Ravichandran Smaran scored his second successive hundred as Karnataka continued to grind down Uttarakhand to reach 299 for six in their second innings for a whopping overall lead of 802 runs on the fourth day of the Ranji Trophy semifinal on Wednesday.

The KSCA honoured Rahul Dravid, alongside his former teammate Anil Kumble, by naming stands after them at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday.

The win meant Karnataka would face Uttarakhand in the semifinal in Bengaluru next week.

Prasidh Krishna, Vidwath Kaverappa and Shreyas Gopal caused havoc before Mayank Agarwal scored an unbeaten half century as Karnataka put themselves firmly in the drivers seat on day one of their Ranji Trophy quarterfinals against Mumbai on Friday.

Mumbai will aim to secure their record-extending 43rd Ranji Trophy title as they begin their knockout campaign against Karnataka in Mumbai.

Skipper Shardul Thakur and India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal on Monday returned to the Mumbai squad for the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal against Karnataka to be played from February 6.

India's star batter KL Rahul has been named in Karnataka's squad for their upcoming 2025/26 Ranji Trophy match against Punjab in Mohali, starting January 29.

Devdutt Padikkal, who appears to have found a magic bat of sorts and is scoring runs at will, will hold the key to Karnataka's chances as they take on Vidarbha in the first semifinal of the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Wednesday.

Former Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Karnataka spinner KC Cariappa announced his retirement from BCCI cricket on Monday.

Defending champions Karnataka stormed into their fourth successive Vijay Hazare Trophy semifinals with a thumping 54-run victory over Mumbai via the VJD method on Monday.

Vijay Hazare Trophy Quarterfinals Highlights: Karnataka and Saurashtra have qualified for the semi-finals after beating Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh (UP), respectively.

With 119 centuries scored already and several records shattered, this edition of VHT has been a dream batters would not like to wake up from.

Karnataka batter Devdutt Padikkal scripted history with yet another fine knock in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.

Shubman Gill, who is India's Test and ODI captain, was left out of the T20 World Cup squad last week after a prolonged lean patch with the bat in the shortest format.

Abhishek Sharma-led Punjab have lost to Uttarakhand by 5 wickets. Meanwhile, Delhi continue to fight despite losing Rishabh Pant in the chase of 321.

Ishan Kishan's whirlwind 39-ball 125 was eclipsed by Devdutt Padikkal's 147 as defending champions Karnataka made a winning start to the Vijay Hazare Trophy with a five-wicket victory against Jharkhand in Ahmedabad.

Former India pacer Venkatesh Prasad is all set to take over as the president of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) unopposed during the elections to be held on December 7.

As they have done so often this season, R Smaran and Karun Nair rescued Karnataka, milking 119 runs for the fourth wicket.