Virat Kohli will be back in action on Wednesday as India take on New Zealand in the first Test in Bengaluru.

The foundation for Tamil Nadu's resounding victory was laid in the first innings when their bowlers restricted Saurashtra to 203.

Saurashtra conceded a massive first-innings lead of 164 as TN folded for 367 after resuming at 278/3 against the visitor's 203.

Defending champions Saurashtra scored an innings and 243-run victory against Manipur to move into the Ranji Trophy quarterfinals from Group A.

Left-arm spinner Parth Bhut did the star turn with seven wickets and fashioned a 48-run victory for Saurashtra over Maharashtra in their Elite Ranji Trophy Group A match

The Saurashtra Cricket Association decided to launch a disciplinary probe after liquor bottles were recovered from its U-23 cricketers while they were heading back to Rajkot from Chandigarh

In 103 Tests for India, Cheteshwar Pujara has scored 7,195 runs at an average of 43.60, with 19 centuries and 35 fifties in 176 innings

Haryana humbled defending champions Saurashtra in their own backyard by four wickets in a low-scoring Ranji Trophy game in Rajkot on Sunday

Off-spinner Jayant Yadav returned with a five-wicket haul as Haryana dismissed defending champions Saurashtra for 145 to take control of their Ranji Trophy Group A match on the opening day on Friday.

A five-wicket haul by pace-bowling stalwart Chirag Jani and a half-century by opener Harvik Desai helped defending champions Saurashtra take the honours on day one of their Ranji Trophy

The player has represented India three times across T20Is and ODIs.

Both Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara failed to find a place in India's Test side, which was announced on Thursday, to tour South Africa.

Vijay Hazare Trophy gets underway on Thursday, with defending champions Saurashtra taking on Kerala at the KSCA Cricket Ground in Alur.

Saurashtra's earlier triumph was in 2019-20 season when they defeated Bengal on the basis of first innings lead. In the last 10 seasons, they have made the final on five occasions, underlining their consistency.

Jaydev Unadkat and Chetan Sakariya grabbed two wickets each to leave hosts Bengal struggling at 169 for four in their second innings

Three years after he crushed Bengal's Ranji Trophy hopes in the final, Arpit Vasavada once again came to haunt them at the same stage again, standing tall with an unbeaten 81 to take Saurashtra closer to their second title, on Friday

At close on day one, Saurashtra were 81 for 2, trailing Bengal by 93 runs.

Bengal vs Saurashtra, Ranji Trophy Final: Saurashtra dominated Bengal on Day 1 of the Ranji Trophy final at Kolkata on Thursday.