Personnel | |
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Captain | Akshay Wadkar (FC) Atharva Taide (LA & T20) |
Coach | Trevor Gonsalves |
Owner | Vidarbha Cricket Association |
Team information | |
Founded | 1957 |
Home ground | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium |
Capacity | 45,000 |
History | |
First-class debut | Uttar Pradesh in 1957 at Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur |
Ranji Trophy wins | 2 |
Irani Cup wins | 2 |
Vijay Hazare Trophy wins | 0 |
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy wins | 0 |
Official website | VCA |
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.