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Monday, February 4, 2019

2018-19 Ranji Trophy Final Vidarbha Vs Saurashtra in Nagpur Feb 03 -07,2019


Vidarbha have an excellent well-rounded unit and will be itching to go out to their home ground and defend their title.

Important numbers:

Leading run-scorer: Wasim Jaffer - M 10 | Runs: 1003 | Average: 77.15 | Highest: 206 | 100s: 4 | 50s: 2

Leading wicket-taker: Aditya Sarwate - M 10 | Wickets: 44 | S/R: 47.7 | Economy: 2.64 | BBI: 6/43 | 5wk: 4

Vidarbha [Final appearances: 1 | Won: 1 | Lost:0]


Last year's champions have another shot at scoring a Ranji Trophy title and their season so far has proved they are right on track for it. Vidarbha topped Elite Group A with three wins and five draws and continued their run of form in the knockouts as well.




Road to the Final

Group Stage:

Drew with Karnataka
Drew with Baroda
Beat Chhattisgarh by 10 wickets
Beat Railways by 118 runs
Drew with Gujarat
Beat Mumbai by an innings and 145 runs
Drew with Saurashtra


Saurashtra [Final appearances: 2 | Won: 0 | Lost:2]

They have reached the finals on two previous occasions but Saurashtra will be hoping to go one better and take the cup home this time.

Leading run-scorer: Sheldon Jackson - M 10 | Runs: 838 | Average: 52.37 | Highest: 147 | 100s: 2 | 50s: 7

Leading wicket-taker: Dharmendrasinh Jadeja - M 10 | Wickets: 52 | S/R: 50.3 | Economy: 3.26 | BBI: 7/55 | 5wk: 4 | 10wk: 1

Road to the Final

Group Stage:

Beat Railways by three wickets
Drew with Gujarat
Drew with Baroda
Beat Karnataka by 87 runs
Beat Maharashtra by five wickets
Drew with Mumbai
Drew with Vidarbha

Quarter-finals:
Beat Uttar Pradesh by six wickets

Semi-finals:
Beat Karnataka by five wickets 

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