Kerala entered the final with a 2 -run lead in the first innings.
This time the Ranji Trophy's final will be played between Kerala and Vidarbha. In the semifinals played on Friday, Vidarbha beat Mumbai by 80 runs. However, Kerala got a 2 -run lead in the first innings and reached the final against Gujarat.
The Ranji Trophy final will be played on February 26 between Vidarbha and Kerala. The place of the match has not yet been decided. Kerala has reached the Ranji final for the first time.
Semifinal-1: Vidarbha beat Mumbai
On the fifth day of the match at VCA Stadium in Nagpur, Mumbai resumed its innings from 83/3. The team got a target of 406 runs. Akash Anand was dismissed for 39. After that, Shivam Dube was able to score only 12 runs and Suryakumar Yadav only 23 runs.
The team lost 5 wickets for 115 runs. From here, Shams Mulani scored 46, Shardul Thakur 66, Tanush Kotia 26, Mohit Awasthi 34 and Royston Das scored 23. The team was all out for 325 and Vidarbha won the match by 80 runs.
Mumbai was only able to score 320 runs in the second innings.
Mumbai was behind in the first innings Harsh Dubey took 5 wickets from Vidarbha. Yash Thakur and Parth Rekade took 2-2 wickets. One Better runout. Vidarbha scored 383 runs in the first innings and Mumbai scored 270 runs. In the second innings, Vidarbha scored 292 and gave Mumbai a target of 406.
Yash Rathore from Vidarbha scored a century in the second innings.
Semifinal-2: In the final based on the lead of the first innings in the dramatic semifinal
On the fifth day at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat resumed its inning with a score of 429/7. Kerala scored 457 runs in the first innings. Jayamit Patel was out for 79 from Gujarat.
Gujarat now needed 22 more runs to get a lead in the first innings. Siddharth Desai scored 30 runs as the ninth wicket. Arjun Nagwaswala and Priyjit Singh Jadeja batted for 10 overs and scored 455 runs.
Aditya Sarvat came to bowl. Arjun played the fourth ball of the over and played a sweep shot and played on a fielder helmet standing on the ball short leg. The ball rang on the helmet and in the first slip, Sachin went into the baby's hands, he grabbed it and Gujarat was all out for 455 runs.
Sarvat-Saxena took 4-4 wickets Kerala took a 2 -run lead in the first innings, the team won on the basis of the lead. By the end of the day, Kerala lost 114 for 4 in the second innings. In the first innings, Jalj Saxena and Aditya Sarvat took 4-4 wickets from Kerala. MD Nidhesh and N Basil took 1-1 wickets.
Vidarbha 2 -time champion
Vidarbha reached the Ranji Trophy final for the fourth time. The team will play the final for the second time in a row. He lost to Mumbai last time. The team has become champions by beating Saurashtra in Delhi in 2017-18 and 2018-19. On the other hand, Kerala will play the Ranji Trophy final for the first time.
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