476 runs with the bat and a historic 69 wickets in the season for Harsh Dubey of Vidarbha. He wins the Player of the Tournament Award.

Emotional moment for Kerala!

Their head coach took the soil off the pitch on which they played their first-ever Ranji Trophy final.

Heartbreak for them as they faced defeat against Vidarbha. #RanjiTrophy #RanjiTrophyFinal pic.twitter.com/wIeV5I3mgL

— Sportz Point (@sportz_point) March 2, 2025

🏆𝑪𝑯𝑨𝑴𝑷𝑰𝑶𝑵𝑺

Vidarbha win the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 title by beating Kerala in the final.

They win their third Ranji Trophy title with an undefeated season.

Congratualtions to Vidarbha!#ranjitrophy2025 #RanjiTrophyFinal #RanjiTrophy pic.twitter.com/GXDvRzlF7T

— Sportz Point (@sportz_point) March 2, 2025

It is all over now for sure. The lead now crosses 400!

Nalkande and Yash Thakur have also put up a good show with the bat for the last wicket. 

Vidarbha 364/9 and leading by 401 runs

Welcome back from the break. 

It will be interesting to see how Sachin Baby tries to set his field now. He has not been very proactive and waited for the Vidarbha team to make their mistakes. 

But, with the game already out of their grasp, it will be interesting to how they go about their business.

The game is now nearly over as Vidarabha's lead goes past 350. 

In the first session on Day 5, Vidarbha did not look to score that many runs but to play time. 

Although they have lost three wickets doing that, they would be pretty happy to see where they are at currently. 

Vidarbha 314/7 and leading by 351. 

Are we going to see anything special here?

The ball kept a tad low and Sarwate was on the money this time. 

Wadkar goes after 25 off 108 balls. 

Vidarbha leading by 320 runs. 

Around the stumps and at 138kmph the youngster was able to get the swing back into Harsh Dubey, who missed the line completely.

The ball thudded onto the front pad. 

Dubey took DRS with the hope that it would go down the legside. But, it looked out from the first.

Vidarbha 279/6 and leading by 316 runs. 

Most hundreds across formats in a domestic season in India! (First-class+List A+T20)

Karun Nair with 9 tons across formats in the 2024-25 season has now equalled the record of VVS Laxman's 1999-00 season.

Sachin's record of 10 tons is still untouched. #RanjiTrophyFinal pic.twitter.com/bdS6hNu9Zb

— Sportz Point (@sportz_point) March 2, 2025

Finally, Kerala gets the better of Karun Nair.

Nair, on 135, tried to step out against Aditya Sarwate and the ball turned just enough to beat the bat. 

Mohammed Azharuddeen did the rest to dismiss him. 

Vidarbha 261/5 and leading by 298 runs.

Welcome to Day 5, where history will be made. Vidarbha are ahead to become champions for the third time while Kerala will try to fight till the last ball for their maiden title. 

This is Koushik Biswas, who will bring you all the updates of the final day of Ranji Trophy 2024-25 final.

Stay tuned and enjoy the coverage. 

Slip, short leg and silly point in place now. Sarwate maintaining the legstump line to try and get one to turn viciously.

Four!! Karun steps down the track and lofts one past the bowler for four. A maiden from Jalaj to finish the day.

Vidarbha extend the lead to 286 at the end of day four.

VID 249/4.

Wadkar and Karun defend their way through the last half hour of play. Only four runs scored in the last four overs. 

VID 243/4.

Wadkar almost hands a catch to mid off with a leading edge off his first ball.

Just a single of Jalaj’s over. 

Sarwate gets one to turn in to the left-hander after pitching outside off.

Rathod pinned in front on the backfoot. Umpire says no but Kerala overturns the decision with a review. 

A couple of twos in Chandran’s next. Vidarbha’s lead moves past 270.

The two batters at the crease look like they will bat all day tomorrow as well. Hardly anything that has troubled them so far. 

VID 235/3.

