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Vijay Mohan Raj, former Ranji cricketer, urges the BCCI to make the Hyderabad Cricket Academy of Excellence fully autonomous and financially independent. He highlights delays, administrative interference, and stresses the Academy’s role in improving state-level cricket performance

Vincent Vinay Kumar, former Andhra Ranji player and current USA Under-19 coach, guided his team to World Cup qualification with 17 wins, strong discipline, fitness programs and international exposure

Former Hyderabad Ranji cricketer Benjamin Thomas announced his retirement from first-class cricket. He thanked mentors, institutions, and the Hyderabad Cricket Association for their support across his long domestic career

The former Andhra all-rounder, who played 33 games between 1990-98 with a career-best score of 105 against Kerala, is also an avid wildlife and nature photographer

Virat Kohli's retirement is a huge loss to Test cricket but his announcement on Monday was not entirely surprising. Perhaps the microscopic attention "became too much" for the superstar towards the fag end of his career in the longest format

For all those familiar with reporting cricket matches at different levels what stands out is the team of scorers putting their heart and soul to meet the needs of the reporters in the media box at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium

In a three-day Ranji Trophy pre-quarterfinal against Railways at Fateh Maidan (now LB Stadium) in January 1976, these two exceptional bowlers orchestrated one of the most remarkable comebacks in Ranji Trophy history.

Mohammed Siraj, making his return to Ranji cricket, bowled a disciplined spell, taking 1/47 from 18 overs

Kohli's towering presence on the field fired up players on both sides with an unprecedented fan attendance adding to the intensity

Making his first Ranji Trophy appearance since February 2020, local hero Rahul walked in at No. 3 to a warm reception from the semi-packed M Chinnaswamy Stadium, with chants of 'Rahul, Rahul' echoing through the stands

Kohli’s last Ranji Trophy game for Delhi came against Uttar Pradesh in Ghaziabad in November 2012.

Interestingly, Railways (17 points from six games) have more than a fair shot at making the knock-out stages if they beat Delhi with bonus points and take their tally to 24

On Monday, he was at his home ground for around three hours and had everyone in his vicinity hypnotised

All three players featured in the sixth round of the Elite Group A match for Mumbai against Jammu and Kashmir at the Sharad Pawar Academy Ground in BKC, where the visitors recorded a commanding five-wicket victory

Between 2014 to 2019, Kohli has scored the bulk of his 80 international hundreds and since the end of Bangar's tenure, he has made only two Test centurion in the last five years

Gill added 95 runs on the third day to his overnight 7 to score 102 from 171 balls from which he struck 14 fours and three sixes

Rohit's return to Ranji Trophy after a decade yielded only 31 runs across two knocks and he looked very much out of form, shaky and not ready to grind it out for long hours

Jadeja’s 12-wicket haul guided Saurashtra to a dominant 10-wicket win over Delhi, but key Indian players like Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant faltered in the Ranji Trophy

Smaran made an unbeaten 83 (100b, 12x4s, 1x6) as Karnataka reached 199 for 4 when stumps were drawn on Day 1

Electing to bat on a green-top wicket proved costly for the Ajinkya Rahane-led side as Mumbai were shot out for a mere 120, and in reply, J&K finished the opening day's play at 174/7 for a lead of 54 runs