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From the dust of Enkul to the bright lights of Mumbai, Sudhakar Baburao Kharmate never had an academy, a coach on retainer, or a clipboard tracking his progress — just a tied ball, a tree, and four unyielding hours a day. Now, with the MPCL behind him and the IPL ahead, he speaks of selection not as a hope but as a certainty already written. This is the story of a milkman’s son who refused to stay out.
Nominated for the IBC Excellence Awards 2026 There is a particular kind of fame that never needs a stadium. It is built instead on dust and dusk light, on the collective gasp of a crowd pressed against a boundary rope, on a name passed from one cricket season to the next until it becomes something …
There is a particular kind of stillness that falls over a maidan just before Vikas Sartape walks out to bat — the sense that something extraordinary is about to happen. Since 1996, from a twenty-ball century at Rajewadi to an unbeaten 115 studded with eighteen sixes at Walchandnagar, the Mhaswad-born hitter has turned grassroots tennis-ball cricket into his own private theatre.
At just 13–14, Katraj’s Yashraj Nitin Fugate is already dreaming big. From practising cricket in a small room at home to earning selection in the Maharashtra Professional Cricket League (MPCL), the Class 7 bowler is steadily building his journey. Known for his in-swing and out-swing bowling, Yashraj draws inspiration from MS Dhoni and dreams of one day representing India at the iconic Wankhede Stadium. His story is a reminder that big dreams can begin in the smallest of spaces—with passion, family support and determination.
From a village in Satara where dinner depended on a day’s labour, to the MPCL field where talent finally got a fair shot — Malhari Khade’s story is one of a boy who danced home with his first rubber ball and never stopped chasing the game. At 39, with Ranji Trophy still on his horizon, he proves it’s never too late to keep swinging for the dream.
At nine years old on a school cricket ground, one perfectly-timed hat-trick set the course for everything that followed. Now a ninth-grader by day, Bhagat Mujmule steps onto professional cricket’s biggest regional stage — the Maharashtra Professional Cricket League — carrying the same quiet, unhurried confidence that got him here.
He Refused to Stop Without Support; Believing in Himself, He Built His Identity in Cricket Through Hard Work Raju Narayan Bhandari: 3,227 Runs and 131 Wickets in Leather-Ball Cricket While Balancing a Career in Finance — Now Aiming to Prove Himself on the MPCL Stage In cricket, some players begin their journey with the backing …
Bedag, a small village in Miraj taluka of Sangli district, is home to a young cricketer with a big dream. At just 15, Sparsh Dipak Nagargoje is already working towards making a name for himself in the sport he loves. A Class 10 student at New English School, Rayat Shikshan Sanstha, Bedag, Sparsh is balancing …
At 17 and a half years old, Aditya Malhari Khade from Enkul village is currently studying in Class 12. A passionate cricketer since childhood, Aditya has now reached an important new stage in his journey after being selected for the Maharashtra Professional Cricket League (MPCL). His journey is a reminder that a lack of facilities …
