Vidarbha 353 (Nair 122, Malewar 75, Dubey 69, Vijay 3-75) and 272 (Rathod 112, Dubey 64, Sai Kishore 5-78) BEAT Tamil Nadu 225 (Siddarth 65, Paul 48, Thakare 5-34) And 202 (Sonu Yadav 57, Paul 53, Bhute 3-19, Dubey 3-40) by 198 runs
Dubey, the season’s highest wicket-taker with 55 scalps coming into the sport, added three extra second-innings wickets on Tuesday, the fourth day of the quarter-finals, as Tamil Nadu had been bowled out for 202 chasing 401. Lengthy earlier than he got here on to bowl within the second innings, Dubey had already left his mark on the sport, hitting two half-centuries, which additionally took him previous the 400-run mark.
But for all these efforts, it was Nair who was named participant of the match for his 122 that arrange the sport for Vidarbha on the primary day. Nair, who topped the charts with 779 runs, together with 5 centuries, within the 50-over competitors, put collectively an important 98-run stand with Danish Malewar as Vidarbha recovered from 44 for 3. He then placed on 105 with Dubey to assist in giving impetus to their innings as they made 353.
Tamil Nadu responded with a shaky begin, slumping to 38 for 4 courtesy a high quality opening spell from seamer Aditya Thakare who completed with a five-for. Andre Siddarth and Pradosh Ranjan Paul briefly revived the innings, hitting 65 and 48 respectively, however TN conceded floor as they had been bowled out for simply 225.
Vidarbha’s top-order floundered within the second innings, however the cushion of a 128-run lead labored to their benefit. Yash Rathod hit an excellent 112 and fashioned a bulk of their 272 in Dubey’s firm; the 2 placing on 120 for the sixth wicket.
TN had greater than 5 periods to attain the runs they wanted to tug off a miracle, however stored dropping wickets in a heap. They had been decreased to 45 for five at one stage when seamer Nachiket Bhute ran by way of the highest order. Paul and Sonu Yadav hit fifties however they had been merely delaying the inevitable. B Sai Sudharsan, who made a comeback from a surgical procedure for sports activities hernia, managed simply 7 and a pair of in his two innings.
