Vidarbha 170 (Nair 63, Avesh 4-49, Iyer 2-28) and 402 (Rathod 141, Wadkar 77, Anubhav 5-92) beat Madhya Pradesh 252 (Mantri 126, Umesh 3-40, Thakur 3-51) and 258 (Dubey 94, Wakhare 3-42, Thakur 3-60) by 62 runs
MP began the day in strife, having already misplaced Yash Dubey, who top-scored with 94, earlier than stumps final night. They wanted one other 94 runs when Dubey departed, with Saransh Jain the final recognised batter.
However Thakare’s double-strike dented MP’s hopes. He knocked over Kumar Kartikeya and Anubhav Agarwal in his first two overs of the day. Yash Thakur then landed the decisive blow by castling Jain.
Avesh Khan and Kulwant Khejroliya, MP’s Nos. 10 and 11, confirmed some resistance with an 18-run stand, however Thakur accomplished the sport by uprooting Khejroliya’s stumps.
Whereas Thakare helped take out the tail, Aditya Sarwate had dismissed each openers on the fourth day, and Akshay Wakhare ran by the center order within the ultimate innings to arrange the victory.
This will probably be Vidarbha’s third look within the Ranji ultimate. They’d reached their first ultimate within the 2017-18 version, which they went on to win, earlier than additionally efficiently defending their title in 2018-19.
On this season’s ultimate, Vidarbha will tackle Mumbai, who trounced Tamil Nadu in a house semi-final in underneath three days. The match begins on March 10, and will probably be hosted by Mumbai.
