Vidarbha cricket team

Vidarbha cricket team
Personnel
CaptainAkshay Wadkar (FC)
Atharva Taide (LA & T20)
CoachTrevor Gonsalves
OwnerVidarbha Cricket Association
Team information
Founded1957
Home groundVidarbha Cricket Association Stadium
Capacity45,000
History
First-class debutUttar Pradesh
in 1957
at Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Ranji Trophy wins2
Irani Cup wins2
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins0
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins0
Official websiteVCA

The Vidarbha cricket team is an Indian domestic cricket team plays in the India's domestic first-class cricket competition Ranji Trophy and limited-overs Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. It represents the Vidarbha region of eastern Maharashtra. In December 2017, they reached the final of the Ranji Trophy for the first time in their history, after they beat Karnataka by 5 runs in the semi-finals of the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy tournament.[1][2] In the final, they beat Delhi by 9 wickets to win their first Ranji Trophy.[3] In the 2018-19 Ranji Trophy, Vidarbha successfully defended the crown by defeating Saurashtra by 78 runs in the final played at Nagpur.

  1. ^ "Ranji Trophy 2017: Rajneesh Gurbani's seven-for takes Vidarbha to maiden final". Indian Express. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Gurbani seven-for books Vidarbha's maiden Ranji final berth". ESPN Cricinfo. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Vidarbha crowned champions in maiden Ranji final". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2018.