Valthaty jumps into the limelight

A 63-ball 120 from Paul Valthaty not only helped Kings XI Punjab beat Chennai Super Kings on Wednesday, it also catapulted Valthaty into the limelight. Devendra Pandey in the Indian Express looks at how the "big day" finally arrived in Valthaty's life and how he overcame the partial loss of vision in his eye to fulfill his cricketing ambitions.

However, it was hard not to get depressed as Paul career went into decline even as his peers in the Mumbai circuit climbed to higher ho nours. A solitary ODI in 2006 and a handful of T20 matches were all he managed in domestic cricket — till today’s match. A technically perfect knock, it got him both the Man of the Match award and this season’s top run-getters’ Orange Cap.