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cricket2 years ago

Irani Cup: Rest of India with a mountain to climb after Mumbai post 603

Suryakumar Yadav's stunning 156, and couple of useful knocks from Siddhesh Lad and skipper Aditya Tare, helped Mumbai to a mammoth score of 603. Before the end of the day, Rest of India have already lost an opener and will now face an uphill battle to avoid the follow-on in their first innings.

Nikhil Deshpande

cricket3 months ago

Star India secures BCCI media rights for an average of INR 61 Crore per match

After securing the IPL deal for INR 16347.5 crore, Star Sports India Pvt Ltd has again beaten the Reliance Industries Limited and Sony Pictures Networks to secure the BCCI media rights for a period of five years. The deal includes both Television and digital rights for next five-year period.

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cricket3 months ago

Irani Cup | Ravichandran Ashwin replaces injured Ravindra Jadeja in Rest of India team

With Ravindra Jadeja ruled out of the Irani Cup with an injury, the BCCI have called up his spin partner R Ashwin as the replacement for the tournament. Ashwin will join the Rest of India squad for the tournament where they will play against Vidarbha in Nagpur from March 14 to 18.

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cricketa year ago

Cheteshwar Pujara to lead Rest of India in Irani Cup match against Gujarat

Saurashtra batsman Cheteshwar Pujara will lead the Rest of India squad for the Irani Cup match against Ranji Champions Gujarat, the BCCI announced on Saturday. The squad for the season-ending first-class tournament also features Karnataka batsman Karun Nair and wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha.

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cricket2 years ago

Patience, belief and perseverance: The Devendra Bundela way

Bastab K Parida

cricket2 years ago

Irani Cup: Bista, Herwadkar knocks put Mumbai on top on Day 1

A 193-run opening partnership between Jay Bista and Akhil Herwadkar helped Mumbai score 386/3 on the opening day of the 2016 Irani Cup match against Rest of India at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai on Sunday. Bista scored 104 off 90 balls, while Herwadkar fell ten short of a century.

cricket2 years ago

Naman Ojha to lead Rest of India team for Irani Cup

Madhya Pradesh wicket-keeper batsman Naman Ojha will captain the Rest of India team that will take on 2015/16 Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai for the 2016 Irani Cup. Stuart Binny and Barinder Sran are also part of the squad for the match that will take place in Mumbai from March 6th to 10th.