Three singles of Jalaj’s next. Four!! Full outside offstump from Chandran, Karun sweeps it through square leg for a boundary. 

Jalaj returns, concedes just a single off his over. Karun brings out a fine paddle sweep against Sarwate, picks up two runs.

Pushes a full ball to long off to retain strike. 

Rathod skips down the track against Chandran, and whips one to deep cover for a single.

Sarwate gets one to turn past Karun’s front foot defence. 

Four!! Rathod brings out the sweep against Chandran, finds the gap through square leg.

Six runs from the over. Sarwate concedes just a single off his over. 

Karun Nair has made a huge statement ahead of the England Test tour, Vidarbha under big trouble in second innings and then Karun stands tall & scored a terrific Hundred in the final.

VID 189/2.

Saxena back into the attack, replacing Chandran. Malewar brings out the sweep to get a single to deep fine.

An excellent diving effort at deep fine prevents a boundary after Karun sweeps a full ball fine. 

VID 187/2.

Akshay Chandran has been introduced in place of Sarwate. Karun, Danish manage to eke out eight runs from the next two overs without much effort. 

VID 171/2.

Three from Jalaj’s next.

Vidarbha’s lead has now swelled to 200.

VID 163/2.

Karun comes down the track against Sarwate, lofts it right over mid on for a six.

Comes down the track again, this time lofts it over mid off and clears the fence again.

150 partnership up between the two. Three more added to the tally as Karun turns one fine past the keeper. 

Jalaj from the other end after the drinks break. Quick off-spinner on the stumps, defended off the backfoot.

Turn again, beats the batter and the keeper and runs away for two byes. Outside off, pushed to mid off for a couple. 

VID 144/2.

Maiden over but harmless for the batters. 

Eden returns. Full down the leg side, beats the keeper’s dive but he manages to get a finger on it and run a bye.

Malewar picks up a double to deepmidwicket. Four!! Full outside off, driven through mid off for a boundary. Five runs off the Jalaj over. 

Eden back into the attack. Four singles from the over. Malewar brings up his fifty with a backfoot push to cover.

165-run lead for Vidarbha.

Malewar guides a back-of-a-length ball to third man to bring up the 150-run lead for Vidarbha.

Nidheesh gets his second warning for tresspassing. Both of Kerala’s frontline pacers now one more instance away from being barred from bowling. 

Jalaj in from the other end. Turn and bounce, clips Malewar’s pads but flies past leg slip for a single.

Four!! Straighter one, takes the outside edge but runs past Sachin at slip to the fence. 

Vidarbha 119/2 in 42 overs.

It started as Kerala's session but ended as Vidarbha's one. 

A few chances, one huge missed opportunity and Kerala have not shown the intensity against Nair and Malewar, they had shown against the openers. 

Nair is unbeaten on 42 and Malewar is not out on 38. 

Vidarbha 90/2 and leading by 127 runs. 

Did they just drop the Ranji Trophy?

Akshay Chandran at the first slip drops a sitter.

Eden Tom with some pace and bounce surprised Karun Nair. From the short of good length, the ball bounced a bit higher and caught Nair's gloves.

The ball popped up in the air and Chandran had a very easy catch to grab. 

Nair survives and the partnership for the third wicket now moves to 50.

Vidarbha 57/2. 

Karun Nair is doing what he has done throughout his career, saving teams from trouble.

He has thrown the kitchen sink at everything away from his body. Meantime, he has also shown respect to balls bowled around off-stump. 

Eden Tom has shown great pace while the ball now has started to keep a tad low as well. 

Nair is batting on 30 from 54 balls and Vidarbha are now leading by 84 runs. 

Well, well, well!

As we were saying Kerala will be looking for early wickets and they have got that. 

Jalaj Saxena first cleaned up Parth Rekhade and a stunning catch from Azharuddeen off Nidheesh sent Dhruv Shorey back to the pavilion. 

