Uniyal, a left-arm seam-bowling allrounder for Punjab back in the day, played 29 first-class games, taking 91 wickets at an average of 29.94. Across the last three Ranji Trophy seasons, they managed just three wins and ten losses from 21 games. "Since everyone wants to play in the IPL nowadays, they focus more on T20 cricket," Uniyal told Cricinfo. Team selection has also lacked consistency. Punjab began the last Ranji Trophy season with Naman Dhir as captain, only for Uday Saharan to take over after two games.