Vidarbha a day away from Irani Cup title

Nagpur: Vidarbha reduced Rest of India to 236 for six wickets in their first innings after declaring their first innings at a mammoth total of 800 for seven on the fourth day of the Irani Cup.

Vidarbha’s total was supposed to deny the match a win/loss result but medium pacer Rajneesh Gurbani’s four wickets for 46 runs powered the Ranji Trophy winners to sniff a win as Rest of India trail by 564 runs.

A draw will only mean Vidarbha taking the title due to the bigger first-innings total rule.