INDORE: Vidarbha claimed their maiden Ranji Trophy after beating Delhi by 9 wickets in the ultimate of India's premier domestic match here on Monday.
Chasing a goal of 29, Vidarbha finished the task with lack of skipper Faiz Fazal's wicket.
Opting to box, Vidarbha bowled out Delhi for 295 in the first innings with Rajneesh Gurbani selecting up six wickets.
In answer, Vidarbha notched up a mammoth 547 all out, as Akshay Wadkar struck his maiden century in first-class cricket.
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Overnight Vidarbha were 528 for seven with wicketkeeper Wadkar unbeaten on 133, however Delhi quickly picked up the remaining 3 wickets in the morning.
Young pacer Navdeep Saini was the most successful bowler for Delhi, returning figures of five for 135 after bowling a marathon 36.three overs.
Delhi were a bowler brief throughout the Vidarbha first innings as left-arm spinner Manan Sharma remained off the field due to a knee injury. Manan, even though, batted in the second one innings.
In their 2nd innings, Delhi were all out for 280 with Shorey scoring every other half-century - a 142-ball 62 - whilst Nitish Rana struck 64.
Vidarbha chased down the 29-run goal with an afternoon to spare at the Holkar Stadium, which hosted the title conflict of the match for the second one successive time.
Trailing by 252 runs, Delhi lost opener Kunal Chandela with just 32 runs at the board. And a bigger blow was dealt at the seven-time winners when their maximum skilled campaigner, Gautam Gambhir, in what appeared like a arguable choice, was adjudged out lbw off Gurbani to a ball that gave the look to be heading down the leg aspect.
The out-of-favour India opener looked in good contact throughout his quick 36 off 37 balls (32 coming in barriers), and could have helped Delhi's motive had he stayed longer.
First-innings centurion Shorey and Rana then added 114 runs for the third wicket.
The 2nd consultation noticed Shorey and Rana playing freely, hitting some lovely drives and movies. However, because the crew ranking reached 164, Delhi lost Shorey, who was given a reprieve by Wasim Jaffer in first slip, to the left-arm spin of Aditya Sarwate.
Rana followed suit as he nicked the spectacular Gurbani to Wadkar in the back of the stumps. Like in the first innings, Gurbani was again bowling his middle out and swung the new ball to good impact.
Himmat Singh, who had a fifty in the first essay, was bowled by off-spinner Akshay Wakhare prior to he may just open his account.
And then came a reckless shot by skipper Rishabh Pant (32), an tried heave off Siddhesh Neral leading to his dismissal as Delhi ran out of batting options. This was an over after Pant was let off by Wadkar, who missed an easy stumping probability.
Chasing a goal of 29, Vidarbha finished the task with lack of skipper Faiz Fazal's wicket.
Opting to box, Vidarbha bowled out Delhi for 295 in the first innings with Rajneesh Gurbani selecting up six wickets.
In answer, Vidarbha notched up a mammoth 547 all out, as Akshay Wadkar struck his maiden century in first-class cricket.
Read this story in Marathi
Overnight Vidarbha were 528 for seven with wicketkeeper Wadkar unbeaten on 133, however Delhi quickly picked up the remaining 3 wickets in the morning.
Young pacer Navdeep Saini was the most successful bowler for Delhi, returning figures of five for 135 after bowling a marathon 36.three overs.
Delhi were a bowler brief throughout the Vidarbha first innings as left-arm spinner Manan Sharma remained off the field due to a knee injury. Manan, even though, batted in the second one innings.
In their 2nd innings, Delhi were all out for 280 with Shorey scoring every other half-century - a 142-ball 62 - whilst Nitish Rana struck 64.
Vidarbha chased down the 29-run goal with an afternoon to spare at the Holkar Stadium, which hosted the title conflict of the match for the second one successive time.
Trailing by 252 runs, Delhi lost opener Kunal Chandela with just 32 runs at the board. And a bigger blow was dealt at the seven-time winners when their maximum skilled campaigner, Gautam Gambhir, in what appeared like a arguable choice, was adjudged out lbw off Gurbani to a ball that gave the look to be heading down the leg aspect.
The out-of-favour India opener looked in good contact throughout his quick 36 off 37 balls (32 coming in barriers), and could have helped Delhi's motive had he stayed longer.
First-innings centurion Shorey and Rana then added 114 runs for the third wicket.
The 2nd consultation noticed Shorey and Rana playing freely, hitting some lovely drives and movies. However, because the crew ranking reached 164, Delhi lost Shorey, who was given a reprieve by Wasim Jaffer in first slip, to the left-arm spin of Aditya Sarwate.
Rana followed suit as he nicked the spectacular Gurbani to Wadkar in the back of the stumps. Like in the first innings, Gurbani was again bowling his middle out and swung the new ball to good impact.
Himmat Singh, who had a fifty in the first essay, was bowled by off-spinner Akshay Wakhare prior to he may just open his account.
And then came a reckless shot by skipper Rishabh Pant (32), an tried heave off Siddhesh Neral leading to his dismissal as Delhi ran out of batting options. This was an over after Pant was let off by Wadkar, who missed an easy stumping probability.
Ranji Trophy: Vidarbha beat Delhi to win maiden title
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