For world's No. 1 T20 batter, defence was almost an afterthought for close to an hour as Abhishek Sharma launched at least 45 sixes.

A near capacity crowd of 20,000-odd fans celebrated the Christmas eve witnessing the 'HitMan' carnage, which included 18 fours and nine sixes with Mumbai chasing down a target of 237 in just 30.3 overs.

Indian ODI skipper Shubman Gill, world's No. 1 T20 batter Abhishek Sharma and pacer Arshdeep Singh were on Monday named in the Punjab squad for the Vijay Hazare Trophy, in line with BCCI's diktat of mandatory participation in the National One-Day Championship.

Hemanth Reddy, playing only his second SMAT game, saw the entire Andhra top and middle order being wiped out and leaving them perilously close to defeat at 56 for 5 while chasing 206 for victory.

The young left-handed Punjab opener continued to dominate the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) tournament.

Young India opener Abhishek Sharma left everyone stunned with his heroic batting for Punjab in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match.

Apart from Gill, who scored 754 runs in the five Tests in England and became India's Player of the Series, Arshdeep Singh, Anshul Kamboj and Harshit Rana are the other notable names in the 15-member squad.

Wriddhiman Saha played his last match against Punjab with Bengal in the Ranji Trophy Elite 2024-25 Group C encounter.

Shubman Gill identified this as an area of concern soon after making a fine second-innings hundred for Punjab on the third day of their Ranji Trophy match against Karnataka.

Shubman Gill scored a century for Punjab in Ranji Trophy match against Karnataka before being dismissed in a controversial manner.

Barring Ravindra Jadeja, who bagged 12 wickets to help Saurashtra beat Delhi inside two days, no other player has managed to impress the viewers.

Ravichandran Smaran's knock was the highlight of the day, with the next best score being Abhinav Manohar's 34.

Shubman Gill will turn out for Punjab against Karnataka in a Ranji Trophy Elite Group C match in Bengaluru from Thursday.

The developments show a much more promising picture concerning Indian players' red-ball commitment after head coach Gautam Gambhir expressed his desire to see players giving domestic cricket a priority amid poor form.

Bright dreams of a new journey, desperation to stage a comeback and desire to rediscover old glory will be the dominant themes of this season's Ranji Trophy

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.

Baroda will face Punjab in Match 18 of the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2023 on Thursday

It was an idea of former India spinner Harbhajan Singh that PCA should visit the remote hamlets in the state to unearth cricketing talent