Vidarbha beat ROI to win 2025 Irani Cup: Key stats
What's the story
Vidarbha beat Rest of India to win the 2025 Irani Cup, the annual First-Class on-off match. Vidarbha, the 2024/25 Ranji Trophy champions, managed to defend 360 despite a close fight on Day 5. The Rajat Patidar-led ROI were down to 249/9 before Manav Suthar slammed a half-century. However, he remained unbeaten as Vidarbha won by 93 runs. Here are the key stats.
Summary
How did the game pan out?
Atharva Taide's 143 and Yash Rathod's 91 meant Vidarbha posted 342/10 while batting first. ROI were all out for 214 in response as Yash Thakur dismissed four batters. Anshul Kamboj also took a four-fer as Vidarbha were restricted to 232/10 in their second outing. Chasing 361 to win the game, ROI were folded for 267 as Harsh Dubey took a four-fer on this occasion.
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Perfect record in Irani Cup
In three Irani Cup editions, Vidarbha now have a perfect record. They won back-to-back editions in 2017/18 and 2018/19. Meanwhile, Rest of India have finished as the runners-up as many as 30 times.
Patidar
End of Patidar's streak
Patidar has had a wonderful run as captain this year. After leading Royal Challengers Bengaluru to their maiden IPL title, Patidar lifted the Duleep Trophy for the Central Zone after his side defeated the South Zone. He played a vital role with the bat in both these tournaments. Though he made a fifty against Vidarbha as well, ROI fell short of the crown.