Vidarbha's young spinner Harsh Dubey has created history by taking 9 wickets in Ranji Trophy. This left arm spinner broke the 59 year old record while wreaking havoc against Madhya Pradesh. He became the first bowler for Vidarbha to take 9 wickets in an innings in Ranji Trophy, surpassing Muralidhar Ogiral (8 wickets).
Thanks to the lethal bowling of Harsh Dubey, Vidarbha bowled out Madhya Pradesh for 209 runs on the first day (November 2) of the Elite Group-A match. In response, host Vidarbha scored 56 runs for 4 wickets in 23 overs at the end of the day's play. A total of 14 wickets fell during the day's play.
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MP batsmen could not stand in front of Harsh Dubey
Madhya Pradesh won the toss and decided to bat first but its team returned to the pavilion in 66.1 overs. For Vidarbha, Harsh Dubey took 9 wickets for 53 runs in 23.1 overs, while Nachiket Bhute took the other wicket.
Atharva Mahajan scored the highest 85 runs for Madhya Pradesh. He hit 5 fours and 3 sixes in his inning of 123 balls. Saransh Jain contributed 34 runs in 41 balls, while Avesh Khan remained unbeaten on 13 runs. In response, Vidarbha team was also seen struggling against the bowlers of Madhya Pradesh.
By the end of the day's play, the team has scored 56 runs for 4 wickets in 23 overs and is still behind by 153 runs on the basis of first innings. Captain Akshay Wadkar is playing on 9, while Dhruv Shorey is scoring 21 runs in 56 balls. For Madhya Pradesh, left-arm spinner Kumar Karthikeya took 3 wickets for 23 runs, while Avesh got 1 success.
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Status of remaining matches of Group A
In Kanpur, Baroda scored 269 runs for 6 wickets against Uttar Pradesh with a century from Dhruv Patel (124). For Uttar Pradesh, Karan Sharma took 3 wickets for 39 runs. In Panaji, Goa scored 288 runs for 6 wickets against Bihar with the century of Snehal Kothankar (116) and half-century of Abhinav Tejrana (73). In Srinagar, Puducherry scored 261 runs for 6 wickets against Jammu and Kashmir with the help of half-centuries from Nayan Shyam Kangayan (70) and Mohit Kale (73).