Overview
- Baroda closed day three at 73 for 5 chasing 276, leaving 203 still required as Vidarbha eye five wickets for victory.
- Darshan Nalkande wrecked the top order with 4 for 7, reducing Baroda to 17 for 4 in a first spell of 6-3-7-4.
- Parth Rekhade added the fifth strike by removing wicketkeeper Mitesh Patel, with Sukirt Pandey 35* and Ninad Rathva 10* at stumps.
- Yash Rathod anchored Vidarbha’s second innings with 91 and a 128-run fourth-wicket stand with Ravikumar Samarth after Dhruv Shorey’s 61 and Atharva Taide’s 40.
- Baroda captain Atit Sheth led his attack with 5 for 47 as Vidarbha were bowled out for 272 after first-innings scores of Vidarbha 169 and Baroda 166.