After struggling to get a first-innings lead, Rest of India marched to an emphatic nine-wicket win as Mumbai capitulated in 33.3 overs to get bowled out for 106

Rajesh Verma brought Mumbai right back into the game just at the stroke of lunch with Manoj Tiwary's wicket, his fifth, when Rest of India were within striking distance of a vital first-innings lead

Much has changed in Parthiv Patel's life since making his Test debut as 17-year-old, writes Sidharth Monga

A fifth consecutive hundred from Parthiv Patel, coupled with Manoj Tiwary's unbeaten half-century, pulled things back for Rest of India to leave the Irani Trophy match poised for a tight finish

Watching Munaf Patel, Ranadeb Bose and Ishant Sharma standing side by side on the eve of the Irani Trophy match, taking turns to bowl, one might have been tempted to feel for Mumbai's batsmen

Abhishek Nayar rates his second first-class century, against Rest of India, as special

Contrasting centuries from Sahil Kukreja and Abhishek Nayar set up Mumbai's dominant position at the end of the first day of the Irani Trophy clash in Rajkot

Sidharth Monga previews the Irani Trophy from Rajkot

Simon Taufel speaks to Sidharth Monga about the BCCI's new initiative with Cricket Australia to revamp the Indian umpiring system

Aakash Chopra says his return to contention for the India team is a vindication of the hard work he's put in since being dropped

The board has also arranged a six-day training camp for 105 Indian umpires with Simon Taufel at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bangalore

Sidharth Monga looks at how the ICL looks set to deplete Indian domestic cricket - not in the best of health to begin with

A remarkable debut gave way to a year spent on the fringes, but Munaf Patel is finally back, action tweaked and body stronger. Sidharth Monga met him.

Irfan Pathan put in the hard yards at the MRF Pace Academy before leaving on the India A tour of Africa. Sidharth Monga met him

Occasional brilliance has failed to mask that Bangladesh have a long way to go before they can consistently challenge bigger teams in Tests, like they have started to in the one-dayers

Habibul Bashar, the Bangladesh captain, has announced that he will step down as skipper of the one-day team with immediate effect.

Rahul Dravid took the Indian series win against Bangladesh in perspective and refused to get too excited about the result

Ravi Shastri, India's cricket manager, made it clear that there was no way he would be continuing with the job as he had other professional commitments

Ashraful was determined, maybe even angry. He took it all out on what it was meant to be directed against in the first place: the ball

Sachin Tendulkar notched up a 37th Test hundred today but it wasn't the Tendulkar the world knows