuf Pathan has been retained captain of the Baroda team which will take on Tamil Nadu in a Group B Ranji Trophy match beginning in Chennai from December 6.
Baroda completed the formalities in what turned out to be a lopsided contest as they thrashed Madhya Pradesh by 246 runs in a Ranji Trophy group B encounter at the Motibagh ground.
Out-of-favour India all-rounder Yusuf Pathan slammed a counter-attacking 101-ball 104 as Baroda closed in a on win over Madhya Pradesh in a Group B Ranji Trophy match dominated by bowlers, who have already taken 35 wickets in just two days.
Arindam Ghosh hit an unbeaten double hundred to help Railways take control of their Ranji Trophy match against Baroda as they posted 441 for eight declared in their first innings on Day Three on Saturday.
Senior batsmen Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir will face a litmus test as India A need nothing less than a victory to level the three-match series when they take on West Indies A in their third and final unofficial 'Test', starting on Wednesday at Hubli.
Bhargav Bhatt delivered a spell of seven for 113 for India A against West Indies A at Shimoga. Nishad Pai Vaidya spoke to former India player WV Raman, who is the assistant coach at Kings XI Punjab, which is Bhatt’s Indian Premier League (IPL) team and found out more about the left-arm spinner.
Virender Sehwag's experiment to bat in the middle-order didn't yield any favourable result while Gautam Gambhir's woeful run of form continued as India A reached 191 for three at stumps on the second day of their second unofficial 'Test' against West Indies A in Shimoga on Thursday.
Gautam Gambhir failed to impress yet again as India A reached 70 for one in reply to West Indies A's 406 all out at tea on the second day of the second unofficial Test in Shimoga on Thursday.
Left-arm spinner Bhargav Bhatt came up with a career-best seven-wicket haul but that could not stop West Indies A from piling up 406 all out in their first innings at lunch on the second day of the second unofficial Test against India A in Shimoga on Thursday.
Zaheer Khan got his name in the wickets column but it was a patient 82 by opener Kraigg Brathwaite that helped West Indies A reach a decent 283 for six in 90 overs after opting to bat in the second unofficial four-day 'Test' at Shimoga on Wednesday.