The Latest Breaking News from Vidarbha

NAGPUR: Chasing 193 against Jharkhand, Vidarbha faced the tricky question midway through the innings of going for broke or holding on to the top post in the points table. With a quarterfinal spot at the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) at stake, the team management opted for a safety-first approach,…

NAGPUR: Another 10-plus per over run chase, another win. Having discovered the self-belief, no target seems to be too much for Vidarbha batters. On Saturday, Vidarbha bettered Bengal's 214-run target with 13 balls to spare thanks to super explosive knocks from Karun Nair, Shubham Dubey and Atharva Taide in Mohali.

NEW DELHI: Punjab Kings' batting coach Wasim Jaffer is quite impressed with the improvement made by Jitesh Sharma and believes that the wicket-keeper batter is almost ready to play for the Indian team.

NEW DELHI: Punjab Kings are going to miss their star wicketkeeper batter Jonny Bairstow in IPL 2023. Bairstow, who scored 253 runs in 11 matches last season for Punjab Kings at an average of 23.00, is still recovering from the freak injury he picked up last September on a golf…

NAGPUR: After a topsy-turvy ride over the last 45 days, Vidarbha's Ranji Trophy campaign came to an end on Friday. Vidarbha needed a win with a bonus point (6+1 points) against Punjab at Mohali to qualify for the knockouts. However, both teams got one point each as the game ended…

NAGPUR: When Vidarbha were staring at an innings defeat on the second day itself as all their recognized batters were back in the hut, wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma (69; 53b, 5x6, 4x4) saved his team the blushes on Wednesday. Jitesh, who made a Ranji Trophy comeback after 5 years, showed why…

NAGPUR: The way Danish Malewar (92; 118b, 12x4, 1x6) and Neel Athaley (65; 109b, 8x4) batted on Sunday, Tamil Nadu realized that if they play any longer, they will bat them out of the Cooch Behar Trophy final. Vidarbha batters have come into this game by doing the same in…

NAGPUR: As soon as Vidarbha ended their Vijay Hazare Trophy campaign in Kolkata on Wednesday, two youngsters — Harsh Dubey and Nachiket Bhute — in the senior squad were asked to fly to Rajkot and join the under-25 outfit, who are playing BCCI State-A one-day tournament.

NAGPUR: When the going gets tough, Faiz Fazal gets going. The southpaw opener had had a topsy turvy ride on the field and off it in the last 15 days. He was surprisingly sidelined as Vidarbha captain just before the team left for one-dayers and his bat also remained a…

NAGPUR: Debutant Nachiket Bhute (3-29) and Aditya Sarwate (3-18), and Jitesh Sharma attacking 29-ball 48 helped Vidarbha record a seven-wicket win over Sikkim in a Group B match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy in Kolkata on Tuesday.

NAGPUR: Akshay Wadkar-led Vidarbha showed what they are capable of in the white ball business in the recently concluded Syed Mushtaq Ali (T20) Trophy (SMAT).