Rohit Jhalani

Anyone aspiring to take up sports professionally at an early age and working for it often find their studies getting compromised. But 16-year-old Parve Jhalani of Vidhyashram school has proved many wrong.

At a time when everything has come to a standstill, online coaching has picked up momentum and sportspersons are resorting to this medium to ensure their physical and mental well being while staying at home.

Rajasthan's best cricketing talent were rewarded for their outstanding performances during the 30th Mathura Das Mathur Awards function on Wednesday.

Young captain, pace pack at its peak, batsmen playing the perfect second fiddle and an underlying feeling of team spirit helped Rajasthan cap off domestic season with a berth in the quarterfinals of the Ranji Trophy last season.

The Physically Challenged Cricket Association of India (PCCAI), founder member association of Differently Abled Cricket Council of India (DCCI), with the esteemed support of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), held their Development and Annual General Meeting at SMS Stadium Complex in Jaipur on June 22 and 23

All prominent cricketers from Rajasthan will be seen in action in the Jaipur Premier League set to start on Saturday.

No matter how conducive the circumstances are, Rajasthan have always failed to capitalise on them. Be it home advantage or winning the toss, nothing has worked for the team as the root cause of the problem — their batting, continues to hamper their progress in tournament after tournament.

There is nothing like playing recreational cricket after being on toes for long hours at work. And if you happen to be a corona warrior who loves the sport and lives in the Pink City, you are in the right place at the right time.

Rajasthan has no dearth of talent but lack of good facility, quality coaches and high training costs were huge impediments in bringing the best out of women cricketers.

Rajasthan senior team captain Ashok Menaria along with Under-19 all-rounder Hitesh Patel and Under-16 fast bowler Sahil Bhaskar were declared winners of the 27th Mathura Das Mathur Award on Wednesday.

Almost all the members of the Rajasthan team that won Ranji Trophy last year have been retained for the Irani Cup match against Rest of India.

After the stupendous success of Jaipur Premier League Season 1 held in Rajasthan last year, the cricket extravaganza returns this year with double the excitement.

"We are expecting by that time the BCCI might also come out with a plan regarding when to start the domestic season. In that scenario, we will have to take a call on appointment of the new coach for the senior men's team,” said the state association's secretary, Mahendra Sharma.

Rajasthan’s left-arm seamer Aniket Choudhary, all-rounders Anirudh Singh and Rohan Rajbhar were on Friday declared winners of the 29th Mathuradas Mathur Awards in the senior, junior and sub-junior category respectively.

A dream was realised on Saturday when Rajasthan clinched their first Ranji title in the 77-year history of India's premier domestic competition. Hrishikesh Kanitkar's men were declared winners by virtue of their first innings lead of 33 runs over five-time champions Baroda at the Motibaug Ground here.