Parimal Hedaoo

All-rounder Parimal Hedaoo excelled with both bat and ball to guide Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to a narrow two-wicket win against State Bank of India (SBI) in the inaugural match of the Inter-Bank Cricket (Institution ‘A’ Division) tournament at the Central Railway Ajni ground here on Wednesday.

Manish Dosi and off-spinner Parimal Hedaoo bowled well in tandem to help RBI notch up an easy nine-wicket win over Ordnance Factory, Bhandara.

Azhar Sheikh and Samir Khare bowled brilliantly in tandem to guide Accountant General Recreational Club (AGRC) to a massive 199-run victory over Reserve Bank of India.

Former Vidarbha batsman Parimal Hedaoo slammed an unbeaten fifty to steer President XI to triumph in the VM Joglekar Trophy Twenty20 Cricket match.

Talented city chess player Akash Thakur held grandmaster and No.7 seed Durarbeyli Vasif of Azerbaijan at Groningen in Netherlands on Saturday.

A splendid batting performance by Vishal Thakre and three-wicket burst by Umesh Shastri helped Bank of India (BOI) trounce Reserve Bank of India (RBI) by 63 runs in the final of the Inter-Bank Cricket ('A' Institution Zone) tournament at the Central Railway Ajni ground here on Monday.

Talented city chess player Akash Thakur held grandmaster and No. 7 seed Durarbeyli Vasif of Azerbaijan at Groningen in Netherlands on Saturday.

Aryan Hedaoo of Delhi Public School (DPS), Kamptee Road, excelled with the ball during the Inter-School cricket tournament match at the Kurveys ground here recently.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Punjab National Bank (PNB) registered easy victories in the Inter-Bank Cricket tournament, organized by the Bankers' Sports Council, at the Central Railway Ajni ground here on Friday.

Former Vidarbha captains, terming the junior team's victory in the final of the Cooch Behar Trophy as a red letter day in the history of the cricket in the region, were of the view that the top performers of the Under-19 team should directly be included into the senior side and at least four to five of them be in the Ranji side next season.

The tradition of hosting the 'exclusive umpires' match goes back several years but since the last four years it is being played in the memory of former international umpire Padmakar Pandit.

Several former Vidarbha captains’ unfulfilled dream of seeing the team lift Ranji trophy could come true if all goes well in the next few weeks.