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Ranji Trophy: Quick recap and summary of the match between Vidarbha and Uttar Pradesh

Jeremy Caroll

The match between Vidarbha and Uttar Pradesh was played in Gurgaon.

Opting to bat first UP scored 301 runs as Akshdeep Nath’s 91 runs, assisted by Rinku Singh’s 65 runs and Dhruv Jurel’s 64 runs. Aditya Sarwate took a five-for for Vidarbha in the first innings of UP. Umesh Yadav was also playing for Vidarbha and took 2 wickets in the first innings of UP.

Vidarbha scored 548 runs at the loss of 6 wickets as Faiz Fazal played an iconic skipper’s knock, scoring 192 runs and unfortunately fell short of just 8 runs to complete a marvellous double-century which could have been listed in the record books for years. Akshay Wadkar too scored a beautiful ton, helping Vidarbha to declare the dominating innings without losing all the wickets.

UP stood at the loss of 6 wickets as the match resulted in a draw. Faiz Fazal was awarded the Player of the Match award for his dominating knock of 192 runs.

Match Results: Draw

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