Overview

• Resuming at 96/2, Vidarbha were bowled out for 232, building on a 128-run first-innings lead to set a 361 target.
• Anshul Kamboj sparked a fourth-morning collapse with 3 wickets in successive overs to reduce Vidarbha to 105/5.
• Captain Akshay Wadkar’s 36, plus useful runs from Harsh Dubey and Darshan Nalkande, pushed the lead into safe territory.
• Rest of India slipped to 30/2 in 12 overs as Aditya Thakare bowled Aryan Juyal and Harsh Dubey trapped Abhimanyu Easwaran lbw before rain intervened.
• Earlier, Vidarbha’s 342 (Atharva Taide 143, Yash Rathod 91) and Yash Thakur’s 4/66 to dismiss RoI for 214 established control after a Day 3 truncated by bad light.