But, they now will have to break the partnership of Malewar and Nair, who bailed out Vidarbha in the first inning. 

Vidarbha 17/2 and leading by 52 runs. 

Hello and Good morning to everyone! 

This is Koushik Biswas, who will start the day with early updates for you. Later on, my colleague Payal Debnath will bring you updates on the match. 

Vidarbha got the lead last evening and they will start batting. They would hope to carry the momentum. Meantime, for Kerala, this is now a do-or-die situation.

To win their maiden Ranji Ttitle they will now have to bowl Vidarbha out quickly and then chasse down the total in the second inning. 

So, we are in for some cracking contest. 

From 324/6 to 342 to all-out. 

Kerala would be disappointed not to get the lead in the first inning. Parth Rekhade clean-bowled Eden Tom as the tailender went for a big shot. 

Parth Rekhade finished with three wickets in the first inning, and so did Harsh Dubey.

Vidarbha have a 37-run lead in the first inning.

History! 

Harsh Dubey gets his historic 69th wicket and becomes the bowler with the most wickets in a single Ranji Trophy season. 

MD Nidheesh was trapped in the front of the wicket by the left-arm spinner. The DRS agreed with the on-field umpire's decision. 

Kerala 338/9, trailing by 41 runs. 

The break does the trick for Vidarbha. 

Captain Akshay Wadkar was injured and he needed treatment. The break helped them to get back in the game. 

Jalaj went for a sweep and the ball went through him to hit the timber. 

Kerala 337/8 and trailing by 42 runs.

After the dismissal of Sachin Baby, Jalaj Saxena and Eden Tom have shown resilience against Harsh Dubey and Parth Rekhade.

Although the runs have dried up, they have been tight defensively. A few close calls came but, Jalaj has survived. 

Kerala 337/7 and trailing by 42 runs.

What has he done? 

On 98, on his 100th first-class match, with an open field, Sachin Baby went down on his knees and tried a big shot to reach his ton. 

Rekhade's ball spun a bit, and he only managed a top edge to deep mid-wicket where Karun Nair took an easy catch. 

It is a shame that he could not reach the landmark after so much toil. 

Kerala 324/7 and trailing by 55 runs. 

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE, SACHIN BABY?

On 98, Sachin Baby went down on his knees and tried a big shot. He was caught in the deep midwicket by Karun Nair off Rekhade.

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— Sportz Point (@sportz_point) February 28, 2025

Edge and goes to the third man but Jalaj Saxena won't mind. 

Kerala crossed 300 and they are trailing by 79 runs.

This time the DRS could not save him.

Pitched outside off and Mohammed Azharuddeen went for the flick and missed the ball completely. 

He went after 34 off 59 balls. 

Kerala 278/6

Another huge decision. Another massive DRS. 

DRS saves Mohammed Azharuddeen. 

Again it was Parth Rekhade, whose ball came in after pitching and then went with the angle against the right-hander. The on-field umpire gave it out and after a hesitation, Azharuddeen took the DRS.

In the replay, we saw the ball was completely missing the stump. Relief for Kerala. 

Kerala 250/5. Baby 62* and Azharuddeen 19*.

It is massive for Kerala and their fans. 

Sachin Baby survives. Parth Rekhade from around the wicket to the left-hander pitched in the middle and spun back sharp to hit the pad.

It was given out on the field. Sachin took the DRS right away. 

In the replay, we saw a faint edge from the bat onto the pad. It was very close. Kerala captain survived. 

Kerala 234/5.

Harsh Dubey did the magic with the ball again. 

The ball came back sharp from offside and hit the front pad of Salman Nizar. 

Anil Chaudhary gave it out and Nizar did not waste any time to take the DRS. 

The review revealed that it was hitting the stumps. Kerala lost their fifth wicket and also the DRS. 

Mohammed Azharuddeen joins Baby post-lunch. 

The Kerala captain leads from the front as he reaches his fifty!

