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  • Ranji Trophy 2023-24 Quarterfinals Vidarbha Vs Karnataka, Mumbai vs Andhra, TN vs Saurashtra, MP vs Baroda: LIVE Streaming Details, Schedule, Squads | cricket news

    The Ranji Trophy enters its crucial quarterfinal stage with eight teams vying for a spot in the semis. Mumbai, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Vidarbha, Baroda, Saurashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Andhra have emerged from a pool of 24 contenders, setting the stage for intense clashes.

    In the Mumbai vs Baroda encounter, Mumbai faces the challenge without Shreyas Iyer and Shivam Dube. However, bolstered by U-19 star Musheer Khan, Mumbai relies on Bhupen Lalwani’s form and Mohit Avasthi’s bowling prowess. Despite Baroda’s recent struggles, Mumbai remains the favourite, banking on Prithvi Shaw’s comeback.

    Vidarbha squares off against Karnataka, with Vidarbha missing Faiz Fazal but boosted by Akshay Wadkar and Karun Nair’s form. Aditya Sarwate and Aditya Thakare lead the bowling department. Karnataka, missing Devdutt Padikkal, looks to Manish Pandey and Sharath Srinivas for batting strength.

    Presenting the Quarter-finalists of the @IDFCFIRSTBank #RanjiTrophy _

    Which team are you rooting for _

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    Saurashtra, led by Cheteshwar Pujara, faces Tamil Nadu, with Dharmendrasinh Jadeja leading the bowling attack. Tamil Nadu relies on Narayan Jagadeesan and Baba Indrajith’s batting prowess, backed by spinners R Sai Kishore and S Ajith Ram.

    Madhya Pradesh confronts Andhra, with Ricky Bhui in stellar batting form for Andhra and Hanuma Vihari providing support. Venkatesh Iyer and Kumar Kartikeya lead MP’s batting lineup. Andhra enters the match unbeaten, while MP relies on home advantage.

    In these quarterfinal clashes, teams tread cautiously, aware that even the slightest misstep can lead to elimination. The battle for semifinal berths promises excitement and high stakes cricket across India.

    Ranji Trophy 2023-24 knockout schedule

    Quarterfinal 1: Vidarbha vs Karnataka – February 23-27, 2023 Venue: Civil Line Stadium, Nagpur

    Quarterfinal 2: Mumbai vs Baroda – February 23-27, 2023 Venue: BKC Ground, Mumbai

    Quarterfinal 3: Tamil Nadu vs Saurashtra – February 23-27, 2023 Venue: Sri Ramakrishnan College, Coimbatore

    Quarterfinal 4: Madhya Pradesh vs Andhra – February 23-27, 2023 Venue: Holkar Stadium, Indore

    Semifinal 1: Winner QF1 vs Winner QF4 – March 2-6, 2023 Venue: TBD

    Semifinal 2: Winner QF2 vs Winner QF3 – March 2-6, 2023 Venue: TBD

    Final: Winner SF1 vs Winner SF2 – March 10-14, 2023 Venue: TBD

    Ranji Trophy Quarter-finals live streaming

    The Ranji Trophy 2023-24 quarterfinals will be streamed live on JioCinema app and its website.

    Ranji Trophy Quarter-finals: All teams and squads

    Karnataka Squad: Ravikumar Samarth, Mayank Agarwal(c), Nikin Jose, Hardik Raj, Manish Pandey, Srinivas Sharath(w), Vijaykumar Vyshak, Aneesh KV, Muralidhara Venkatesh, Shashi Kumar K, Vasuki Koushik, Dega Nischal, Prasidh Krishna, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Kishan Bedare, Shubhang Hegde, Sujay Sateri, Rohit Kumar

    Vidarbha Squad: Faiz Fazal, Dhruv Shorey, Atharva Taide, Karun Nair, Akshay Wadkar(w/c), Yash Rathod, Aditya Sarwate, Akshay Wakhare, Yash Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Aditya Thakare, Mohit Kale, Harsh Dubey, Lalit M Yadav. , Jitesh Sharma, Sanjay Raghunath, Rajneesh Gurbani, Siddhesh Wath, Darshan Nalkande, Shubham Dubey

    Mumbai Squad: Prithvi Shaw, Bhupen Lalwani, Hardik Tamore(w), Ajinkya Rahane(c), Suryansh Shedge, Shivam Dube, Shams Mulani, Shardul Thakur, Tanush Kotian, Mohit Avasthi, Tushar Deshpande, Dhawal Kulkarni, Royston Dias, Jay Gokul. Bista, Atharva Ankolekar, Prasad Pawar, Amogh Bhatkal, Shreyas Iyer, Suved Parkar, Sylvester DSouza

    Baroda Squad: Jyotsnil Singh, Pratyush Kumar, Shashwat Rawat, Vishnu Solanki(c), Shivalik Sharma, Mitesh Patel(w), Abhimanyu Singh Rajput, Atit Sheth, Mahesh Pithiya, Bhargav Bhatt, Kinit Patel, Akash Maharaj Singh, Soyeb Sopariya, Shivang Sane, Ninad Rathva, Krunal Pandya, Babashafi Pathan, Lukman Meriwala

    Tamil Nadu Squad: Suresh Lokeshwar, N Jagadeesan(w), Pradosh Paul, Baba Indrajith, Mohamed Ali, Vijay Shankar, RS Mokit Hariharan, M Mohammed, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore(c), S Ajith Ram, Sandeep Warrier, T Natarajan, Trilok Nag, Kuldeep Sen, Vimal Khumar, Ajay Krishna, Boopathi Kumar, Sai Sudharsan, B Sachin

    Saurashtra Squad: Kevin Jivrajani, Harvik Desai(w), Sheldon Jackson, Cheteshwar Pujara, Arpit Vasavada(c), Prerak Mankad, Chirag Jani, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Yuvrajsinh Dodiya, Parth Bhut, Chetan Sakariya, Vishvaraj Jadeja, Jaydev Unadkat, Snell Patel , Devang Karamta, Ankur Panwar, Aditya Jadeja

    Andhra Squad: Revanth Reddy, Maheep Kumar, Ashwin Hebbar, Hanuma Vihari, Ricky Bhui(w/c), Kirdant Karan Shinde, Shaik Rasheed, Shoaib Md Khan, Manish Golamaru, Girinath Reddy, Penmetsa Raju, Prasanth Kumar, Lalith Mohan, Cheepurapalli. Stephen, KV Sasikanth, Uppara Girinath, Prithvi Raj Yarra, CR Gnaneshwar, Nitish Reddy, Kuntrapakam Raj

    Madhya Pradesh Squad: Yash Dubey, Himanshu Mantri(w), Harsh Gawli, Shubham S Sharma(c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rishabh Chouhan, Saransh Jain, Kumar Kartikeya, Anubhav Agarwal, Avesh Khan, Kulwant Khejroliya, Amarjeet Singh, Aditya Shrivastava, Mihir Hirwani, Aryan Pandey, Sumit Kushwah

  • CSK stars Ravindra Jadeja, Cheteshwar Pujara, Moeen Ali arrive in Dubai, to undergo 6-day quarantine

    By ANI

    DUBAI: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, Cheteshwar Pujara and Moeen Ali on Sunday arrived in Dubai for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021.

    The boys will now undergo a six-day quarantine and join the rest of the squad members who are already in the IPL 2021 bubble.

    “En-coming. 4 times the joy today at Whistles Kingdom!” CSK tweeted.

    Meanwhile, RCB skipper Virat Kohli and pacer Mohammed Siraj also arrived in Dubai on Sunday ahead of the resumption of the IPL 2021. The duo will now undergo six-day mandatory quarantine and then they both will join the team bubble in Dubai.

    With the final Test between India and England in Manchester cancelled, IPL franchises on Friday got in touch with charter companies to fly out their players from Manchester to UAE for the resumption of the cash-rich league.

    The 14th season, which was postponed in May this year in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, will resume on September 19 in Dubai with a blockbuster clash between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians.

    The action will then shift to Abu Dhabi where Kolkata Knight Riders will square off against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Sharjah will host its first game on September 24 when Royal Challengers Bangalore take on Chennai Super Kings.

    In all, 13 matches will be held in Dubai, 10 in Sharjah, and 8 in Abu Dhabi. The BCCI has decided to do away with contact tracing devices for the UAE leg, starting on September 19.

  • Josh Hazlewood pulls out of IPL 2021, netizens term it ‘Pujara effect’

    By ANI
    NEW DELHI:  After Josh Hazlewood decided to pull out of the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Cheteshwar Pujara started trending on Twitter and netizens were quick to say that India’s batting mainstay in Test cricket was the reason behind the Australian pacer’s decision to withdraw from the T20 tournament.

    Pujara and Hazlewood were slated to share the dressing room for Chennai Super Kings (CSK), but with the Aussie pacer pulling out, this would not be happening this season.

    “Josh Hazlewood has opted out of IPL, tired of bowling Pujara in nets,” wrote one user on Twitter.

    Another user was quick to say that Hazlewood was smart to pull out of the tournament.

    “Hazlewood is very smart. So that he need not bowl to Pujara in nets” said another user on Twitter.

    On Wednesday, a video of Pujara hitting sixes during a CSK training session went viral on social media, and many users on Twitter brought up that video to say Hazlewood got scared of bowling to Pujara in the nets.

    “This is what happens when you see Pujara batting in nets,” said one user on Twitter.

    Hazlewood has pulled out of IPL as he “got tired of bio-bubbles”. He also said that he wants to spend some time with his family.

    “It’s been a long 10 months in bubbles and quarantine at different times, so I decided to have a rest from cricket and spend some time at home and in Australia in the next two months. We’ve got a big winter ahead too. The West Indies is going to be a long tour, with Bangladesh T20 tour potentially thrown on the end of that,” cricket.com.au quoted Hazlewood as saying.

    “Then potentially the T20 World Cup leading into the Ashes, so it’s a big 12 months, as it always is with Australia, and I want to give myself the best chance to be mentally and physically ready for that. That’s the decision I’ve made, and it sits pretty well with me,” he added.

    After India had won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia 2-1 earlier this year, India fielding coach R Sridhar had revealed how he heard Hazlewood getting tired of bowling to Pujara.

    Chatting with spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on the latter’s YouTube channel, Sridhar revealed how the Aussie quick was in no mood of watching Pujara’s batting videos in the dressing room.

    “I received some information from the Australian dressing room where they were analysing Pujara’s batting. Hazlewood apparently threw his cap down and said — Enough of me seeing Pujara again. I have seen enough on the field,” Sridhar told Ashwin.

    Hazlewood and Pujara have had gruelling contests in the middle in the last two India-Australia series. Both players have enjoyed success against each other at some stage.

    IPL 2021 is slated to commence on April 9 with defending champions Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) locking horns in the tournament opener. CSK will play its first match on April 10 against Rishabh Pant-led Delhi Capitals at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

  • New Zealand became number one for the first time in Test ranking, Williamson also reached the top

    The New Zealand cricket team became the number one team in the Test rankings for the first time in its 90-year history and 24 hours later New Zealand captain Kane Williamson became the number one batsman in the Test batting rankings, surpassing India’s Virat Kohli and Australia’s Steven Smith. went.

    Williamson had the advantage of playing a century in the first Test against Pakistan at Mount Maunganui. He got 13 rating points and finished the first position behind Virat and Smith. Virat remains in second place in the latest Test rankings released on Thursday, while Smith has slipped to third position after losing his top spot due to disappointing performance in the second Test of the Test series against India.

    In the Kiwi captain rankings, Virat has got 11 points ahead of Virat and 13 points ahead of Smith. Williamson has 890 points, Virat has 879 points and Smith has 877 points. Virat has returned home after playing the first Test in Australia and Ajinkya Rahane is replacing him as captain of the team. Rahane, who led India to an eight-wicket victory under his captaincy in Melbourne, has improved five places thanks to his 112 and 27 not out innings in the Boxing Day Test and has again become one of the top 10 batsmen. Rahane has reached the sixth position and is one place behind his best ranking of the fifth position achieved in October last year.

    On the other hand, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has benefited from his five-wicket performance in Melbourne and has moved up two places to number seven, while fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has moved up to ninth place.

    In addition to scoring 57 runs in the second Test in Melbourne, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who took three wickets, remains in the third place in the all-rounder rankings, but has reduced his distance from second placed Jason Holder of West Indies to seven points. . Holder has 423 and Jadeja has 416 marks. England’s Ben Stokes continues to hold the top spot with 446 points. Jadeja got the benefit of his great performance in the Boxing Day Test and has improved his ranking by 11 and four respectively to move up to 36th and 14th in batting and bowling rankings.

    Opening batsman Shubman Gill and pacer Mohammed Siraj, who made a memorable Test debut in Melbourne and played a key role in India’s eight-wicket victory, entered the Test rankings at 76th and 77th respectively. Young batsman Gill scored 45 and 35 not out, batting fearlessly against the Australian attack, while Siraj, who impressed with his speed and discipline, took five wickets in the match.

    India’s most experienced batsman Cheteshwar Pujara suffered a loss of two places to a disappointing performance in Melbourne and has slipped to 10th position. Australian left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Starc has reached his best fifth ranking due to four wickets in Melbourne. Matthew Wade has moved up from 55th to 50th, while Cameron Green has moved up to number 115 with an improvement of 36 places.

  • Virat Kohli Hails Team’s “Amazing” Effort, Praises Ajinkya Rahane’s Captaincy After Memorable MCG Win

    Virat Kohli took to social media to congratulate the “whole team” for their eight-wicket win against Australia, in the second Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The win helped the visitors level the four-match series at 1-1. Kohli, who returned home after the first Test match, took to Twitter and wrote, “What a win this is, absolutely amazing effort by the whole team. Couldn’t be happier for the boys and specially Jinks who led the team to victory amazingly. Onwards and upwards from here”.

    India sealed the win on Day 4, with youngster Shubman Gill putting in a stylish batting display. He scored an unbeaten knock of 35 runs from 36 balls, and also slammed seven fours. 

    Earlier on Day 4, Australia were bowled out for 200 in their second innings, and had a slender lead of 69 runs. Although, India lost two early wickets in Mayank Agarwal and Cheteshwar Pujara, stand-in captain Ajinkya Rahane gave Gill company, to steer the visitors to a resounding victory.

    It is worth noting that Rahane had also slammed a century during India’s first innings of the second Test match.

  • Tight bowling by Indian bowlers, bowled Australia for 195 runs

    Australian batsmen succumbed to the bowling of R Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj and after winning the toss, the Australian team could score only 195 runs in the first innings on the first day of the Boxing Day Test match. Apart from Marnus Labuschen, no other batsman faced an Indian attack. Labushen scored the most 48 runs. Apart from him, Travis Head scored an innings of 38 runs.

    Team India started brilliantly and stopped Australia for 195 runs in 72.3 overs. Jaspreet Bumrah took four wickets for 56 runs with an economy of 3.50. While Ashwin took 3 wickets for 35 runs with an economy of 1.46. Debut match Mohammed Siraj took 2 wickets for 40 runs with an economy of 2.67.

    Indian bowlers dominated the match from the very beginning. India had given Australia three big shocks on 65 runs in the opening session. In the absence of Virat Kohli, with the efficient captaincy of Ajinkya Rahane, who captained the team, India dominated the pitch taking turn and bounce in the first session. Jasprit Bumrah dismissed Joe Burns in the fifth over, whose poor form continued and he could not even open the account. After Bumrah’s ball, he caught Rishabh Pant behind the wicket. After this, in the 11th over, Ashwin sent Matthew Wade to the pavilion. Wade scored 30 runs off 39 balls. One over after this, Ashwin took a big wicket in the form of Steve Smith. Smith could not even open the account and he caught a catch in leg lane to new vice-captain Cheteshwar Pujara.