Overview
- Vidarbha chased 281 with 284/4 in 46.2 overs to beat defending champions Karnataka by six wickets at the BCCI Centre of Excellence, Bengaluru.
- Aman Mokhade struck 138 off 122 balls for his fifth hundred of the season, equalling the record for most centuries in a single Vijay Hazare edition.
- Darshan Nalkande’s 5/48 halted Karnataka’s late push after a 113-run stand, closing the innings at 280 and setting up the chase.
- Karnataka’s total was anchored by Karun Nair’s 76 and KL Shrijith’s 54, while pacer Vijaykumar Vyshak exited with a concussion and was replaced by Manvanth Kumar.
- The victory marked Vidarbha’s first Vijay Hazare win over Karnataka; some outlets also reported Mokhade reached 1,000 List A runs in 16 innings, a joint-fastest mark.