Vidarbha complete back-to-back Ranji-Irani double
Ganesh Satish and Atharwa Taide play game-changing innings as Rest of India go down
Ganesh Satish and Atharwa Taide play game-changing innings as Rest of India go down
Scorer: Deemanth | Commentator: Binoy George
The match is a draw, but Vidarbha are the winners on the first innings lead and lift the Irani Cup 2018/19.
Akshay Karnewar is the Man-of-the-Match. Thanks for tuning in and for all your feedbacks. It has been a pleasure bringing you the live ball by ball commentary, thanks to Viravan, Deemanth, and Raghav, this is Binoy George signing off, until next time.
Debashish: "Incredible win! Congratulations Vidarbha! (without Jaffer and Umesh Yadav) beats Rest Of India (with Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Mayank Agarwal, Shreyas Iyer, I. Kishan and Chahar)"
Pratik : "Vihari should have been given some overs to roll his arms. This man has got golden arm but seems it's too late now." ---- There you go, golden arm.
Ganesh Satish c sub (S Sandeep Warrier) b Vihari 87 (195m 168b 9x4 1x6) SR: 51.78
Amiya: "This will be a sweet victory for Vidarbha. Hats off and deserving champions!!"
Here is Vihari
After Vidarbha became only the third domestic side to defend both their Ranji Trophy and Irani Cup titles, their senior players spoke about their campaign, and the aspirations for next season
The game ended before the scheduled close of play, when the two teams mutually agreed on a draw with Vidarbha only 11 runs away from an outright victory
Prashant Vaidya, the director of VCA's Cricket Academy, charts Vidarbha's journey to becoming only the third team in history to defend their Ranji and Irani Cup trophies
Ganesh Satish and Atharwa Taide play game-changing innings as Rest of India go down
The domestic veteran has found a new gear, drawing from the belief that he now belongs at the highest level of the game