Overview

• Vidarbha captain Akshay Wadkar won the toss and chose to bat, with Day 1 underway at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur.
• The one-off first-class match runs October 1–5 with a 9:30 AM IST start each day and the toss scheduled at 9:00 AM IST.
• Leadership is set with Wadkar guiding Vidarbha and Rajat Patidar captaining Rest of India, with Ruturaj Gaikwad as vice-captain and Ishan Kishan included as wicketkeeper-batter.
• Playing XIs were named: Vidarbha started with Dhruv Shorey, Atharva Taide, Aman Mokhade, Danish Malewar, Yash Rathod, Akshay Wadkar (wk/c), Parth Rekhade, Harsh Dubey, Yash Thakur, Darshan Nalkande, Aditya Thakare; Rest of India fielded Abhimanyu Easwaran, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Aryan Juyal, Rajat Patidar (c), Yash Dhull, Ishan Kishan (wk), Manav Suthar, Saransh Jain, Anshul Kamboj, Akash Deep, Gurnoor Brar.
• Live streaming is available on JioHotstar, while reports differ on the TV telecast with News18 citing Star Sports and CricTracker listing JioStar Network.