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Duleep Trophy 2019: Avesh Khan's maiden first-class fifty helps India Red secure final berth, set up title clash with India Green
•The day belonged to Avesh Khan, who produced a 56-ball 64 in a last-wicket 73-run stand with Sandeep Warrier (5 off 40 balls) to lead the Red team to 441 all out for a slender one-run lead.
IPL 2019's lighter side, Week 4: Rajpoot winks, Pollard sinks, captain Dhoni loses cool and Ro-stick Sharma
James •Ankit Rajpoot winking to Kieron Pollard, captain MS Dhoni losing cool, Rohit Sharma emulating a hockey goalkeeper on cricket pitch and all the quirky moments from the fourth week of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL)
IPL 2019, MI vs KXIP: Gayle Storm hits Wankhede, KL Rahul's maiden IPL ton, and Kieron Pollard's maniac innings, best moments from Mumbai's win
Rohit •Needing 198 to win after KL Rahul blasted his maiden IPL ton, Mumbai Indians' stand-in skipper Kieron Pollard walked in at the fall of the second wicket and was out there until the final over before being dismissed with the game nearly in the bag. Here are the best moments from the match.
IPL 2019, CSK vs KKR: Deepak Chahar becomes bowler with most dot balls in an innings in the tournament
•Chahar broke the record of 18 dot balls in an innings jointly held by Sunrisers Hyderabad spinner Rashid Khan and Kings XI Punjab medium pacer Ankit Rajpoot.
IPL 2019, KXIP vs SRH: Plan was to restrict Warner-Bairstow by bowling tight line, says Punjab's Ankit Rajpoot
•"The plan was to block his runs by bowling a tight line. I did not give him the opportunity to play to his strength," Rajpoot said after KXIP secured a last-over win against SRH.
Irani Cup: Akshay Karnewar's maiden century helps Vidarbha gain crucial lead but Rest of India fight back on day three
•Akshay Karnewar struck his maiden first-class century to hand Vidarbha a crucial 95-run first-innings lead before Rest of India, riding on a fighting partnership, erased first-innings the deficit
Board President's XI vs England Lions: Ishan Kishan and Co register 152-run win over visitors in three-day warm-up game
•Bhui was involved in a 81-run partnership with Akshat Reddy (49) to steady the BP XI innings after the fall of Delhi batsman Dhruv Shorey (16) to Jamie Overton.
Board President's XI vs England Lions: Hosts reach 134/5 at stumps on opening day, trail by 11 runs
•Sent into bat, England Lions declared their innings at 145 for 6 in 60 overs. Ankit Rajpoot did most of the damage for the Board President, returning with figures of 4/22.
Duleep Trophy: India Red's Sanjay Ramaswamy, Baba Aparajith hit tons in drawn match against India Green
•Opener Sanjay Ramaswamy (123 not out) and Baba Aparajith (101 not out) lit up the final day with twin centuries as the opening match of the Duleep Trophy between India Red and India Green ended in a tame draw
India 'A' win test series against South Africa 'A' by margin of 1-0 as second match is called off due to heavy rain
•India 'A' won their test series against South Africa 'A' 1-0, after a victor could not be decided in the second match due to heavy rain. Shreyas Iyer and Ankit Bawne hit half centuries, while Mohammed Siraj claimed 4 wickets.