Jai Prakash Yadav

By opting merely for a nip here and a tuck there, the selectors have confirmed what many India-watchers already know, that the core of an exceptional side is already in place

Rahul Dravid will lead the Indian team in the forthcoming triangular series in Sri Lanka

Indian domestic season review

Railways and Orissa won their opening games of the Ranji Trophy one-day knock-out tournament

When Punjab look back at their loss in the Ranji Trophy final, thepunk-like figure of Jai Prakash Yadav will haut them many times over

A game that twisted and turned on the first four days meandered to an anti-climactic, inevitable, end as Railways strolled to their second Ranji Trophy triumph by virtue of gaining the first-innings lead

Three obdurate half-centuries put Railways on top but a controlled spell of seam bowling helped Punjab claw their way back in an engrossing opening day of the Ranji Trophy final at Mohali

It will probably be the street-drama that plays itself out at Mohali while the blockbuster resumes at Kochi after the intermission

Sairaj Bahutule, the Mumbai captain, will lead the India A side which will play the Pakistanis in a one-day warm-up match in Hyderabad on March 30

Yuvraj Singh, who was the 12th man in the ongoing second Test between India and Pakistan, will now join Punjab in their Ranji Trophy semi-final at Mumbai, starting on March 18

Anirudh Singh played the lone hand as Hyderabad collapsed in Delhi

Daniel Manohar's fighting 63 kept Hyderabad afloat in a low-scoring tussle at the Karnail Singh Stadium in Delhi

Jai Prakash Yadav's five-wicket haul devastated North Zone, limiting them to a meager 104 on the first day of the Duleep Trophy final at the Vidarbha stadium

Beginning the day at 114 for 2, North Zone were placed well to overhaul West Zone's total of 201, but a steady stream of falling wickets saw them fall short by only five runs at Lucknow

Ashish Nehra powered North Zone to a strong position against West Zone while Jai P Yadav's five wickets helped Central Zone peg back East Zone.

Railways sneaked through to the semi-finals, past Delhi and Gujarat, after their convincing seven-wicket victory against Karnataka in Bangalore

Delhi, Mumbai, Uttar Pradesh and Railways registered wins in the latest round of Elite Group matches

At the end of the third day, this tense encounter was finely poised

Ajay Jadeja produced an unbeaten 103 as Delhi piled on a massive total at the Roshanara Club Ground in Delhi