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Vidarbha defeated Gujarat by 18 runs in the ongoing Ranji Trophy 2022-23 and created history. Left-arm spinner Aditya Sarwate shined for Vidarbha in their document 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 lowest defended total in the history of first-class cricket in India. Previously in 1948-49, Bihar safeguarded 78 in opposition to 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. Five of Vidarbha’s batters returned to the pavilion with out including a run. The solely batter to have performed nicely for them was opener Sanjay Raghunath who scored 33 runs. Meanwhile, Chintan Gaja and Tejas Patel picked up 5 wickets every for Gujarat.
In reply, Gujarat batted decently, with opener Aarya Desai scoring 88. However, 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 group’s total.
With simply 73 runs to defend, Vidarbha resumed the fourth innings on Day 3, and what nearly appeared not possible was achieved with the assist of Sarwate’s six-wicket haul. Gujarat have been restricted to a mere 54, and Vidarbha received the contest. Sidharth Desai (18) was the solely 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 first match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2023.