Vidarbha defeated Gujarat by 18 runs within the ongoing Ranji Trophy 2022-23 and created historical past. Left-arm spinner Aditya Sarwate shined for Vidarbha of their report win and picked up an 11-wicket match haul.
On the third day of the match in Nagpur, Vidarbha bowled out Gujarat for simply 54 runs and efficiently defended 73, which is the bottom defended whole within the historical past of first-class cricket in India. Beforehand in 1948-49, Bihar safeguarded 78 towards Delhi in Jamshedpur.
Vidarbha received the toss and elected to bat first, however the choice backfired for them as they have been bundled out for simply 74 on the board. 5 of Vidarbha’s batters returned to the pavilion with out including a run. The one batter to have performed nicely for them was opener Sanjay Raghunath who scored 33 runs. In the meantime, Chintan Gaja and Tejas Patel picked up 5 wickets every for Gujarat.
In reply, Gujarat batted decently, with opener Aarya Desai scoring 88. Nonetheless, they have been bowled out at a rating of 256, gaining a lead of 182 runs, whereas Sarwate took 5 wickets for Vidarbha.
Coming to bat once more on Day 2 after a patchy first inning, Vidarbha began nicely this time however solely managed to safe a lead of 73 runs and misplaced all their wickets at 254 in 65.5 overs. Jitesh Sharma (69) and Atharva Taide (44) contributed to the staff’s whole.
With simply 73 runs to defend, Vidarbha resumed the fourth innings on Day 3, and what virtually appeared unattainable was achieved with the assistance of Sarwate’s six-wicket haul. Gujarat have been restricted to a mere 54, and Vidarbha received the competition. Sidharth Desai (18) was the one Gujarat batter to achieve a double-digit rating.
Surprisingly the match between Vidarbha and Gujarat noticed a fall of 40 wickets in 3 days. Notably, the identical venue will host the primary match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2023.