At lunch on Day 3, Kerala 219/5. Sachin Baby is unbeaten on 52 from 109 balls. 

They are trailing by 160 runs. 

Salman Nizar has been proactive since coming to the crease. Sachin Baby meantime has been able to rotate the strike as well. 

Kerala now cross 200 and they trail by 179 runs in the first inning. 

Baby is batting on 39 while Nizar is unbeaten on 15. 

Harsh Dubey does the job for Vidarbha again.

He flights it high and the ball dipped in front of Sarvate. It bounced high enough to hit the splice of the bat and it pooped in the air for an easy catch to Malewar. 

Dubey needs two more to break the record for most wickets in a single Ranji Trophy season. 

Sarvate goes for 79.

Salman Nizar comes to the crease for Kerala. 

Kerala 170/4. 

The game started at 9.20 in the morning and since then it has been all Kerala. They have been excellent with the bat with two of the most senior players out there for them.

Aditya Sarvate continued his great touch from last night while Sachin Baby, who is playing his 100th first-class concentrated well as well. 

They have now put up a fifty stand between them and Kerala have not lost any wicket in the first hour of Day 3. 

Hello everyone. Good morning. This is Koushik Biswas with the early updates of the Day 3 of Ranji Trophy final between Vidarbha and Kerala. 

As we all know Day 3 is the moving day of any five-day game. Kerala have fought back hard and he onus will be on them to make things happen. 

As of now, it looks like the game might be decided in the first inning itself. 

Let's see what happens. 

Akshay Karnewar comes in for his first over of the game.

Sachin cuts a short ball through point for a single on the last ball.

Four!! A late, late cut from Sarwate against Rekhade, beats the slip fielder and short third and gets to the boundary. 

Four!! Full outside off, Sarwate opens his wrist and guides it past gully to the fence for four. 

Nachiket Bhute replaces Thakur. Sachin flicks a back-of-length ball to deep fine for a single, legbyes given. 

Outside edge and four!! Sachin gets the rub of the green against Harsh Dubey, the ball goes between keeper and slip and runs away. Seven from the over. 

Short ball from Thakur, Sarwate puts his hands up and defends. Cops a hit on the gloves. 

Harsh continues. Two singles from the over. Thakur with his fifth over, full on leg stump, appeals for lbw but there was bat involved. A single brings up Sarwate’s fifty!

Kerala also brings up its 100 after another Sarwate single to deep square. 

Nalkande continues. Four!! Overpitched outside off, driven through extra cover for a boundary.

Four!! Back of a length outside off, this time he rocks back and punches it through point for another four. Textbook batting from Sarwate. 

Good running between the wickets added three runs to the scorecard for Kerala in the 19th over.

Sarvate batting steadily on 36* off 57. 

Sarwate rock solid in defence, prods fully forward to smother the turn. Maiden over. 

Rekhade from the other end. Imran pushes one to deep point for a couple.

A forward press and another run to point for the southpaw. Four!! Slightly down leg, Sarwate helps it down leg with a sweep through fine leg. 

Vidarbha (1st Inn): 379 (123.1); Danish Malewar 153 (285), Karun Nair 86 (188), Nachiket Bhute 32 (38)

Kerala: MD Nidheesh 28.1-7-61-3, Eden Apple Tom 31-6-102-3, Basil N 24-6-60-2

Kerala (1st Inn): 57/2 (14), trail by 322 runs; Aditya Sarwate 31* (40), Ahamed Imran 10* (32), Akshay Chandran 14 (11)

Vidarbha: Darshan Nalkande 4-1-8-2

Tea on Day 2!

Another intriguing session.

Vidarbha were all out for 379!

Kerala have moved to 57/2 in reply.

Aditya Sarwate & Ahammed Imran are at the crease. #RanjiTrophy | @IDFCFIRSTBank | #Final

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— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIdomestic) February 27, 2025

Aditya Sarwate has added 31* off 40 and was accompanied by Ahamad Imran 10* off 32 to bring Kerala back from the early blow.

