Vidarbha vs Maharashtra 2nd Semi Final: Vidarbha team became the second finalist of Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25. In the second final of the tournament, Vidarbha defeated Maharashtra by 69 runs. Now the final match of Vijay Hazare Trophy will be played between Vidarbha and Karnataka. The title match will be held on January 18 at Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara.
Talking about the semi-final match, Vidarbha won due to its strong batting. Although Maharashtra also showed strength in batting, but could not cross the victory line. The thing to note is that Vidarbha and Maharashtra crossed the mark of 300-300 runs.
In the match played at Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara, Maharashtra won the toss and decided to bowl, which proved wrong for them. Vidarbha team, who came to bat first, put 380/5 runs on the board in 50 overs.
Dhruv scored 114 runs in 120 balls with the help of 14 fours and 1 six. Apart from this, Yash scored 116 runs in 101 balls with the help of 14 fours and 1 six. Both of them made a partnership of 224 (208 balls) runs for the first wicket. After this, captain Karun Nair, who came to bat at number three, scored 88 runs in 44 balls with the help of 9 fours and 5 sixes. While batting at number four, Jitesh Sharma scored 51 runs in 33 balls with the help of 3 fours and 3 sixes.
Maharashtra team, which came on the field for run chase, scored 311/7 runs in 50 overs and lost the match by 69 runs. Arshin Kulkarni, who opened for the team, scored 90 runs in 101 balls with the help of 8 fours and 1 six. Apart from this, Ankit Bawne played an inning of 50 runs and Nikhil Naik played an inning of 49 runs. However, these innings could not bring victory to Maharashtra.
During this period, Darshan Nalkande and Nachiket Bhute took maximum 3-3 wickets for Vidarbha. Apart from this, Parth Rekhade took 1 wicket in his name.
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