Nagpur, 5 October (). Vidarbha defeated Rest of India by 93 runs and won the Iranian Cup title for the third time. Earlier, Vidarbha won the trophy in 2017/18 and 2018/19.
Vidarbha scored 342 runs in his first innings, winning the toss at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium. Atharva Taade scored the highest 143 runs for this team. His innings included 1 six and 15 fours. At the same time, Yash Rathore scored 91 runs in 153 balls.
Akash Deep and Manav Suthar got 3-3 successes from the opposition team, while Summary Jain took 2 wickets.
In response, Rest of India was reduced to just 214 runs in its first innings. Captain Rajat Patidar scored the highest 66 runs for this team, while opener Abhimanyu Ishwan scored 52 runs.
For Vidarbha, Yash Thakur took 4 wickets, while Harsh Dubey and Partha Rekde got 2-2 successes.
Vidarbha had a lead of 128 runs on the first innings basis. The team scored 232 runs in their second innings and targeted the Rest of India for 361 runs to win.
Vidarbha’s second innings captain Akash Wadekar scored 36 runs, while Darshan Nalakande scored 35 runs. Anshul Kamboj took the highest 4 wickets from the opposition camp, while Summary Jain, Manav Suthar and Gurnoor Brar achieved 2–2 successes.
Chasing the target of 361 runs, the rest of India team received an initial shock as Aryan Juyal (6) on a score of just 16. After this, the team lost 6 wickets for 133 runs.
From here, Yash Dhul tried to handle the innings with Manav Suthar. Both scored 104 runs for the seventh wicket. Dhul contributed 92 runs to the team’s account, while Manav Suthar scored an unbeaten 56 runs, but could not take the team ahead by 267 runs.
Harsh Dubey took 4 wickets in this innings from Vidarbha, while Aditya Thackeray and Yash Thakur got 2-2 successes.
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