Kerala 57/2 in 14 overs as we head into the tea break.

Sounds of Timber 🔊

Darshan Nalkande provides early breakthroughs for Vidarbha after they posted 379 in the first innings 🔥#RanjiTrophy | @IDFCFIRSTBank

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Aditya Sarwate (18* off 19) and Ahamed Imran (9* off 18) are holding onto the crease to steady the ship for Kerala.

Nalkande takes two in two as Kerala are in huge trouble!

Following Yash Thakur's expensive second over that gave away 13 runs, Nalkande came back in action and broke Akshay's stumps with an inswinger!

Akshay Chandran dismissed at 14 off 11.

Kerala 14/2 in 2.3 overs.

Rohan Kunnummal (0 off 3) returned to the pavilion following a yorker from Nalkande that was dribbled into the stumps by Kunnummal.

Kerala 1/1 in 0.5 overs.

First ball of the 123th over and Nachiket Bhute bows out making 32 off 38. 

Vidarbha's first innings comes to and end. 

35 overs bowled, 119 runs and 5 wickets in a intense first session in the Day 2 of the Ranji Trophy Final 2024-25.

Vidarbha: 373/9 (121); Nachiket 28* (29), Harsh 10* (24)

Kerala: Eden Tom 31-6-102-3, Basil N 24-6-60-2

Lunch on Day 2!

Another action-packed session!

1⃣1⃣9⃣ runs
5⃣ wickets

Vidarbha move to 373/9 with Harsh Dubey & Nachiket Bhute at the crease.#RanjiTrophy | @IDFCFIRSTBank | #Final

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— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIdomestic) February 27, 2025

Kerala fails to wrap things up before the lunch, as Nachiket Bhute and Harsh Dubey made Kerala bowlers sweat.

38 runs added to the scorecard by them, as the first session ends.

Vidarbha 373/9 in 121 overs.

Nachiket clears it off the fence with a huge sixer against Saxena!

Batting on 25* off 23, including 1 four and 2 sixes!

Bhute is looking to add quick runs to Vidarbha's scorecard.

Good over from Eden, only two runs from the 118th.

Vidarbha 360/9 in 118 overs.

Saxena delivered an expensive 117th over, giving 12 runs away including a six and a four.

Nachiket Bhute takes Vidarbha to 352 in style, with a six over the long off in the very first ball.

Vidarbha 352/9 in 116.1 overs.

Nachiket is on fire, batting on 16 off 13.

Vidarbha 346/9 in 116 overs.

Eden Apple Tom takes a huge wicket of Wadkar in the 114th over.

Vidarbha 336/9 in 114 overs.

Akshay Wadkar tries to smash the short ball from Eden toward off-side, but edges it behind and Azharuddeen catches it well!

The Captain returns to the pavilion, making 23 off 49. Nachiet Bhute comes up at the last wicket.

Vidarbha 335/9 in 113.3 overs.

Successful maiden over fromm Saxena along with a wicket.

Vidarbha 333/8 in 111 overs.

Kerala took a review for a lbw, but the DRS showed the wickets are missing.

New batter Harsh Dubey is safe as of now.

Following 13 runs from the 110th over, Saxena comes in attack.

Karnewar drives the first ball at cover, but Kunnummal flies to his left to take a stunning one-handed catch!

Kerala takes Vidarbha's eighth, Karnewar departs at 12 off 22.

Vidarbha 33/8 in 110.1 overs!

Rohan Kunnummal at it again 🙌

After the brilliant run out of Karun Nair, he pulls off a fantastic catch to dismiss Akshay Karnewar 🔥#RanjiTrophy | @IDFCFIRSTBank | #Final

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— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIdomestic) February 27, 2025

Luck favours Karnewar as a boundary comes up in Basil's last ball of the over, five in total.

Vidarbha 320/7 in 108 overs.

Two runs off Basil's over, Vidarbha 313/7 in 106 overs.

