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Power-packed Vidarbha up for Delhi challenge

NAGPUR: Akshay Wadkar-led T20 Vidarbha side is playing in such a tempo that no challenge is looking big enough to them this season. There are no areas that are left without any shade of form. Be it excelling with new ball in the powerplay, controlling the middle overs through spinners…

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Apoorv Wankhade finds his mojo as Vidarbha enter knockouts

NAGPUR: Apoorv Wankhade's liking for a difficult role of stabilizer-cum-finisher needs no introduction. Owing to his six-hitting prowess, he was given the Vidarbha T20 cap way back in 2011 when he was just 18. Apoorv was among the runs, but he found the breakthrough only during the 2016 Syed Mushtaq…

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Vidarbha serve it on platter to Rajasthan in SMAT T20

NAGPUR: There was no such occasion in the last six seasons when Vidarbha misfired in both the departments like it did on Wednesday.

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Vidarbha colts take on Rajasthan in Vinoo Mankad one-day opener

NAGPUR: Mohd. Faiz led Vidarbha will face Rajasthan in the under-19 Vinoo Mankad Trophy opener on Friday. The One-Day encounter will be played at Azam Campus ground in Pune.

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Two days after R Ashwin's pep talk, Harsh Dubey slams century

NAGPUR: Fresh after playing the IPL final, Rajasthan Royals' R Ashwin went straight to play semifinals for his club and led Mylapore Recreation Club 'A' (MRCA) to the final of Chennai League. In the absence of India's second leading wicket-taker, it was Vidarbha's allrounder Harsh Dubey who headlined the team…

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'I try to learn one new shot every year': Jitesh Sharma on his range of strokes and stellar IPL debut

NEW DELHI: Jitesh Sharma, one of the finds of IPL 2022, has attributed his wide range of strokes to his penchant for learning a new shot "every year".

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Parents gave up jobs to see him shine, Harsh Dubey pays back with wickets aplenty

NAGPUR: Harsh Dubey's parents have sacrificed a lot to see their son achieve something big in cricket. The left-arm spinner's father, Surendra, took VRS from a government job that had regular transfers, to let Harsh focus on cricket in Nagpur. His mother, Jyoti, too gave up her teaching career to…

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Despite win, Vidarbha bow out as UP stun Maharashtra by 6 wickets

NAGPUR: With just 31 runs required for a win and recognized batters - Apoorv Wankhade and Aditya Sarwate - at the crease, Vidarbha knew the target was not going to create any trouble on Day 4.

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Lalit Yadav and Rajneesh Gurbani put Vidarbha in sight of knockout spot

NAGPUR: Speedsters Lalit Yadav (5-22) and Rajneesh Gurbani (4-33) bailed Vidarbha out after they conceded lead and put them on a winning course with their sizzling spells on Saturday. After an extraordinary effort from pace batteries, fortune fluctuated as Vidarbha's top-5 batters faltered when they were chasing a tricky 156-run…

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Ranji Trophy: Assam's Riyan Parag spells trouble for Vidarbha

NAGPUR: Faiz Fazal was batting comfortably when the ball surprisingly started spinning on what is known as pacer-friendly wicket at Lahli. Vidarbha had lost their top-3 key batters and needed Faiz to bat longer in a must-win game. However, a controversial leg-before decision went against him and triggered a collapse…

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Shane Warne changed my game drastically, says ex-Vidarbha opener Amit Paunikar

NAGPUR: Soon after the news of the passing away of Shane Warne came, the players, from past and present, from Rajasthan Royals (RR) started posting their memories with the Australian leg-spinner on their Instagram handles. There were two Vidarbha cricketers - Faiz Fazal and Amit Paunikar - who also posted…

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Aditya Sarwate's 200th wicket only bright spot for Vidarbha vs Assam on Day 1

NAGPUR: No matter what conditions are on offer, if Vidarbha need wickets, they turn to Aditya Sarwate. On a pacers' paradise - Lahli, Rohtak - on Thursday, Vidarbha pacers proved ineffective but left-arm spinner Sarwate looked as lethal as he is on any spin-friendly track.

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Ranji Trophy: Vidarbha need outright win over Assam to reach knockouts

NAGPUR: A typical out-swinger, widely known as banana swing, from Rajneesh Gurbani in the nets last week in Sultanpur reflected how the pace battery is raring to go. The video that captured Gurbani’s delivery was a hit on social media. However, the pacer warmed the bench in the initial matches…

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Vidarbha take first innings lead in drawn game against Maharashtra

NAGPUR: Right on first day, the placid track on which Vidarbha were batting had thrown hints of the match not yielding an outright win. The batters did what was needed from them to secure 3 points from first innings lead.

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Ranji Trophy: Aditya Sarwate’s five-for keeps Vidarbha in the hunt for three points against Maharashtra

NAGPUR: Going round-the-wicket, pitching it between middle and leg and spinning it square to clip the bails form a recipe of a dream ball of any left-arm spinner. On Saturday, just three balls into the third morning, Aditya Sarwate bowled his dream ball to castle Rahul Tripathi and set the…

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Ton-up Shaikh leads Maharashtra's comeback, but Vidarbha have upper hand

SULTANPUR (Haryana): Vidarbha gained an upper hand in their Elite Group G Ranji Trophy game against Maharashtra on Saturday despite Naushad Shaikh's stroke-filled 103.

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In his 100th First-Class game, Satish cracks 100, rescues Vidarbha

NAGPUR: After the exit of Wasim Jaffer as professional, the onus of Vidarbha middle-order has been on the other professional - Ganesh Satish - to step-up when Vidarbha are in dire straits. Same was the case on Thursday.

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Ranji Trophy: Satish's unbeaten 146 steers Vidarbha to 270/3 against Maharashtra

SULTANPUR (Haryana): Crisis man' Ganesh Satish slammed an unbeaten 146 to propel Vidarbha to 270 for 3 on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group G match against Maharashtra on Thursday.

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Ranji Trophy: Outright win against Maharashtra on Vidarbha's mind

NAGPUR: An Instagram video of Faiz Fazal making hay against Uttar Pradesh in the last match was aptly captioned by the skipper. "The best is yet to be," it read. Vidarbha know despite all the hard work, they would have been happier had they recorded a win over UP. An…

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Ranji Trophy: Vidarbha bowlers keep Uttar Pradesh in check on Day 1

NAGPUR: Fresh after retained by Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL auction, Uttar Pradesh middle-order bat Rinku Singh was threatening to seize what had been an otherwise Vidarbha’s day. His attacking strokeplay, that had two sixes and ten fours, took Vidarbha by surprise. A quick glove-work from Akshay Wadkar to…

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It's exam time for Vidarbha as Ranji Trophy returns after 100 weeks

NAGPUR: "It's like studying for an exam but not taking it." Vidarbha skipper Faiz Fazal's statement had a sense of dejection after Ranji Trophy was postponed on January 4 due to the onset of third wave. The disappointment was understandable as Vidarbha were sweating hard this time after a no-show…

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IPL Auction 2022: For the 1st time, five from Vidarbha in IPL

Atharva Taide, Darshan Nalkande, Saurabh Dubey, Umesh Yadav and Jitesh Sharma picked at base price

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