Top Stories: Things that made news in the Cricket World Today

Top Stories: Things that made news in the Cricket World Today:

BCCI awaits Government’s clearance for Indo-Pak series

• The much awaited series between India and Pakistan might be scheduled at the end of this year. BCCI is planning to schedule a 5-match ODI series. Only the Indian Government’s clearance is required for the finalization of the series. (Read more about the story here)

Ramesh Powar to retire after 2015-16 Ranji Season

• Right handed off-spinner, Ramesh Powar has announced that he’d retire after the Ranji season of 2015-16. Powar has bagged 341 wickets by his name. The 37-year-old spinner feels that this is the right time for him to announce retirement.(Read more about the story here)

Conflict of Interest Removes Ravi Shastri from IPL Governing Council

• Ravi Shastri has been removed from IPL Governing Council due to the conflict of interest because he is the Director of the Indian team at the moment. This leaves Sourav Ganguly as the only cricketer in the panel.

Dharamsala gets clearance for test matches

• The ICC has approved clearance to the stadium of Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association in Dharamsala to host test matches. Dharamsala happens to be one of the most beautiful cricket stadiums of the world and it’ll be great to watch test matches there in the near future.
  

Ranji Trophy Day 4 Round-up

• Odisha 232 (Podder 153, Gopal 4-75) and 104(Anurag Sarangi 44, Stuart Binny 4-34) vs Karnataka 400/9 dec (Uthappa 148, Agarwal 78, Nair 73, Basant Mohanty 2-58) in Mysuru.
• Vidarbha 202 (Satish 36, Pragyan Ojha 7-58) and 191(Ganesh Satish 96, Pragyan Ojha 4-60) vs Bengal 334 (Chatterjee 116, Easwaran 58, Mandal 56, Wakhare 4-71) and 164 (Wakhare 5-61, Wagh 3-27) in Kolkata. Bengal won by 105 runs.
• UP 440 (Himanshu Asnora 92, Piyush Chawla 84, Vishal Dabholkar 4-116) and 140/1(Himanshu Asnora 68*)vs Mumbai 610/9 dec (Iyer 135, Rohit 113, Herwadkar 58, Bhuvneshwar 2-99) in Mumbai. Match Drawn
• Baroda 252 (Irfan Pathan 58, Waghmode 38, Axar 3-38) and 207 (Ambati Rayudu 43, Axar 4-71) vs Gujarat 505 (Panchal 128, Kalaria 68, Rujul Bhatt 65, Juneja 55, Irfan Pathan 6-47, Munaf 1-52) in Valsad. Gujarat won by an innings and 46 runs.
• J&K 309 (Manhas 98, Nadeem 4-107) and 265/4(Dev Singh 126, Jaskaran Singh 2-38) (following on) vs Jharkhand 551/8 dec (Anand Singh 124, Kishan 109, Kaushal Singh 81) in Jamshedpur. Match Drawn.
• Assam 120 (Harshal Patel 3-36) and 160/4 (Arun Karthick 48, Ashish Hooda 4-27) vs Haryana 168 and 120 (Ashish Hooda 4-48) in Rohtak. Assam won by 6 wickets.
• Goa 239 (Misal 106, Dharmendra Jadeja 3-41, Sanandia 3-51) and 299/7 (Asnodkar 104, Makwana 3-85) vs Saurashtra 258 (Jackson 38, Vasavada 38, RR Singh 3-46) and 223/5(Avi Barot 93, Amit Yadav 3-52) in Rajkot. Match Drawn.
• Services 448/8 (Paliwal 107, Yashpal 115, S Nirmohi 3-62) vs Himachal Pradesh 531 (Dogra 226 Gangta 98, Pathania 3-108) in Dharamshala. Match Drawn.
• Tripura 236 (Udiyan Bose 62, Warrier 6-69) and 53/0 vs Kerala 347 (Rohan Prem 118, Sachin Baby 70, Rana Dutta 5-50) in Malappuram. Match Drawn.
• Andhra 203 (AG Pradeep 78, KS Bharath 56, Bhui 35, Chandrasekhar 4-41, Rangarajan 3-72) vs Tamil Nadu in Chennai.