Gaurav Upadhyaya

"I have always believed in playing my natural game whatever be the situation. This season was good for me," said Gaurav Upadhyaya.

It was only after Azhar Sheikh's withdrawal due to personal reasons, Upadhyaya was included in the squad.

Sumit Ruikar's 4/23 and Gaurav Upadhyaya's 20-ball 47 helped Vidarbha beat ITC by seven wickets to enter the semifinal of Maharaj Padam Singh tournament.

While Vidarbha showed tremendous fight in their opening match against Uttar Pradesh, it was a tame surrender against Railways on Wednesday.

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

According to reports, Aniket, whose father Rajiv Ranjan is an engineer in National Highway Authority of India at Itarsi, was had come to spend his vacations at his uncle Shivranjan Rai's residence in Janaki Nagar Colony .

Tulsiramji Gaikwad-Patil Memorial Badminton tournament, organized by the Nagpur District Badminton Association, will get underway at the Robertson-YMCA Hall, Civil Lines on Sunday.

The Vidarbha selectors have showed faith in the youngsters for the shorter format, including as many as four new faces in the squad for the Central Zone Vijay Hazare One-day tournament in Jaipur.

A 25-year-old man was killed allegedly by three of his friends by smashing his head with a stone and shooting him with two country-made pistols in Shamli district allegedly for not returning Rs 900 he had borrowed from one of them, police said.

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.

The Times of India (TOI) were cruising till the 17th over but lost their way in the last three overs and fell short by three runs against last year's runners-up Punya Nagari in the Group 'B' league tie of the 14th SJAN-Orange City Hospital Inter-Press Invitational Twenty-20 Cricket tournament at Ambedkar College ground on Monday.

Host Guru Har Rai Academy drubbed Virendra Swarup Public School Govind Nagar (Sr) by 31-00 in the inaugural match of South Zone senior, junior and sub junior girls group ICSE & ISC inter-school basketball tournament- 2022 on Monday.

At least eight persons died in different incidents in Pratapgarh district during the last 24 hours.

The 18-member Baroda Football Academy (BFA) team, the first one from the state to train at Manchester United in United Kingdom, will be leaving for their six-day training programme on Friday.

Vidarbha glovesman Anirudha Chore's brilliant century went in vain as Indian Air Force (IAF) beat Ruby Cricket Club by 53 runs to reign supreme in the Vayusena Challenge Cup Cricket Championship at Maintenance Command Cricket Ground on Saturday.

Indian Gymkhana, Reshimbag Gymkhana, Eleven Stars and Nav Niketan Club registered contrasting victories over their respective opponents in the VCA Guzder League Twenty20 Cricket tournament here on Friday.

It was like getting into the shoes of professionals for the 18 budding footballers who have returned from a six-day training programme at Manchester United.

With Sulakshan Kulkarni opting for high-profile Mumbai job, the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) has began the search for its seventh coach in nine years.

For years, Vidarbha failed to cross the crucial hurdles as batsmen faltered more often than not. Thankfully, the tide seems to be turning for the good with the emergence of promising youngsters. With the promise shown by the likes of Gaurav Upadhyaya, Aman Sharma, Apoorv Wankhede and Akshay Kolhar the future of Vidarbha batting looks safe.

Senior VCA scorer and statistician Dilip Singh Upring had a busy Monday.