
Dubey, Rekhade ensure innings win for Vidarbha
Vidarbha spin twins, Harsh Dubey and Parth Rekhade ran through Madhya Pradesh's second innings to fashion an innings win for their team on Day 3 of their four-day Ranji Trophy match at the VCA's Jamtha Stadium on Wednesday.
MP resumed on 19/1, needing 106 runs to make Vidarbha bat again, but Rekhade and Dubey combined to bowl them out for 105 in 33.3 overs. Vidarbha won by an innings and 20 runs.
Dubey, who claimed 9/53 in the first innings, took 5 wickets for 37 runs to finish with career-best match figures of 14/90. Rekhade also claimed five wickets for 14 runs.
Vidarbha are now at the top of the Elite Group A table with 26 points as the Ranji Trophy takes a break.
BRIEF SCORES
Toss: MP, elected to bat
MP 1st innings 209 all out in 66. overs (Atharva Mahajan 85, Saransh Jain 34; Harsh Dubey 9/53)
Vidarbha 1st innings 334 in 103.3 overs (Dhruv Shorey 32, Akshay Wadkar 100 retd hurt, Nachiket Bhute 97, Darshan Nalkande 30; Kumar Kartikeya 3/106, Saransh Jain 3/77)
MP 2nd innings 105 all out in 33.3 overs (Saksham Purohit 34; Parth Rekhade 5/14, Harsh Dubey 5/37)
Result: Vidarbha won by an innings and 20 runs