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Rotary honours cricketer

Pune,Kothrud Edition
Date of Publishing: 22 Feb 2012

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Rotary Club of Pune, Shivajinagar, honoured the young cricketer Vijay Zol by DB Deodhar Award for his excellent performance in the Maharashtra State Cricket Team. Harsh Barve, Vinay Sathe, Shrikant Bhave, Riyaz Bagwan, Raju Kane and Rotary members were present at the function. Nitin Abhyankar, president of Rotary Club, honoured Sheelatai Karmarkar and Sumantai Aathvale for their valuable contribution in designing the award. This award will be a milestone for counting the success in cricket career, he added. Riyaz Bagwan said, "Vijay has represented Maharashtra for past six years, three years in less than 16-year-old team and two years in less than 18-year-old team. He holds the record of 460 runs Not Out in one of his matches and broke previous record held by Yuvraj Singh. In the current season, he has made 1,160 runs, which also is an all-time record." Bagwan appreciated Rotary Club's efforts of promoting young cricketers. Vinay Sathe compared the programme and Rao proposed the vote.

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