Amit Paunikar

A fine innings of unbeaten 78 off 56 balls by Amit Paunikar helped Vidarbha register a 34-run victory over Rajasthan and book a berth in the knockout round of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Twenty20 tournament.

Modern day cricket is all about multi-utility players. Railways, in that regard, are not only lucky to have such players in their side but also have two quality wicketkeeper-batsmen in Mahesh Rawat and Amit Paunikar.

A tea stall owner at Itwari plotted a theft to get rid of his mounting gambling debts. The accused, Amit Paunikar, also managed to execute the theft but his luck ran out and he was nabbed by the cops.

Wicketkeeper batsman Amit Paunikar has returned to competitive cricket after three years with an attractive 84 (99b, 9x4 1x6) while representing Railways in the Vijay Hazare One-day Trophy.

In his three year-career for Vidarbha between 2005 and 2008, Vikrant Gonnade never got a long run, although he is no mug with the bat.

Railways' Amit Paunikar thrashed Vidarbha and scored a belligerent unbeaten 150 (156b;13x4;6x6) out of Railways' 242-6 but still ended up on the losing side.

Some of them have to work for four to five hours for a livelihood, so participation in an interschool cricket meet was a distant dream, especially when they neither had equipments nor kits.

Once he was tipped to lead Vidarbha and had Faiz Fazal not joined Railways, he would have been an automatic replacement for Preetam Gandhe as a captain three years ago.

Central Railway derailed South East Central Railway by 63 runs in a battle between two Railway teams in the Corporate Cup.

Soon after the news of the passing away of Shane Warne came, the players, from past and present, from Rajasthan Royals (RR) started posting their memories with the Australian leg-spinner on their Instagram handles.

In his short career so far, Ashok Menaria has learned a thing or two about the captaincy. He knows the importance of leading from the front.

After a brilliant performance throughout the season, Railways have set the standard for themselves. Unfortunately on Tuesday, they were well below their standards in all the departments.

In 2015 when Amit Paunikar played against Bengal in the Ranji Trophy, he didn't know it would take him a couple of years to play his next BCCI match. The same year he was hit by tennis blow injury.

"Faiz Fazal looks like a talented youngster. He doesn't feature in Ranji Trophy. What I have heard about him is that he is a local cricketer from Nagpur."

AG (L&R) Club's Jayesh Dongaonkar scored an impressive 210 off 287 balls to take his team to 575-5 (decl) on Day One of their Times Shield 'B' Division match against Intelenet Global Services 'B' on Wednesday.

A splendid bowling performance by Mangesh Joshi enabled DSA Central Railway to post a thumping 91-run victory over DSA Academy in the second quarterfinal of the Haier Twety20 DRM Challenge Cup Cricket tournament.

Madhya Pradesh's Ishwar Pandey showed his big hitting prowess to set up a thrilling three-wicket victory over Railways in the Central Zone Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Aniruddha Chore cracked an unbeaten half-century to steer Ruby Club to triumph in the Guzder League at the VCA Civil Lines ground here recently.

In a rare occurrence, three batsmen scored double hundreds in a day in the Times Shield. Aakash Anand (268*, 281b, 24x4, 1x6), Shashank Singh (207, 212b, 19x4, 9x6) and Bravish Shetty (214) all cracked double centuries on Wednesday to put their teams in a strong position.

Aniruddha Chore played yet another superb knock to steer Ruby Sporting Club to the final of the Guzder League Twenty20 cricket tournament.

Vidarbha's swashbuckling batter Jitesh Sharma started his IPL career on Sunday with some handsome shots against quality CSK bowlers. The way Sharma came down the track on his very 2nd ball and smoked Moeen Ali for six over square-leg, it would have made Punjab Kings' skipper Mayank Agarwal a happy man in the dug-out.

P Vivek (51) and Chandrashekhar Atram (44) shared an opening stand of 95 to steer South East Central Railway (SECR) derail Nirmal Urban Co-Op Bank by six wickets in the Corporate Cup T20 tourney.

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.

Call cricket a simple game and Railways' players won't twitch an eyelid to second it.

Put into bat in a match which was reduced to 43 overs due to wet outfield, Ruby piled up 284 for the loss of seven wickets in stipulated 43 overs.Upadhyay top scored with 107 while Amit Paunikar notched up 52 runs.

It's always good to have a solid start whether you are bowling or batting.Uttar Pradesh did both with aplomb.

Off-spinner Aniket Redkar, 38, took five for 50 to bowl hosts DY Patil 'A' to a nine-wicket win over Indian Navy Sports Control Cell in a Times Shield A Division fourth round league match at the DY Patil Stadium on Thursday.

Pacer Tushar Deshpande took his third five-wicket haul since he was snubbed by the Mumbai selectors on fitness grounds, while young bat Suryansh Shedge slammed a superb century on Day One of the third Round of the Times Cricket Shield ‘A’ Division League matches on Tuesday.