Plays of the day from the first T20 between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe in Sharjah

Dawlat Zadran held his nerve in the end to finish with 3 for 32 as Zimbabwe fell five short of Afghanistan's 187 for 7 in a heart-stopping thriller

Many ODI batting records were shattered in 2015, mostly in the southern hemisphere

While the bowlers have been central to Zimbabwe's plans, Afghanistan have relied heavily on Mohammad Shahzad so far. Having come back from a 2-0 deficit, Zimbabwe start off as marginal favourites

Plays of the day from the fourth ODI between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe in Sharjah

Chamu Chibhabha scored a half-century and picked up four wickets, including that of the in-form Mohammad Shahzad, as Zimbabwe defended 226 and levelled the five-match series at 2-2

Two halves of contrasting nature brought out all the elements associated with a low-scoring thriller, which Afghanistan clinched by 49 runs as Zimbabwe slumped to 82 all out in Sharjah

Gujarat sealed a nervy chase with the help of a 36-run ninth-wicket stand against Vidarbha in Alur, to book their place in the semi-finals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy

Punjab were bolstered by the presence of four members from the national squad in the Vijay Hazare trophy this season, but only managed to finish as contenders again. Instead of kicking on to secure the title

Robin Bist's unbeaten century to beat Punjab in Alur was a good primer of how to overcome top-order trouble and it led Himachal Pradesh to the Vijay Hazare Trophy semi-final

With no international cricket being played currently, the quarter-finals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy will include a host of stars and a pitch for their return to the national side

ESPNcricinfo looks at the domestic cricket journeys of Rishi Dhawan, Hardik Pandya and Manish Pandey, after they were picked in India's ODI and T20 squads for Australia

Axar Patel has come into his own as an ODI bowler, but Ravindra Jadeja's irrepressible form means India's selectors have a tough job on their hands

Apart from a scratchy 44 from MS Dhoni, there were few meaningful contributions from Jharkhand's batsmen as they set Gujarat a target of 178 that they easily chased down

The likes of MS Dhoni, R Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma taking part in this year's tournament will pull more eyeballs

ESPNcricinfo looks at the various factors that affected the run of the eight-time champions

A look at what each team must do to secure a berth in the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals

Assam's resurgence despite sub-standard infrastructure, absence of big names, limited talent pool and lack of a proper club culture within the state is inspirational

Sudip Chatterjee has scored four hundreds already this Ranji season and his insatiable hunger for batting long is flourishing in an age where IPL influences many batsmen's strokeplay

Jalaj Saxena, who produced the joint second-best figures in the Ranji Trophy, hoped to carry Madhya Pradesh into the knockouts