Overview

• Ravikumar Samarth told Cricbuzz he has secured an NOC from Uttarakhand and is awaiting Vidarbha formalities.
• The move is expected to fill the vacancy left by Karun Nair, who has rejoined Karnataka after two seasons with Vidarbha.
• Samarth, 32, has played 95 first-class matches for 6,157 runs at an average of 39.72 with 15 centuries.
• He scored 649 runs in seven Ranji Trophy games for Uttarakhand last season following a long tenure with Karnataka.
• Vidarbha have recently relied on experienced Karnataka batters such as Ganesh Satish and Nair, with Dhruv Shorey continuing as their other professional.