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Vidarbha win 3rd Ranji Trophy title after Kerala draw: Stats
Karun Nair shone for Vidarbha (Photo credit: X/@BCCIdomestic)

Vidarbha win 3rd Ranji Trophy title after Kerala draw: Stats

By Rajdeep Saha
Mar 02, 2025
02:45 pm
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Vidarbha cricket team has won its third Ranji Trophy title on basis of their first innings lead versus Kerala in the 2024/25 final. The high-scoring match in Nagpur ended in a draw on Day 5. Vidarbha scored 379/10 in the first innings with Kerala responding with 342 runs. In the 3rd innings, Vidarbha scored 375/9 before the captains shook hands.

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Summary of the contest

Riding on Danish Malewar's 153 and Karun Nair's 86, Vidarbha posted 379. For Kerala, MD Nidheesh and Eden Apple Tom took three wickets each. Aditya Sarwate and Sachin Baby's fifties helped Kerala get to 342. Darshan Nalkande, Harsh Dubey and Parth Rekhade took three-fers. In the 3rd innings, Vidarbha saw Nair smash 135.

Malewar

Malewar stands tall for Vidarbha

Malewar scored 153 runs in his side's first innings. He consumed 285 balls, slamming 15 fours and three sixes. He followed that up with 73 from 162 balls (4s: 5). Malewar ended the Ranji 2024/25 season with a tally of 783 runs at 52.80 from 9 matches (15 innings), as per ESPNcricinfo. He smashed two tons and 6 fifties.

Nair

Nair finishes with 863 runs for Vidarbha

Nair ended as the season's third-highest scorer and Vidarbha's top run-getter with 863 runs from 16 innings at 53.93. He registered 4 tons and two fifties. Nair hit 86 from 188 balls in the first innings (4s: 8, 6s: 1). His 135 thereafter came from 295 balls (4s: 10, 6s: 2). The veteran star stood tall and got the job done for his side.

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8,000 First-Class runs for Nair

With his 10th run in the 1st innings, Nair reached the 8,000-run milestone in First-Class cricket. After 114 matches (183 innings), Nair has raced to 8,211 runs. He owns 23 hundreds and 36 fifties.

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Malewar and Nair's telling partnerships bailed Vidarbha out

In the 1st innings, Vidarbha were 24/3 before Malewar and Nair stitched a mammoth 215-run stand. This was the turning point for Vidarbha. And then in the 3rd innings, Vidarbha were 7/2 before Malewar and Nair put on 182 runs for the 3rd wicket.

Baby

Sachin Baby slams 98 for Kerala

Baby was Kerala's hero in the 2nd innings, scoring 98 from 235 balls (4s: 10). In 10 matches this season (15 innings), Baby raced to 516 runs at 36.85. This was his top score and a fifth fifty. He shared a 63-run stand alongside Sarwate before stitching a 59-run partnership with Mohammed Azhauddeen for the 6th wicket. Baby has 5,747 runs in FC cricket.

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Kerala's Aditya Sarwate chips in with a 79 and 4-fer

Aditya Sarwate scored a fighting 79 for Kerala in the 2nd innings from 185 balls (4s: 10). He backed that up with 4/96 in the 3rd innings. Earlier, he was wicketless in the 1st innings.

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Darshan Nalkande makes his presence felt for Vidarbha

Vidarbha's Darsh Nalkande claimed 3/52 from his 13 overs in the 2nd innings. And then in the 3rd innings, he hammered an unbeaten 51 from 98 balls.

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Dubey ends season with most wickets

Vidarbha's Harsh Dubey claimed three wickets in the 2nd innings. He bowled 44 overs and took 3/88. The spell saw him end the 2024/25 Ranji season with a record 69 scalps from 10 games. He took 3 four-fers and 7 five-wicket hauls, averaging 16.98, as per ESPNcricinfo. Meanwhile, veteran Jalaj Saxena, who took 2 wickets in the match, ended with 40 scalps for Kerala.

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3rd Ranji title for Vidarbha

This is the 3rd Ranji title for Vidarbha. Before this, they won the tournament in 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons respectively. This was Vidarbha's 4th final in the tourney.

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Winners!