Overview
- Vidarbha sealed a 93-run victory at VCA Jamtha in Nagpur to claim their third Irani Cup, with match totals of 342 and 232 against Rest of India’s 214 and 267.
- Atharva Taide’s 143 anchored the first innings and created a 128-run lead that framed the contest.
- Yash Thakur’s 4/66 in the first innings and key strikes late on Day 5, paired with Harsh Dubey’s 4-for in the fourth innings, finished off the chase.
- Set 361, Rest of India rallied through Yash Dhull’s 92 and Manav Suthar’s unbeaten 56 in a 104-run stand for the seventh wicket before collapsing to 267 all out.
- Anshul Kamboj’s 4/34 had rocked Vidarbha on Day 4, but Akshay Wadkar (36) and Darshan Nalkande (35) extended the lead, and a Dhull–Thakur on-field confrontation after Dhull’s dismissal prompted intervention by umpires and is set for review under BCCI disciplinary processes, according to reports.