12.05pm Vidarbha effectively 127 for 2 as Karun Nair and Danish Malewar have steadied the innings, like they did in the first innings, after they were tottering at 7/2 early in the session. Nair earned a reprieve when Akshay Chandran put down a straightforward chance at slip. Vidarbha would've been 55/3 then. Instead, they go into the break having put together an unbroken 83-run stand as Vidarbha take the session.

Sachin Baby was slightly off the boil as captain, his defensive fields against spinners ensuring a number of edges, most notable twice off Jalaj's bowling to Malewar, didn't have any takers at slip. Can Kerala bounce back? Join us at 12.40pm to find out.

The ball defected off Malewar's pad to Azhar's helmet behind the stumps. Physio running out to do a concussion test.

The leg slip was removed to get a slip in after those two edges in the previous over flew to third man

Jalaj for the last over before lunch

KSD: "Loved Kerala's intent in the morning but now they seem to be getting a little anxious. No slip for your most successful bowler. Even on flat roads you have a slip for your spinner irrespective of which way the ball is spinning. 3 opportunities lost so far."

Kannadachi : "@ sudesh : im sure they wont publish this fact. espncricinfo.com is having live commentary only for the finals. Till the SF only scores got refreshed!" -- From a resource standpoint it is impossible to cover ball by ball for every Ranji game. No denying the fact. We do give domestic cricket coverage it's due nonetheless. We've been able to cover a wide range of individual and team stories all through the season.

Kuldeep Dhanesh: "Agree with Amit, I went to watch Ranji final b/w Saurashtra and Bengal at Rajkot in 2019-20 final, only few stands are kept open for public. Main stands were closed." -- They open only a few stands for crowd management. As and when they fill up, they open up the others. Keeping all gates open will need more security measures - which becomes a logistical nightmare.