Akshay Wadkar not out on 11* off 20, accompanied by Akshay Karnewar on 6* of 13.

Vidarbha complete reaching the 300-run mark, currently on 302/7 in 102 overs.

Eden Apple Tom delivers it around the wicket, Yash Rathod nicks it, and Kunnummal makes no mistake in taking the catch at the slip!

Big wicket for Kerala, Rathod returns making only 3 off 13.

Vidarbha loses their seventh, batting on 297/7 in 100.3 overs.

Vidarbha's inning has now faced 100 overs as they are batting at 297/6 in 100 overs.

Two of Vidarbha's highest run-scorers this season, Yash Rathod and Akshay Wadkar are on the crease.

Basil angled in that delivery and it hit the pad in the middle wicket, Thakur is lbw!

Vidarbha loses their sixth wicket as Yash Thakur returns on 25 off 60 balls.

Captain Akshay Wadkar will join Yash Rathod on the pitch.

Vidarbha 295/6 in 99.4 overs.

Just a single from Nidheesh's over, as Vidarbha is edging closer to the 300-mark.

Vidarbha 295/5 in 99 overs.

Basil dismissed Danish Malewar to pick up Vidarbha's fifth wicket.

Yash Thakur and Yash Rathod are on the pitch.

Vidarbha 290/5 in 96 overs.

Basil breaks the off-stump with a brilliant delivery, almost a nip-backer to finally remove Danish Malewar!

Huge breakthrough for Kerala!

Malewar returns to the pavilion on 153 off 285 deliveries as Yash Rathod comes on to bat.

Vidarbha 290/5 in 95.3 overs.

Danish Malewar and Yash Thakur complete a 51* run partnership off 78 in the sixth wicket.

Danish Malewar contributed 21 off 36 as Yash Thakur made 23 off 42 balls.

Vidarbha 290/4 in 95 overs.

Danish Malewar brings 🆙 his 1⃣5⃣0⃣ in style as well 🙌#RanjiTrophy | @IDFCFIRSTBank | #Final

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Only a single comes off Basil's over.

Vidarbha 284/4 in 92 overs.

Danish Malewar is not stopping any soon.

The 21-year-old batter reaches the 150-run mark, currently bating on 152* off 273.

Vidarbha 280/4 in 90 overs.

Big appeals for lbw! Nidheesh very interested but Sachin doesn’t look convinced.

Good call from the captain. Flicks the next one to deep fine for a single. Four!! Back of a length, Danish punches through cover for a boundary. 

Jalaj into the attack. Yash Thakur whips one to midwicket for a couple. A single off the last ball of the day.

Vidarbha finishes on 254/4 in 86 overs.

Yash Thakur comes in at 6. Nidheesh back into the attack.

Four byes to start Eden’s over. Full ball on the stumps, Danish drives through the legside for a double. 

Vidarbha 246/4 in 84 overs.

Kerala opts against taking the new ball. Two singles from the over. Eden into the attack.

WICKET!! Kerala finally have the breakthrough! A direct hit from Rohan Kunnummal sends Karun back to the dugout.

The misfield at slip opened up an opportunity for a run but Danish sends his experienced partner back. 

Vidarbha 239/4 in 82 overs.

Sarwate into the attack. Two runs from the over. Chandran continues. Four!! Full outside off, Karun brings out the sweep shot to bring a boundary.

Four!! Slightly shorter, plays a late cut through third man for a boundary. 

The mid off fielder gets a hand to it but Karun’s drive races to the fence for four.

An overthrow gives Vidarbha a single off Akshay’s over. 

Basil continues. Just a single from the over. Chandran with his fourth over. Just a single from his over. 

Basil NP into the attack. Length ball on middle stump, flicked wide of mid-on for a comfortable two. 

Chandran continues. Three singles from the over. 

Huge appeal for lbw from Eden. Umpire says no and Sachin Baby opts not to take the review. Was going down leg. 

