Ranji Trophy Final: Vidarbha Thrash Delhi By 9 Wickets To Lift Maiden Title

Vidarbha crushed Delhi by 9 wickets on Monday to lift their maiden Ranji Trophy at Indore. Chasing a meagre 29 runs, Vidarbha cruised to the target in five overs for the loss of one wicket. Vidarbha displayed a stellar batting performance with powerful knocks by skipper Faiz Fazal (67), Wasim Jaffer (78), AV Wadkar (133), AA Sarwate (79) and SS Neral (74) to ensure they posted a huge 1st innings total. Delhi could only muster 295 and 280 runs in both their batting innings. Dhruv Shorey (145 and 62) and Himmat Singh (66) shone with the bat for Delhi but the lack of support by the other batsmen saw them succumb to a heavy defeat.

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Rajneesh Gurbani rattled the Delhi batsmen after taking 6 wickets for 59 runs in the first innings. Delhi's Navdeep Saini also took a fifer for Delhi after giving away 135 runs but the damage was already done by the Vidarbha batsmen.

On Sunday, Fazal-led Vidarbha ended day three of their final against Delhi with a commanding 233-run lead at the Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore. Vidarbha wicket-keeper Akhsay Wadkar, playing the fifth match of his first season, helped his team amass a massive 528 for seven at stumps as he scored his maiden first-class century. Wadkar remained unbeaten on 133 off 243 balls. During his innings, Wadkar hit 16 boundaries and one six. Wadkar was ably supported by Siddhesh Neral, who entertained the crowd with his 92-ball half-century as he hit four boundaries and as many sixes. Delhi were bowled out for 295 in their first innings.

With PTI Inputs.