Shailesh Bhondekar

A spectacular hat-trick by leg-spinner Samir Khare went in vain as his team Accountant General Recreational Club (AGRC) lost against Advocate XI by two wickets in the Haier Twety20 DRM Challenge Cup Cricket tournament quarterfinal.

Advocate XI shocked Praveen Hinganikar Cricket Academy (PHCA) by two runs in the Haier Twenty20 DRM Challenge Cup Cricket tournament at the Central Railway Ajni ground on Wednesday.

Annasaheb Gundewar (AG) College and SK Porwal College, Kamptee notched up easy wins in the Panjabrao Deshmukh Sports Festival Inter-College cricket tournament at the Vasant Nagar ground here on Wednesday.

Facing an uncertain future in Vidarbha, three promising cricketers - Aniruddha Chore, Shailesh Bhondekar and Pranav Athawale - left for Oman for better opportunities and secure future. The three will be working for Khimji Ramdas (KR) Group in the Gulf nation.

Indian Air Force will clash with Ruby Sporting Club in the final of the Vayu Sena Challenge Cup Cricket Championship at Vayu Sena ground on Saturday.

Indian Air Force will clash with Ruby Sporting Club in the final of the Vayu Sena Challenge Cup Cricket Championship at Vayu Sena ground on Saturday.

It was touted as just their test of the character tournament.It's far-fetched how they came out with flying colours.

It was touted as just their test of the character tournament. It's far-fetched how they came out with flying colours.

He wasn't considered for the opening Ranji Trophy match against Kerela.However, with four away matches and hardly any choice, the selectors finally picked up the ignored seamer for the next two matches.

Jayesh Dongaonkar recorded the first double century of the season, while Dharmender Ahlawat struck second successive hundred to emerge as the star performers on Day 2.

Kohinoor Cricket Club achieved a record-breaking team total of 506 for 6 in their Guzder League 'C' Division One-dayer match against Mohota Science College. Devendra Tarauliya scored an unbeaten double century (201*), while Samitinjoy Bhattacharya contributed with a century (105). This resulted in the highest victory margin in terms of runs in the league. Kohinoor CC won by 450 runs, with Mohota Science College being bowled out for just 56 runs.

With three former Indian players - Bahutule, Badani and SS Das - in Vidarbha's ranks now, Ranjit Paradkar may lose his captaincy despite doing a decent job last year.

Kulkarni played all his life for Mumbai and when he started his coaching career, it was his dream to coach the team for which he has won many championships.

If you watch the youngsters of Vidarbha Cricket Association's (VCA) Residential Academy, you can certainly see the spring in their steps; you can watch that hunger.

Different opposition, different venue and different nature of wicket, but the challenge remain the same for Vidarbha.

Sitting on the either side of the sight screen, two coaches-Usman Ghani and Biju George gave opposite reactions as soon as Amol Jungade castled Rohan Prem with a beauty in the last over of the day.

Subroto Bannerjee, a bowling coach in VCA's Residential Academy, has been instrumental in shaping seamer like Umesh Yadav.

Vidarbha middle-order Ranji Trophy batsman Shalabh Shrivastava will be leading the President's XI team in the Krishna Godbole Memorial one-day cricket tournament.

Some accept what life has in store for them, others fight it out and write their own destiny. Vidarbha pacer Nitesh Choudhary certainly falls in the latter category.

Prakash Dixit may have won the battle but he knows that the real challenge lies ahead. The newly elected Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) president, who has been-there-done-it in the last 25 years having been secretary and treasurer earlier, now aims to take VCA to newer heights.

Prakash Dixit may have won the battle but he knows that the real challenge lies ahead.