The Latest Breaking News from Gujarat

Sophia Dunkley said she was focussed on hitting the ball hard and it paid off, as the Gujarat Giants' opener smacked the fastest half-century of the Women's Premier League (WPL) during her team's win over Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).

NEW DELHI: Sophia Dunkley (65) smashed the fastest half-century of the season while Harleen Deol hit a power-packed 67 as Gujarat Giants edged Royal Challengers Bangalore in a high-scoring Women's Premier League clash at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.

NAGPUR: Aditya Sarwate has produced so many extraordinary performances over the years that it has become a routine now. The left-arm spinner finishing at the top of Vidarbha's wicket-takers' chart was the safest bet one could place. Sarwate proved that to be true by finishing the season as the highest…

NAGPUR: When Vidarbha were staring at an innings defeat on the second day itself as all their recognized batters were back in the hut, wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma (69; 53b, 5x6, 4x4) saved his team the blushes on Wednesday. Jitesh, who made a Ranji Trophy comeback after 5 years, showed why…

INDORE: Skipper Priyank Panchal remained not out on 71 after seamer Chintan Gaja's excellent 6/49 helped Gujarat cut short reigning champions Madhya Pradesh's first innings at 312 in their Ranji Trophy Group D match on Wednesday.

RAJKOT: There has been no looking back for Hardik Pandya since he led Gujarat Titans to an IPL triumph in their maiden appearance last year, and the new Indian T20I skipper credits his franchise coach Ashish Nehra for making "a big difference" to his captaincy.

PUNE: If there was a template to chasing a 200-plus score in T20Is, Axar Patel almost created it on Thursday. The Gujarat batter couldn't finish the business, though, as India lost the second T20I by 16 runs to Sri Lanka at the MCA Stadium.

AHMEDABAD: Opener Priyank Panchal led from the front with an unbeaten half-century as Gujarat gave a strong reply to Chandigarh's 304 in their Ranji Trophy Group D match here on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: Apart from overseas players getting big fat paychecks at the IPL 2023 mini-auction in Kochi on Friday, there were some uncapped cricketers who got huge monetary deals from various franchises.