Avesh Khan produced another stellar performance with a five-wicket haul to bowl defending champions Madhya Pradesh to a 205-run win over Vidarbha

Indian Test team's reserve opener Abhimanyu Easwaran continued his magnificent run in first-class cricket with a fourth consecutive hundred, which propelled Bengal to 269 for 3 against Uttarakhand on the first day of their Ranji Trophy Group A match in Dehradun on Tuesday.

Come January 3, when Bengal take on hosts Uttarakhand in a Ranji Trophy Group B encounter, Easwaran can't be faulted for being a tad nostalgic when son Abhimanyu, an opener knocking on national team door, will be playing a first-class match at the 'Abhimanyu Cricket Academy Stadium'.

Former India batter Mohammed Kaif heaped praise on Easwaran, saying that players who are continuously grinding it out in the domestic circuit and performing well, should be given preference, when it comes to national selection, instead of two-game wonders from the Indian Premier League.

Easwaran is already in Sylhet, where he led India A during their two-match red-ball trip against Bangladesh A.

India A put themselves in a commanding position by posting a mammoth first-innings total of 562 and then reducing Bangladesh A to 49 for two at stumps on the third day of the second unofficial Test match on Thursday

Skipper Rohit Sharma, who valiantly tried to save the ODI series despite a left thumb dislocation, is likely to be out of the Test series

Bangladesh A batters gave a far better account of themselves on an eased track as they reached 172 for one in their second innings after India A declared at an imposing 465 for five on the third day

Kuldeep Sen blew away the last two batters with scorching pace and steep bounce to finish with a match haul of eight wickets as Rest of India won their 29th Irani Trophy with a walk-in-the-park eight wicket victory over Saurashtra on Tuesday

The BCCI announced the Rest of India squad that will take on Saurashtra as the Irani Cup makes its return after three years.