Aditya Sarwate takes 11, Vidarbha win second straight Ranji Trophy title
The left-arm spinner picked up his maiden ten-wicket match-haul as Saurashtra were bowled out for 127, losing by 78 runs
03/02Result
Final, Ranji Trophy at Nagpur, Feb 3-7 2019
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![Vidarbha]( "Vidarbha")
312 & 200 -
![Saurashtra]( "Saurashtra")
307 & 127 (58.4 ov)
Player of the Match
03/02Result
Final, Ranji Trophy at Nagpur, Feb 3-7 2019
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![Vidarbha]( "Vidarbha")
312 & 200 -
![Saurashtra]( "Saurashtra")
307 & 127 (58.4 ov)
Player of the Match
Day 5
Unadkat confident of bright future despite Saurashtra's stumble at the final hurdle
The loss to Vidarbha was Saurashtra's third straight defeat in a Ranji Trophy final, but their captain and coach were pleased with the side's fight throughout this season
'If anyone thought last year was a fluke, we have proven ourselves again'
Faiz Fazal and Chandrakant Pandit, Vidarbha's captain and coach, speak about what it took for the team to win back-to-back Ranji Trophy titles
Aditya Sarwate seizes his biggest moment yet
The allrounder's journey to domestic cricket's highest peaks has been all about two words tattooed on his arm: 'Carpe Diem'
Day 4
Sarwate spins Vidarbha in front on 13-wicket day
Saurashtra stutter to 58 for 5 in their second innings, still 148 runs away from the target
Vidarbha 'confident but not complacent' after Sarwate jolts Saurashtra
Performance of lower-order batsmen throughout the match is something to keep in mind, says Ganesh Satish
Day 3
Vidarbha edge ahead after attritional day's play
Defending champions end the third day 60 runs in front, with eight second-innings wickets in hand
Day 2
Saurashtra falter around unbeaten Snell Patel
Vidarbha offspinner Aditya Sarwate ran through Saurashtra's top order, also accounting for Cheteshwar Pujara for just 1
Smart planning, smarter execution - how Vidarbha plotted Cheteshwar Pujara's fall
Aditya Sarwate's third wicket of the day could well be the most important of the final
Day 1
Saurashtra attack limits Vidarbha on opening day
Saurashtra chipped away steadily at Vidarbha on a day of attritional cricket, ending the first day of the Ranji Trophy 2018-19 final in a position of advantage
Others
Chandrakant Pandit: Less of a general, more of a 12th man
Vidarbha's senior players, and Pandit himself, share what makes a unit that's always hungry for success
Jaffer and Pujara: genial giants of domestic cricket
As they prepare for another Ranji final, here's a brief of their feats in Ranji Trophy through the prism of numbers
Battles of the Ranji final: Pujara v Umesh and Jaffer v Unadkat
On the eve of the final on Saturday, there were two sets of a pair of players engaged in animated conversation in the nets sessions in Nagpur
Vidarbha v Saurashtra - a fitting Ranji final
Rarely do you get a battle that checks every box - the best teams in the competition, top stars available, and evenly matched
Ranji Trophy
| Elite, Group A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| VIDAR | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 29 |
| SAU | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 29 |
| KNTKA | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 27 |
| GUJ | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 26 |
| BRODA | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 26 |
| MUM | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| RLYS | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| MAHA | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| CGR | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Elite, Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| KER | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 26 |
| MP | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 24 |
| BENG | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 23 |
| PNJB | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 23 |
| HP | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 22 |
| AP | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| HYD | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| TN | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| DELHI | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| Elite, Group C | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| RAJ | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 51 |
| UP | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 41 |
| JHK | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 40 |
| ODSA | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 26 |
| HRYNA | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 22 |
| ASSAM | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 21 |
| J + K | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 19 |
| SVCS | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 19 |
| TPURA | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| GOA | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 |
| Plate Group | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| UKHND | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 44 |
| BIHAR | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 40 |
| PONDI | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 33 |
| MEGHA | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 29 |
| SIKM | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 27 |
| MNPR | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 18 |
| NAGA | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 18 |
| ARP | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| MIZO | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 |