Vidarbha defeated Gujarat via 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 collected an 11-wicket fit haul.

At the 3rd day of the fit in Nagpur, Vidarbha bowled out Gujarat for simply 54 runs and effectively defended 73, which is the bottom defended general within the historical past of top quality cricket in India. Prior to now in 1948-49, Bihar safeguarded 78 in opposition to Delhi in Jamshedpur.

Vidarbha gained the toss and elected to bat first, however the resolution backfired for them as they have been bundled out for simply 74 at the board. 5 of Vidarbha’s batters returned to the pavilion with out including a run. The one batter to have performed smartly for them used to be opener Sanjay Raghunath who scored 33 runs. In the meantime, Chintan Gaja and Tejas Patel picked up 5 wickets every for Gujarat.

In answer, Gujarat batted decently, with opener Aarya Desai scoring 88. On the other hand, they have been bowled out at a rating of 256, gaining a lead of 182 runs, whilst Sarwate took 5 wickets for Vidarbha.

Coming to bat once more on Day 2 after a patchy first inning, Vidarbha began smartly this time however simplest controlled 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 workforce’s general.

With simply 73 runs to protect, Vidarbha resumed the fourth innings on Day 3, and what nearly gave the impression not possible used to be completed with the assistance of Sarwate’s six-wicket haul. Gujarat have been limited to a trifling 54, and Vidarbha gained the competition. Sidharth Desai (18) used to be the one Gujarat batter to succeed in a double-digit rating.

Strangely the fit between Vidarbha and Gujarat noticed a fall of 40 wickets in 3 days. Significantly, the similar venue will host the primary fit of the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2023.