New Delhi: Reigning Ranji Trophy champions Vidarbha defeated Rest of India by 93 runs at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur on Sunday, October 05 to win the Irani Cup title. Left-arm spinner Harsh Dubey picked up a four-wicket haul to help Vidarbha bundle out Rest of India for 267 runs in their 361-run chase and wrap up a comfortable victory.

Dubey and pacer Yash Thakur were the pick of the bowlers for Vidarbha during Rest of India’s second innings as the duo combined to pick up six wickets between them. Thakur played a crucial role in Vidarbha’s triumph as he broke the defiant 104-run stand for the seventh wicket between Yash Dhull and Manav Suthar during Rest of India’s chase on Day 5 of the match.

Thakur dismissed Dhull after his valiant 92 and got the wicket of Anshul Kamboj off the next del

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