Chandran continues. Four!! Danish whips one past short midwicket and finds the boundary. 

Vidarbha 210/3 in 70 overs.

Eden returns to the attack. Karun brings out a controlled pull to deep midwicket for a single. Eden manages to get one to rap the pad on the way to deep third, but the ball was pitching down leg comfortably. 

Jalaj continues. Danish flicks one to deep square for a single. Four!! A touch short, Karun rocks onto his back foot and punches one through point for a boundary.

💯 for Danish Malewar 👏

Brings it up in style with a 6⃣ & a 4⃣👌

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Sarwate to Danish, whips a length ball through square leg and brings up his second FC hundred!!

Karun defends a leg-stump ball to the legside for a single. 

Vidarbha 170/3 in 58 overs.

Sarwate replaces Jalaj from the other end. Oh!! Almost a chance! Danish dances down and looks to lift one down the ground.

Goes in between silly mid on and long on. Six!! Danish steps down the track and lofts one down the ground for six. Moves to 99. 

Vidarbha 161/3 in 55 overs.

Danish flicks a length ball from Basil to midwicket for a couple. Into the 90s now.

Jalaj continues. Danish pushes one off the backfoot to long on for a single. Two from the over. 

Vidarbha 153/3 in 54 overs.

Danish Malewar & Karun Nair have played some cracking strokes on their way to stitching a 100-run stand 💪#RanjiTrophy | @IDFCFIRSTBank

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Only two singles in the 47th over, as Vidarbha's score stands 131/3 in 47 overs.

Three knockout games and 21-year-old Danish Malewar has managed a 70+ score in each of the three matches in his debut #RanjiTrophy season.

— Lalith Kalidas (@lal__kal) February 26, 2025

Vidarbha started the second session in the same manner as they ended the first session.

Steady and compact batting from the host side.

Facing 190 deliveries, Danish Malewar (70* off 129) and Karun Nair (35* off 82) have added 100 runs in partnership to the scorecard.

The two batters have steadied the ship for Vidarbha!

Vidarbha 126/3 in 44.5 overs.

Karun Nair and Danish Malewar have taken Vidarbha back in the business.

Suffering early blows, the Vidarbha team are now looking to score a huge total.

Danish Malewar made a huge half-century against the fierece Kerala bowlers. He reached 51 in 104 deliveries.

Currently, the Vidarbha batter is batting on 68* off 110 balls.

Danish Malewar is currently batting on 45* off 101, closing in on his personal half-century. 

Early blows from Kerala's bowling attack picked up three Vidarbha wickets, whereas Karun Nair and Danish Malewar are putting up a resistance. They combined for a 50-run partnership, leading Vidarbha to a steady inning.

Vidarbha: 81/3 (32); Danish Malewar 38* (88), Karun Nair 24* (48)

Kerala: MD Nidheesh 9-5-11-2, Eden 11-2-39-1

Lunch on Day 1!

An intriguing morning session.

8⃣1⃣ runs scored
3⃣ wickets taken

Danish Malewar (38*) & Karun Nair (24*) have steadied the ship after the loss of three early wickets#RanjiTrophy | @IDFCFIRSTBank | #Final

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— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIdomestic) February 26, 2025

The first session ends as the teams are heading into the lunch break.

Danish Malewar is batting on 36* (79) and Karun Nair is on 23* (45).

Vidarbha 78/3 in 30 overs.

Danish Malewar contributed 35 off 75 and Karun Nair amassed 20 off 37 to complete their 50-run partnership in 97 deliveries.

Vidarbha 74/3 in 28.2 overs.

Karun Nair pulls off the first six of Vidarbha's first innings against Sarvate, as Vidarbha stand at 73/3 in 27 overs.

A good over for Vidarbha, seven from the  24th.

Vidarbha 58/3 in 24 overs.

Vidarbha reach 50 in 21.5 overs.

50/3 after the end of the 22nd over.

Great over from Nidheesh as he puts up another maiden.

