Vidarbha was crowned the Ranji Trophy champions for the third time in seven seasons following an impressive performance in the 2024-25 final against Kerala in Nagpur. Led by Akshay Wadkar, the team finalized their victory on Sunday, March 2, after the final at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium ended in a draw, winning on the basis of their first-innings lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vidarbha showed remarkable grit and determination in the final, beginning with a strong first innings total of 379 runs. Their bowlers effectively limited Kerala to 342, ensuring a crucial first-innings lead. By Day 3, with the lead secured, Vidarbha carefully batted through 143.5 overs in their second innings, finishing at 375\/9 before both captains decided to agree on a draw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This triumph further cements Vidarbha\u2019s legacy<\/strong> in domestic cricket, marking their resurgence as a dominant force<\/strong> in red-ball cricket. Their previous Ranji Trophy victories came in 2017-18 and 2018-19<\/strong>, and after narrowly missing out last season against Mumbai<\/strong>, they made a strong comeback this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Vidarbha was crowned the Ranji Trophy champions for the third time in seven seasons following an impressive performance in the 2024-25 final against Kerala in Nagpur. Led by Akshay Wadkar, the team finalized their victory on Sunday, March 2, after the final at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium ended in a draw, winning on the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":170745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5364],"tags":[59],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-170739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-march-2025","tag-sports-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170739"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170746,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170739\/revisions\/170746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170739"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=170739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}