A fine century from Murali Vijay ensured that India Red kept their NKP Salve Challenger Trophy hopes alive with an eight-wicket win over India Green in Nagpur. Having lost their opener against India Blue by a tight margin, the ease with which they chased down their target of 224 puts them in a strong position; [...]
India Blue inched past India Red to open the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy tournament with a one-wicket win with just three balls remaining in Nagpur. After India Red, captained by Subramaniam Badrinath, had been bowled out for 248, Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s Blue side scrambled to victory thanks largely to an innings of 87 from Suresh [...]
India Blue registered a comprehensive eight-wicket win over Red to retain the Challenger Trophy for the NKP Salve Trophy here on Sunday. Bengal pacer Ashok Dinda (2-23) and Irfan Pathan (2-30) mesmerised the rival batsmen with a fiery first spell to give Blue a spectacular start. Gujarat seamer Siddharth Trivedi (3-23) and Tamil Nadu off-spinner [...]