Vidaarbha 47/3 in 20 overs.

Just one sleep away from the #RanjiTrophy Final ⏲️

A milestone-filled, record-breaking Finale awaits up 🔥#RoadToFinal | @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/cvNZV144VD

— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIdomestic) February 25, 2025

Triple Treat 🙌

Excellent fast bowling 🔥

Pacers have provided a good start to Kerala, picking up 3⃣ early wickets 👌#RanjiTrophy | @IDFCFIRSTBank | #Final

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— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIdomestic) February 26, 2025

Vidarbha are now eyeing to get the momentum back, as Karun Nair and Danish Malewar are looking for a steady partnership.

Danish Malewar 6* (26) and Karun Nair 4* (7) are batting for Vidarbha.

15 overs are up as Vidarbha is at 28/3.

Eden delivered a beautiful good-length ball as Shorey nicked it to the edge, as Azharuddeen takes a briliant catch.

Shorey bows out on 16 (35).

Karun Nair is out at 5.

Vidarbha 24/3 in 13 overs.

Dhruv Shorery 14* (24) and Danish Malewar 6* (14) are batting for Vidarbha.

Vidarbha 22/2 in 10 overs.

There was a strong lbw appeal from Nidheesh as he seemed to pick up Shorey, but the DRS sticks to the not out decision by the umpire.

Vidarbha 22/2 in 8.2 overs.

Four out of four maidens from Nidheesh, while he picked up both wickets of Vidarbha.

Vidarbha 11/2 in 7 overs.

Vidarbha lose their second wicket!

Nidheesh with a short ball delivery as Nalkande hit it high, and Basil takes an easy catch deep in the mid-wicket.

Nalkande (1 off 21) goes back to the pavilion as Danish Malewar is at 4.

Vidarbha 11/2 in 6.3 overs.

Nidheesh has put up three maidens out of the three overs he has bowled so far.

Brilliant from the Kerala pacer.

Vidarbha 7/1 in 5 overs.

Seeven runs from Eden in his second over, as Vidarbha are on 7/1 in 4 overs.

Dhruv Shorey 5* (11) and Nalkande 1* (12) are batting.

Dhruv Shorey opens Vidarbha's account with a boundary in the first ball of the fourth over, following three maidens.

Vidarbha 5/1 in 3.1 overs.

Kerala put up two consecutive maidens in the first two overs of the day.

Eden Apple Tom delivers another maiden in the second over after Nidheesh in the first.

Vidarbha 0/1 in 2 overs.

Great start from Kerala and Nidheesh, Vidarbha lose Rekhade early.

Kerala brings a huge blow on Vidarbha in the second ball of Day 1, as Parth Rekhade goes back to the pavilion on duck (0 off 2). Nidheesh picks up the wicket with an LBW and a successful DRS review!

Darshan Nalkande has come up to bat at third.

Sachin Baby (C), Rohan Kunnummal, Akshay Chandran, Salman Nizar, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Edhen Apple Tom, Jalaj Saxena, Aditya Sarwate, Ahammed Imran, Nidheesh MD, Basil NP.

Akshay Wadkar (wk) (C), Dhruv Shorey, Danish Malewar, Karun Nair, Yash Rathod, Parth Rekhade, Harsh Dubey, Nachiket Bhute, Darshan Nalkande, Akshay Karnewar, Yash Thakur.

Kerala won the toss and chose to bowl first.

Vidarbha will open the first inning.

Hello from Nagpur 👋

It's the big one. The final of the #RanjiTrophy 🔥

🚨 Toss Update: Kerala captain Sachin Baby has won the toss & elected to bowl against Akshay Wadkar-led Vidarbha.#RanjiTrophy | @IDFCFIRSTBank

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— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIdomestic) February 26, 2025

Match: Vidarbha vs Kerala - Ranji Trophy 2024-25 Final

Date: 26 February to 2 March 2025

Time: 9:30 am IST

Venue: Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur.