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
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
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
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
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
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'
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
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
'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
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 |