Indore, december 30
Wasim Jaffer guided Vidarbha to 206/4 with an unbeaten half-century after seamer Rajneesh Gurbani scythed through Delhi’s lower-order for a rare hat-trick in their Ranji Trophy final.
At stumps on Day 2, Jaffer was batting on 61 off 120 balls and Akshay Wakhare was yet to open his account as Vidarbha trailed by 89 runs. In-form seamer Gurbani (6/59) rocked seven-time winners Delhi by removing three batsmen in as many balls in the second morning. Gurbani became only the second man to claim a hat-trick in the final of India’s premier domestic competition. Gurbani bowled out Vikas Mishra, Navdeep Saini and Dhruv Shorey off successive balls in two separate overs.
What made the feat even more commendable was that Gurbani, bowling the hat-trick ball, was up against a batsman who was nearing 150. Tamil Nadu’s B Kalyanasundaram was the first man to take a hat-trick in the Ranji final, against Mumbai in 1972-73.
Shorey’s 145
On 123 overnight, Shorey laced his innings with 21 boundaries before his team was all out for 295. Shorey was stunned when Gurbani got one to jag back from a shorter length to knock over the off-stump.
Skipper Faiz Fazal (67) and Sanjay Ramaswamy (31) added another 51 runs for Vidarbha before Akash Sudan sent Ramaswamy’s two stumps flying for the team’s first breakthrough.
Brief Scores: Delhi: 295 all out (Shorey 145, Himmat 66; Gurbani 6/59, Thakare 2/74) Vidarbha: 206/4 (F Fazal 67, W Jaffer 61*; A Sudan 2/53). — PTI
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