Overview
- Saurashtra chose to field at the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru, a venue where recent knockouts had tended to favor chasers.
- Vidarbha posted 317/8 in 50 overs, built on Taide’s 128 off 118 and partnerships of 80 with Aman Mokhade and 133 with Yash Rathod, who made 54.
- Ankur Panwar led Saurashtra’s attack with 4/65, but the chase ended at 279 in 48.5 overs.
- Prerak Mankad’s 88 and Chirag Jani’s 64 added 93 for the fifth wicket before Yash Thakur (4/50) and Nachiket Bhute (3/46) sealed the result.
- Awards confirmed: Taide was Player of the Match, and Mokhade was Player of the Series with 814 runs and five centuries.